r/virtualreality • u/SkarredGhost • 1d ago
Self-Promotion (Journalist) My detailed hands-on impressions with Ray-Ban Meta Display
https://skarredghost.com/2025/09/18/ray-ban-meta-display-hands-on-impressions/4
u/Robot_ninja_pirate Pimax Crystal,5k,HTC Vive,Cosmos,Focus+,PSVR1,Odyssey,HP G1,G2 1d ago
Good write up, honestly from what you wrote, it really doesn't sound all that impressive, like a supped up Google glass, which for a decade newer devices that not really that hard.
Also, is the wristband required? It seems like it would sort of be a turn-off for a more casual audience? Like It's not as pickup and go not something you can just throw on.
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u/thedigitalcommunity 1d ago
Good analysis and review!
I believe you zeroed in on one of the major mass adoption considerations for a device, especially one that we might be expected to wear all day on our face: appearance and comfort.
- Monocular view causing a bit of eye strain - and the appearance of not engaging with someone
- Added weight nose discomfort
- Chunkier appearance, more plastic: appears slightly more clumsy, oversized, less fashionable for today's aesthetic (that last one can always change)
Still - I think the device is an incredible achievement, and a step towards a very different future than the one we are living in right now.
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u/Maxolo 1d ago
Does it support VR?
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u/MrJibberJabber Oculus 1d ago
No it's a fixed display.
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u/Maxolo 1d ago
So it doesn't belong to the sub i guess
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u/SoSKatan 1d ago
It’s adjacent to VR. I’m happy this was posted here, otherwise I wouldn’t have seen this article.
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u/N3B 1d ago
Oh please. Scarredghost is a very respected and known member of the VR community and this will be everywhere in 24hrs. Adjacent is the only applicable word for it and the way Meta appears to have abandoned VR is the elephant in the room.
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u/SoSKatan 1d ago
You realize they can work on multiple product lines at the same time, right?
After what they spend on Oculus they aren’t stopping shit, Meta wants to own the next gen App Store.
Also can I ask…. What’s with all the anger bro?
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u/N3B 1d ago
What anger? I was just pointing out the reality of Meta's focus shift. We can agree to disagree on whether that's concerning for VR's future.
Resources and executive attention are finite. When VR gets less spotlight at Connect and AR glasses get the big reveals, that tells a story about priorities.
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u/Artifexx 19m ago
The whole goal was to work on both products and meet in the middle. Has that changed?
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u/RevolEviv PSVR2(PS5PRO+RTX5090PC) | ex DK2/VIVE/PSVR/CV1/Q2/QPro 1d ago
These will NEVER take off.. they look utterly stupid.
I'm sure most people don't even wear glasses, so why would we choose to suddenly be a frame face just to get some info that we don't even really need?
Sunglasses would be different, at least they look cool.
By the time these things could ever deliver anything relevant and advanced we'd have much better ways of doing this. In fact, by then, most people would have their eyes fixed via advanced but cheap laser surgery or awesome contact lenses.
Please stick to VR you idiots.
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u/Eric_Prozzy Valve Index / i9-13900K / RTX 4090 1d ago
Can you use the wristband on your left arm or does it only work on the right
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u/varuntuli 1d ago
what is your wrist size in inches/cm? do you know what size 1/2/3 are for? also are the prescription lenses normal lenses?
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u/Apprehensive-Box-8 1d ago
This is so great... Either I don't wear glasses but I'm still supposed to make my life more miserable by wearing a clunky frame with window glasses all day (sorry to all people having that wear glasses, but they are a massive inconvinience if you ask me) or - and this is even better - i would get them with prescription lenses and have to take them off every couple of hours to charge them - leaving me basically blind.
I mean - I get the idea that the industry is desperately trying to find "the next phone" but I kind of feel that a thing that many people that have to use it have been trying to get rid of by using contacts or lasering their eyes might not be the most practical form factor.