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Meta's Reportedly Launching Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Designed for Prescription Lenses
Meta faces a class-action lawsuit over privacy concerns as new prescription-friendly Ray-Ban smart glasses emerge, expanding the product line amid regulatory and legal challenges.
- On Thursday, Bloomberg reported Meta is preparing to launch two new Ray-Ban smart glasses models, codenamed Scriber and Blazer, designed specifically for prescription lens wearers and expected as early as next week.
- Meta aims to capture a larger share of the $223 billion global eyewear market, where prescription lenses account for roughly 69 per cent of sales, with CEO Mark Zuckerberg noting that 'billions of people wear glasses or contacts for vision correction.'
- The devices are manufactured by Franco-Italian conglomerate EssilorLuxottica, which controls optical retail channels; Bloomberg reported in February that the two companies are working through disagreements over pricing and strategy.
- Plaintiffs Gina Bartone and Mateo Canu filed a class action lawsuit against Meta and Luxottica of America on March 4, alleging the companies failed to disclose that captured videos are transmitted to Kenyan subcontractors for manual labeling.
- While Grand View Research projects the smart glasses market could reach $14.4 billion by 2033, privacy attorney Brian Hall warns that existing laws fail to address surveillance risks, stating that once privacy is addressed, 'everything else is just kind of window dressing.
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Meta launches prescription Ray-Ban smart glasses to reach billions of eyewear buyers
Meta is preparing to launch two new Ray-Ban smart glasses models designed specifically for prescription wearers, according to a Bloomberg report published on Thursday. The models, codenamed Scriber and Blazer, were first spotted in Federal Communications Commission filings and are expected to reach consumers as early as next week. They do not represent a new […] This story continues at The Next Web
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