Meta’s Next-Gen AI Smart Glasses with Display Could Challenge Apple in 2025

Meta is reportedly developing high-end smart glasses with a display unit, aiming for a 2025 launch that could coincide with Apple’s product releases, offering a new way to interact with AI and digital content.

As a frontend developer who’s always geeking out over AI, watching smart glasses evolve from basic camera gadgets to full-blown AI companions is nothing short of mind-blowing. Meta, riding high on its Ray-Ban collab, is apparently cooking up next-gen smart glasses with a display—because why not? This could seriously shake things up, especially with Apple’s usual October frenzy around the corner in 2025. Talk about timing.

According to Bloomberg (those guys know stuff), these glasses, dubbed Hypernova (cool name, right?), will sport a single display tucked in the lower right lens corner. Think checking out photos, scrolling through apps, or even getting lost with maps—all controlled by your hands and eyes. And with a price tag hovering between $1,000 and $1,400, they’re not exactly impulse buys. But hey, they’re set to outshine the current crop of budget XR glasses, so there’s that.

Here’s where it gets juicy: the blend of software and hardware. Running a tweaked Android version and powered by Qualcomm’s wearable tech, these glasses are all about fitting into your digital life like that one comfy hoodie. And Meta’s not stopping there—projects like Orion (hello, holographic displays) and Aria (for the industrial AR crowd) are already peeking into the future.

For us tech tinkerers, the playground just got a whole lot bigger. Picture crafting apps that mash up AI and AR in something you can wear. The sky’s the limit, and honestly, I’m just here, popcorn in hand, waiting to see what magic developers whip up next.