{"id":1357,"date":"2026-03-29T00:27:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/metas-next-ai-glasses-are-reportedly-designed-with-prescription-lenses-in-mind\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T00:27:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T16:27:30","slug":"metas-next-ai-glasses-are-reportedly-designed-with-prescription-lenses-in-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/metas-next-ai-glasses-are-reportedly-designed-with-prescription-lenses-in-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta&#8217;s next AI glasses are reportedly designed with prescription lenses in mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two new models of Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses are on the way, and they&#8217;re going to be catered towards those who use prescription lenses, according to a <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-03-27\/meta-to-launch-new-ai-glasses-aimed-at-prescription-wearers\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> report. While these are supposed to be announced next week, <em>Bloomberg<\/em> noted that these won&#8217;t be a &#8220;new generation&#8221; of Meta&#8217;s smart glasses.<\/p>\n<p>You can already add prescription lenses to Meta Ray-Ban&#8217;s <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/wearables\/ray-ban-meta-2nd-gen-review-smart-glasses-are-finally-getting-useful-124720393.html\">AI glasses<\/a>, but the upcoming models will come in rectangular and rounded styles and will be sold through traditional prescription eyewear channels. <em>Bloomberg<\/em> didn&#8217;t specify how these new glasses will differ from existing options, but noted that it&#8217;s the first time Meta and Ray-Ban are releasing a pair of AI glasses specifically designed for this demographic.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The two models are likely the codenamed products Scriber and Blazer, which were first spotted by <a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/column\/901314\/meta-new-ray-ban-ai-glasses\"><em>The Verge<\/em><\/a> in filings with the Federal Communications Commission. The filings described the devices as production units, meaning Meta could be close to the actual product launch. Looking at the filings, it&#8217;s unlikely these upcoming prescription AI glasses will have a display like the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:4;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/wearables\/meta-ray-ban-display-review-chunky-frames-with-impressive-abilities-193127070.html\">Meta Ray-Ban Displays<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has hinted at AI glasses that are meant for prescription glasses wearers in a previous earnings call. As noted by <em>Bloomberg<\/em>, Zuckerberg previously said that &#8220;billions of people wear glasses or contacts for vision correction,&#8221; adding that, &#8220;it&#8217;s hard to imagine a world in several years where most glasses that people wear aren&#8217;t AI glasses.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/wearables\/metas-next-ai-glasses-are-reportedly-designed-with-prescription-lenses-in-mind-162730768.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/29\/metas-next-ai-glasses-are-reportedly-designed-with-prescription-lenses-in-mind\/\">Meta&#8217;s next AI glasses are reportedly designed with prescription lenses in mind<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new models of Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses are on the way, and they&#8217;re going to be catered towards those who use prescription lenses, according to a Bloomberg report. While these are supposed to be announced next week, Bloomberg noted that these won&#8217;t be a &#8220;new generation&#8221; of Meta&#8217;s smart glasses. You can already add prescription lenses to Meta Ray-Ban&#8217;s AI glasses, but the upcoming models will come in rectangular and rounded styles and will be sold through traditional prescription eyewear channels. Bloomberg didn&#8217;t specify how these new glasses will differ from existing options, but noted that it&#8217;s the first time Meta and Ray-Ban are releasing a pair of AI glasses specifically designed for this demographic. The two models are likely the codenamed products Scriber [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}