Meta is reportedly engaged on a model of its Ray-Ban good glasses which is able to embody a single show for viewing pictures and apps. Now, based on a brand new Bloomberg report from Mark Gurman, the corporate is aiming to introduce it someday later this 12 months alongside its wrist-worn XR controller for hand-gesture enter.
As per a earlier Bloomberg report from January, the system is allegedly codenamed ‘Hypernova’. Citing Meta workers, the system might value between $1,000 and $1,400, though the ultimate worth probably nonetheless hasn’t been determined.
The value enhance over the corporate’s $300 Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, which don’t embody shows of any type, is reportedly pushed by the inclusion of a single show seen within the lower-right quadrant of the suitable lens.
In contrast to augmented actuality glasses, which appropriately place digital pictures within the consumer’s field-of-view, the system as described can be nearer to Google Glass in operate. Discover out extra in regards to the variations between Good Glasses and AR Glasses in our full explainer.
Bloomberg’s newest report now maintains Hypernova will embody devoted apps for taking photos, viewing pictures and accessing maps. This additionally consists of notifications from cellphone apps, comparable to Messenger and WhatsApp, the report maintains.
It’s stated Hypenova will rely “closely on the Meta View cellphone app,” and should not embody its personal on-board app retailer regardless of working a personalized model of Android—suggesting it’s extra akin to a smartphone peripheral and never a standalone platform as such.
It’s nonetheless stated to incorporate most of the identical options of Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, comparable to capturing pictures and video, accessing AI through built-in microphones and pairing with a cellphone for calls and music playback.
Moreover, it’s stated Hypernova is getting a spec bump within the digicam division. The most recent model of Meta Ray-Ban comes with a 12-megapixel digicam, much like an iPhone 11 (2019) in high quality. As a substitute, Hypernova is hoping to “rival the iPhone 13 from 2021,” based on folks accustomed to the matter.
Like the corporate’s display-less Ray-Ban Glasses, the report maintains customers can management Hypernova utilizing capacitive contact controls positioned on the temples, permitting to scroll by media.
It appears nonetheless Meta is trying to lastly productize its wrist-worn XR controller, which makes use of electromyography (EMG) sensors to detect issues such pinching and hand rotation for UI choice. Hypernova is alleged to come back bundled within the field with the wrist-worn controller, which we’ve additionally seen in motion with the corporate’s inner Orion AR glasses.
Bloomberg maintains a second-gen ‘Hypernova 2’ is already within the works, which is alleged to incorporate a binocular heads-up show system (once more, good glasses, not AR) with folks accustomed to the matter sustaining it’s at the moment deliberate for launch in 2027.
Granted, something might occur. Meta often cabinets merchandise late in growth, comparable to its allegedly canceled variant the system with out a digicam—a transfer focusing on decrease prices and elevated consumer privateness.
Nonetheless, Hypernova probably received’t be the subsequent good glasses system Meta releases. The report maintains Meta is finalizing ‘Supernova 2’, which operate like Ray-Ban Meta Glasses, however homes inside a sportier Oakley design.
All of that is main as much as the discharge of Meta’s first true AR glasses. The corporate revealed its inner developer package Orion in late 2024; Meta CTO and Actuality Labs chief Andrew Bosworth has stated an AR system based mostly on their work with Orion might come earlier than 2030, priced “no less than within the house of cellphone, laptop computer territory.”
