Common Oakley Meta HSTN glasses can now be preordered, and can ship subsequent week.
Ray-Ban and Oakley are each owned by EssilorLuxottica, the eyewear large with which Meta final yr secured an settlement extending their partnership “into the following decade”, and this yr took a 3% stake in by way of a €3 billion funding.
Hoping to construct on the success of Ray-Ban Meta, in June the 2 corporations introduced Oakley Meta HSTN glasses, a barely higher-end possibility with the Oakley HSTN design.
Meta says the Oakley Meta HSTN glasses have 8 hours of battery life in typical use, in comparison with 4 hours for the Ray-Ban Meta glasses. In addition they seize 3K video, up from 1080p.
Apart from these enhancements, Oakley Meta HSTN glasses operate the identical manner as Ray-Ban Meta. They’re screenless good glasses with a digital camera, microphones, and audio system. You need to use them to seize images and movies, take heed to music/podcasts/audiobooks, make and obtain calls, share your first-person view on WhatsApp & Messenger video calls, translate speech, scan QR codes, and question Meta AI, the corporate’s LLM-based assistant that may see by way of the digital camera if you ask about one thing in view. It’s going to additionally learn out some telephone notifications, if you need.
Like the present Ray-Ban Meta glasses, Oakley Meta HSTN glasses are IPX4 water-resistant, that means they repel splashing water, however aren’t rated for water jets or submersion. And in addition like Ray-Ban Meta, Oakley Meta HSTN glasses function an LED on the entrance that illuminates every time the digital camera is in use, be it for seize or for Meta AI.
In July, an preliminary limited-edition mannequin with gold accents and gold 24K polarized lenses launched and shipped, priced at $500.
Now, the common editions are accessible to preorder, beginning at $400, within the US, Canada, the UK, Eire, France, Italy, Spain, Austria, Belgium, Australia, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, and Denmark.
The glasses can be found in six common body and lens shade mixtures:
- Heat Gray with Ruby PRIZM Lenses ($400)
- Black with Clear Lenses ($400)
- Brown Smoke with Polarized Deep Water PRIZM Lenses ($450)
- Black with Black PRIZM Polarized Lenses ($450)
- Black with Amethyst Transitions Lenses ($480)
- Clear with Gray Transitions Lenses ($480)
The sun shades fashions use Oakley’s PRIZM lens expertise, which EssilorLuxottica says enhances colours and distinction.
Meta says the common Oakley Meta HSTN glasses will ship on August 26, subsequent Tuesday, and also will be coming to Mexico, India, and the United Arab Emirates later within the yr.
You possibly can preorder them on the Meta Retailer or Oakley.com.
