The new wearables come at a time of uncertainty for smart glasses, which are facing backlash over privacy concernsMeta announced an advanced new set of virtual reality glasses and a collection of new smart glasses Wednesday, including an audio-only version without a camera.At the firm’s Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, executives said the new Ray-Ban Meta models set new standards for battery life and weight. Walking around Meta Connect 2026, everyone's sporting smart glasses in all sorts of shapes, colors, and sizes. Key points and original sources are listed below.

• The new wearables come at a time of uncertainty for smart glasses, which are facing backlash over privacy concernsMeta announced an advanced new set of virtual reality glasses and a collection of new smart glasses Wednesday, including an audio-only version wit...S1

• Walking around Meta Connect 2026, everyone's sporting smart glasses in all sorts of shapes, colors, and sizes. It's a marked difference here, a tech bubble where "pervert glasses" are not a concern. Outside Connect, the public backlash against wearable surveil...S2

• That's one way to avoid the whole surreptitious recording issues.S3