I regret to inform you Meta’s new smart glasses are the best I’ve ever tried
You can’t see it, but I’m reading text messages in this photo. | Photo by Colt Bradley / The Verge
I want to preface this hands-on by saying that I've been a smart glasses skeptic for many years. In 2019, I even made a two-part mini documentary with a thesis that consumer smart glasses couldn't happen without massive societal and technological shifts. Well, color me pink and let me find a shoe to eat. After getting a demo of the $799 Meta Ray-Ban Display, I'm convinced this is the closest we've ever gotten to what Google Glass promised over 10 years ago.
The glasses look just like a chunky pair of Ray-Bans. But put them on, pinch your middle finger twice, and a display will appear in front of your right eye, hovering in front of your vis …