Kylie Jenner Wearables? Hands-On With the New Meta Glasses

A smart glasses race is heating up fast and there are a lot of smart glasses and Meta is introducing a lot more smart glasses

I'm here in New York and I'm actually trying on a whole bunch of new designs that they have here that have just been announced, including one that is designed with Kylie Jenner

Meta's newest line of smart glasses are about the fashion. So there are a whole bunch of new designs

They're also about price. These are still being made with Essilur Luxottica, which is the partnership they announced when they started making glasses

with Ray-Ban and Oakley branding. But these start at $299, so the idea is to get it to a more affordable price

Hence, no specific branding on these. But they're still being made using Essilor Luxottica's glasses technology and design

and their design and their glasses-making skills. They're still going to be sold in a similar way to existing Ray-Ban and Oakley glasses

in that you can get them online from Essilor. You can also get them in stores

They also fit a wider range of prescriptions. That's been happening over time

but they're finally starting to accommodate my eye prescription. A lot of the design otherwise is pretty similar to what I've been actually wearing

in the Scriber and Blazer Optics glasses that were announced with Ray-Ban branding earlier this year

These are aiming to be more comfortable. So they have flexier arms on them now

And they also apparently have adjustable temple tips, which is new. My other model does not have that They also have a dedicated meta AI button that kind of flex toggles between camera and AI mode here That new But you know again the focus here is on design

Meta is not addressing elements of privacy and AI or any changes to the AI platform

Andrew Bosworth, Meta's CTO, who's here in New York, said that Meta's considerations for privacy are the same as they've always been

which is, well, for me, pretty confusing and not that great. But over time, they may have to address that

I mean, I think they will. The other question is, are they going to make glasses without a camera

When asked on stage, Andrew Bosworth said, it's definitely a consideration, especially to get to a different price

And maybe to get around some of the concerns people are having about having cameras on your glasses

But for now, if you see pairs of these, it's about different fit and style

and also probably getting a leg up on Google's glasses with Warby Parker and General Monster

that should be launching somewhere around August or September. We'll find out

That's kind of what's going on here. I mean, this is about design. What I'm curious about is what happens after that

You know, we have Google Glasses that are going to be working with Android and Gemini

that are coming out in the fall that I've tried. We have rumors of Apple Glasses

We have Snaps, huge augmented reality glasses at a very high price

and a number of other companies making things too. And that is obviously staying in the game with a lot of different designs

but not necessarily changing the equation here of what the glasses are

or what they're necessarily priced to be