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712 Is There a Market for Meta's Ray-Ban Display Smart Glasses? (How About the Blind?)

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 09/22/2025 07:34 EDT

Is There a Market for Meta's Ray-Ban Display Smart Glasses? (How About the Blind?)

It's not just glitches at the launch of the Meta Ray-Ban Display smart glasses... The New York Times remains skeptical of its market share:


[Meta's] smart glasses remain a niche. As of February, Meta had sold about two million of its $300 Ray-Ban Meta camera glasses since their 2023 debut, and it hopes to sell 10 million annually by the end of 2026, which is a tiny amount for a company this size. In the last decade, Meta has spent over $100 billion on its virtual and augmented reality division, which incl

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