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24 alternatives to Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses
All new smart glasses from Meta and Ray-Ban
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Meta's first AI glasses built for prescriptions
Apr 2026 · about.fb.com · its alternatives →
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The next evolution of performance AI glasses
2025 · meta.com · its alternatives →
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Hi! Recently smart-glasses with cameras like the Meta Ray-bans seem to be getting more popular. As does some people's desire to remove/cover up the recording indicator LED. I wanted to see if there's a way to detect when people are recording with these types of glasses, so a little bit ago I started working this project. I've hit a little bit of a wall though so I'm very much open to ideas! I've written a bunch more on the link (+photos are there), but essentially this uses 2 fingerprinting approaches: - retro-reflectivity of the camera sensor by looking at IR reflections. mixed results…
Nov 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Spectacles Gen 5▲174See the world through a different Lens
2024 · spectacles.com · its alternatives →
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The most accessible AI assistant, now wearable
2025 · ally.me · its alternatives →
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v1.0.0: https://github.com/dcrebbin/meta-vision-api/releases/tag/1.0... The previous implementation was very very hacky and used a bookmarklet alongside uglified messenger classes from 2 years ago to monitor a chat, it was also only for image messages. The new release is a browser extension for chrome & firefox that you run on an alt facebook account on messenger that can monitor for new chat & image messages + video monitoring if in a call. You can create a group chat and use a special method (instructions in the readme) to force the Glasses to be aware of…
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AI-powered smartglasses for the blind and visually impaired
2020 · letsenvision.com · its alternatives →
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Glass Apps▲13The app catalog for Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses
May 2026 · glassapps.io · its alternatives →
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IRL Glasses▲368Live IRL (In Real Life) and see everything except screens
2018 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Bluetooth audio glasses for music, calls and voice assistant
2020 · lucyd.co · its alternatives →
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Spectacles v2▲370Sunglasses that capture your world, the way you see it.
2018 · spectacles.com · its alternatives →
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GlassKit UI▲71AI-ready React UI for Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses
Jun 2026 · glasskit.app · its alternatives →
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Spectacles 3▲226Snapchats latest update to their Spectacles range
2019 · spectacles.com · its alternatives →
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