Smart Glasses

The Future at the Tip of Your Nose

Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer: A Style Icon with a Zuckerberg Touch

With Ray-Ban, owned by the Italian Luxottica Group since 1999, Mark Zuckerberg has selected one of the most popular brands of sunglasses as the cooperation partner for his Meta Group’s AR glasses. The Ray-Ban Meta Wayfarer fuses iconic design with state-of-the-art technology and manages to seamlessly combine aesthetics and functionality. With their timeless Wayfarer look, the glasses continue to be a statement of style, while the integrated technology makes them a must-have for the modern lifestyle.

These smart glasses have a 12-megapixel camera that captures high-resolution photos and videos from a first-person perspective, making them ideal for content creators or travelers who want to capture moments authentically. The five microphones and improved speakers provide immersive audio quality for calls or music. Despite their technological sophistication, the glasses remain lightweight at only 48 grams and offer all-day comfort.

The Meta Wayfarer also shine with their customized design options: from polarized lenses to transparent frames, over 150 style variations are possible to meet individual tastes. Future generations of these glasses will benefit from Meta’s in-house AI models in the Llama series, since they are comparable in many aspects to those from market leader OpenAI (ChatGPT).

EVEN REALITIES Even G1: Practical Minimalism

The Even G1 Smart Glasses set new standards in the world of digital glasses by merging a minimalist, elegant design with cutting-edge technology. Made from lightweight magnesium and titanium alloys, they offer robustness alongside all-day comfort. The patented screwless hinges and clean aesthetics make the G1 a subtle statement of timeless elegance and technological finesse.

In terms of technology, the Even G1 offer an innovative “Holistic Adaptive Optical System” (HAOS), which projects content such as notes, translations or navigation instructions directly onto the waveguide lenses and therefore directly in front of your eyes. And thanks to micro-LED technology, this information appears in crystal clear resolution and within a natural range of vision of around two meters. Functions such as real-time translation, teleprompting and QuickNote make them a highly useful companion for frequent travelers.

An additional highlight is the seamless integration of functionality and style. The G1 are available with customizable prescription lenses that are tailored to the visual needs of each wearer using precise software. Despite their complexity, the lenses remain thin and lightweight without compromising on aesthetics.

XREAL One Pro: Premium Features at a Premium Price

In an age where digital elegance is increasingly shaping our lifestyle, the XREAL One Pro is redefining the premium augmented reality eyewear segment. With its timeless, minimalist design and matte black finish, it represents a distinguished accessory for the technology-savvy connoisseur. The lightweight construction of just 84 grams combines high precision craftsmanship and innovative engineering.

The visual experience of the XREAL One Pro feels like a private digital vernissage: the high-resolution Sony Micro-OLED displays create a virtual 130-inch screen in the user’s personal field of vision using brilliant color reproduction and impressive depth of detail. Thanks to the electrochromic dimming function, the transparency of the glass automatically adapts to the lighting conditions, be it in a home office’s subdued atmosphere or on a vacation home’s sun-drenched terrace.

Due to its higher price point of approximately 649 euro, the XREAL One Pro underlines its claim as a premium device for an upscale lifestyle. The integration of high-quality Bose speakers completes the multi-sensory experience, making the glasses the perfect companion for discreet moments of entertainment or focused working in the business lounge. This statement piece unites technological avant-garde with cultivated understatement.

Viture Pro XR: A Radiant Entertainer

The VITURE Pro XR stands out from other AR glasses due to its emphasis on particularly good reproduction of visual content. It projects a 135-inch virtual screen in front of your eyes and does so with a refresh rate of 120 Hz and a brightness of over 1000 nits. This creates an immersive visual experience that is optimized for gaming, movies and productivity. The electrochromic film coating blocks out almost 100% of ambient light, making it ideal for usage in bright environments.

A distinctive feature of the VITURE Pro XR is its comprehensive compatibility with USB-C-enabled devices such as smartphones, laptops and handheld consoles. With the SpaceWalker app, users can configure virtual screens, use cloud gaming or play 3D videos. Compared to other glasses such as the XREAL Air 2 Pro, the VITURE Pro XR offers greater brightness and a larger field of vision, the ideal choice for users with high demands.

They also set themselves apart in terms of comfort and adaptability. Weighing in at only 78 grams, they are easy to wear, while diopter compensation from 0 to -5 directly corrects short-sightedness. The magnetic cable system and Harman speakers allow for intuitive operation and a high-quality audio experience. This combination of technical performance and usability makes the VITURE Pro XR one of the most versatile AR glasses on the market.

RayNeo X2: Artificial Intelligence on the Back of Your Nose

The RayNeo X2, available since February 2025, are among the first augmented reality glasses based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 platform, uniting innovative technologies with a design suitable for everyday use. They are the world’s first AR glasses with a binocular, full-color micro-LED waveguide display that offers a brightness of up to 1,000 nits and a contrast ratio of 100,000:1. These features mean they are suitable for both indoor and outdoor use. The glasses feature functions such as navigation, gesture recognition and real-time translation, making them particularly useful for traveling or business applications. Weighing 119 grams, they are a slightly heavier than other models.

A notable highlight of the RayNeo X2 is the integration of a multimodal AI assistant called “Grace”, which is based on ChatGPT. This assistant can handle complex tasks such as scene recognition and language translation in real time. The glasses will make it possible to automatically subtitle conversations, translate texts and record visual content such as photos and videos directly from a first-person perspective. The content can then be easily transferred to smartphones.

The glasses’ design combines functionality with unobtrusiveness: although they are somewhat bulkier than conventional glasses, they look inconspicuous from a distance. Operation is intuitive using gestures or touch sensors on the frame.