{"id":573338,"date":"2026-03-31T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573338\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:35:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:35:09","slug":"metas-next-ai-glasses-are-reportedly-designed-with-prescription-lenses-in-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/573338\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta&#8217;s next AI glasses are reportedly designed with prescription lenses in mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Two new models of Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses are on the way, and they&#8217;re going to be catered towards those who use prescription lenses, according to a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-27\/meta-to-launch-new-ai-glasses-aimed-at-prescription-wearers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bloomberg;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Bloomberg&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\">Bloomberg<\/a> report. While these are supposed to be announced next week, Bloomberg noted that these won&#8217;t be a &#8220;new generation&#8221; of Meta&#8217;s smart glasses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">You can already add prescription lenses to Meta Ray-Ban&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/wearables\/ray-ban-meta-2nd-gen-review-smart-glasses-are-finally-getting-useful-124720393.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:AI glasses;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;AI glasses&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AI glasses<\/a>, but the upcoming models will come in rectangular and rounded styles and will be sold through traditional prescription eyewear channels. Bloomberg didn&#8217;t specify how these new glasses will differ from existing options, but noted that it&#8217;s the first time Meta and Ray-Ban are releasing a pair of AI glasses specifically designed for this demographic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">The two models are likely the codenamed products Scriber and Blazer, which were first spotted by <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/901314\/meta-new-ray-ban-ai-glasses\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Verge;cpos:3;pos:1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;The Verge&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" class=\"link \">The Verge<\/a> in filings with the Federal Communications Commission. The filings described the devices as production units, meaning Meta could be close to the actual product launch. Looking at the filings, it&#8217;s unlikely these upcoming prescription AI glasses will have a display like the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/wearables\/meta-ray-ban-display-review-chunky-frames-with-impressive-abilities-193127070.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Meta Ray-Ban Displays;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkPosition&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yAffiliateService&quot;:&quot;doNotAffiliate&quot;,&quot;yPosition&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Meta Ray-Ban Displays&quot;,&quot;yHasCommerce&quot;:false}\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Meta Ray-Ban Displays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"col-body mb-4 leading-7 text-[18px] md:leading-8 break-words min-w-0 charcoal-color\">Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hinted at AI glasses that are meant for prescription glasses wearers in a previous earnings call. As noted by Bloomberg, Zuckerberg previously said that &#8220;billions of people wear glasses or contacts for vision correction,&#8221; adding that, &#8220;it&#8217;s hard to imagine a world in several years where most glasses that people wear aren&#8217;t AI glasses.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two new models of Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses are on the way, and they&#8217;re going to be catered&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":573339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[4536,49,48,281,220356,220355,2060,61,260,261,262],"class_list":{"0":"post-573338","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-bloomberg","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-meta","12":"tag-prescription-glasses","13":"tag-prescription-lenses","14":"tag-smart-glasses","15":"tag-technology","16":"tag-virtual-reality","17":"tag-virtualreality","18":"tag-vr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=573338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/573338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/573339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=573338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=573338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=573338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}