Meta and Oakley Announce New Smart Glasses Collaboration, Launch Set for June 20

Meta on Monday introduced a partnership with sports activities efficiency gear manufacturing firm Oakley. The collaboration, merely dubbed as Oakley Meta, will end result within the improvement of a brand new technology of good glasses that are purported to be geared toward cyclists and different athletes. The Oakley Meta good glasses will most certainly be the third product developed between Meta and a subsidiary of the Italian eyewear firm Luxottica, following the introduction of Ray-Ban Stories and Ray-Ban Meta Glasses in 2021 and 2023, respectively.

Meta introduced the Oakley partnership in a put up on Instagram through a brand new deal with, “Oakleymeta”. However, the corporate didn’t delve into any particulars, with the put up merely captioned as “The next evolution is coming on June 20.”

While info stays beneath wraps, that is most certainly a nod to the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses successor which was rumoured to be in improvement earlier this yr. In January, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said that the corporate was increasing its good glasses know-how to different manufacturers beneath the umbrella of Luxottica Group SA.

The subsequent technology of good glasses is reportedly dubbed “Supernova 2”. It is claimed to be based mostly on the design of Oakley Sphaera, a multi-sport utilization sun shades from the corporate. As such, Meta might purpose its upcoming good glasses in the direction of cyclists and different athletes, in contrast to the present Ray-Ban Meta Glasses that are universally designed for all use instances.

A notable change is predicted to be when it comes to the location of the digital camera. While the Ray-Ban Meta Glasses sport a digital camera on the left facet of the body, the Oakley Meta glasses will reportedly have a lens positioned on the centre of the glasses body, which might have an effect on the point-of-view (PoV) seen within the footage captured with the good glasses.

Meta is but to disclose different particulars, such because the design of the good glasses, renders, and specs. We can anticipate extra particulars to floor on June 20.