Ray-Ban

Meta’s AI-powered smart glasses went mainstream — then the backlash arrived. UK pubs, theaters and schools started banning the camera-equipped Ray-Bans over covert recording fears, courts are weighing privacy lawsuits, and Meta is now answering with camera-free glasses. Full story in the slides above — Sources: Reuters (via Taiwan News, Daily Sabah, Express Tribune, Sept 22–27, 2026), BBC News (via UA.News, Sept 2026), CNN (via Mezha, Sept 2026).

Meta’s big hardware pitch this year is a VR headset that looks like sunglasses. And in a surprise, the company also launched its first smart glasses with no camera at all. Both devices were unveiled at the Meta Connect conference in September 2026, where CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth sat down with The Sun’s tech editor to explain the thinking behind them. Meta VR Glasses: sunglasses, not a helmet The new Meta VR Glasses drop the bulky ski-goggle look that has defined VR headsets for a decade. Instead, they look like oversized sunglasses — Meta’s wager that comfort and style matter as much as specs if VR is ever going to reach normal people. ...