Meta has announced a new line of AI smart glasses designed in-house, signaling a deeper push into the wearable technology market. The new Meta Glasses will start at $299, making them less expensive than the latest Ray-Ban models, which begin at $379.

Features and Capabilities

The Meta-designed glasses come in three styles and can play music, translate languages, and answer questions about a person’s surroundings by capturing images with the glasses’ cameras. The company claims its new Muse Spark AI model improves how the glasses can extract details from photos and remember personal preferences.

During a press event, the glasses were able to estimate the number of calories in a bowl of strawberries, translate a sign from Arabic to English, and provide nearby museum recommendations. The glasses could also tell that a container of fake cherries used as a prop during a demo weren’t real.

Market and Competition

Meta dominates the smart glasses market with 69.2% of the market share, according to the International Data Corporation. However, the company will soon face more competition from Google and Samsung, which are collaborating on a new pair of AI glasses launching later this year with similar functionality.

Despite the growing market, tech companies are still struggling to prove to consumers that smart glasses and other new types of wearable gadgets are more useful than smartphones. The average selling price of smart glasses is expected to drop from $376 in 2026 to $229 by 2030, potentially making them more popular.

Original reporting: El Paso News (HLL/CB) — read the source article.