Meta smart glasses leaked early: Equipped with HUD display and gesture control bracelet

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An accidental video leak has unveiled the mystery surrounding Meta’s annual blockbuster hardware product.

On September 16, according to UploadVR, a private video that briefly appeared and was quickly deleted from Meta’s official YouTube channel revealed that Meta’s upcoming new smart glasses will be called “Meta Ray-Ban Display,” and will be equipped with a monocular head-up display (HUD) and a surface electromyography (sEMG) wristband.

The video clip shows that the glasses’ fixed HUD display appears only in the user’s right visual field, mainly for Meta AI functions and walking navigation.

More groundbreaking is that, after wearing the sEMG wristband, users can input letters by sliding their fingers on any physical surface such as a table, achieving text entry without a physical keyboard. However, the report makes it clear that this is not true AR technology—its technical complexity is far lower than that of the AR glasses prototype codenamed “Orion” inside Meta.

According to reports, the product has a starting price of $800, and the glasses weigh 70 grams, a 40% increase compared to the current Ray-Ban Meta glasses (50 grams).

Image source: video screenshot

According to a WallstreetCN article, on September 18 Meta will hold its Connect conference, where the market expects the release of Meta’s first consumer-grade smart glasses. At the same time, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will deliver a keynote speech on “AI Smart Glasses.”

This leak confirms what media have long reported. Haitong Securities previously predicted that the glasses would be priced starting from $800. The front frame design is extremely similar to the Ray-Ban Meta, and the core display feature is a single-eye HUD, focusing on delivering “at-a-glance” information, including time, weather, notifications, photo previews, translation, and more. Meta will also demonstrate a pairing solution of the sEMG wristband with AR glasses, filling the gap in scenarios for voice interaction.

Ray-Ban’s Naming Rights Unexpected

Although the leaked product is almost identical to previous media and institutional predictions, the fact that these display smart glasses will ultimately feature the Ray-Ban brand is a relatively unexpected piece of news for the market.

Last year, The Information reported that because EssilorLuxottica, the parent company of Ray-Ban and Oakley, was “hesitant” about the thickness required in the glasses’ arms to accommodate the display, Meta had planned to release the glasses independently.

This change in brand association may be related to Meta’s investment in EssilorLuxottica. Previously, Meta invested 3 billion euros in Ray-Ban's parent company EssilorLuxottica to acquire a 3% stake.

This partnership is expected to greatly boost the product’s consumer appeal and allow it to enter thousands of retail stores globally owned by Ray-Ban’s parent company EssilorLuxottica, providing a key channel to solve the problem of how high-end tech products can reach mainstream consumers.

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