The Future of Smart Glasses in 2025

Glasses like Meta Ray-Bans and the Xreal One could get even better when phones work better with them. Android XR might be a sign of what’s next. Read more on CNET: The Smart Glasses Moment Is Here. But They’re Still Missing Something Big 0:00 Intro 0:40 Meta Ray-Bans 0:50 XReal One Glasses 1:31 Phone Connectivity…

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Glasses like Meta Ray-Bans and the Xreal One could get even better when phones work better with them. Android XR might be a sign of what’s next.

Read more on CNET:
The Smart Glasses Moment Is Here. But They’re Still Missing Something Big

0:00 Intro
0:40 Meta Ray-Bans
0:50 XReal One Glasses
1:31 Phone Connectivity with AR Glasses
2:06 Android XR
2:26 Apple iPhones and Vision Pro
3:07 Smart Glasses App Store

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41 Comments

@Kurdish20226

January 18, 2025 at 9:19 am

Theyll replace the phone in less than 10 years

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- @NextNate03
  
  January 18, 2025 at 2:29 pm
  
  What is 1 of the biggest complaints about 3D tvs?
  You have to wear glasses.
  
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- @vincentlin7203
  
  January 18, 2025 at 4:57 pm
  
  No, they will not. Smart glasses will rely on phone for the next 10 years at least until we can fit the phone power into glasses.
  
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@DarkOracleOfDeath

January 18, 2025 at 9:57 am

As an aspiring truck driver (working towards my license as we speak) I’m so tempted by the XReal One.
A 100″+ screen in a truck would be brilliant to just hook up to my iPhone, MacBook or even maybe I’ll get a Steamdeck, who knows…
I’d probably mostly use it with the MacBook as secondary monitor though.

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@Rosepoision

January 18, 2025 at 10:20 am

U look like terminator ???? love to see cnet videos

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@smittyvanjagermanjenson182

January 18, 2025 at 10:30 am

Im just holding off on the ray-bans until the first pair with a display show up. They dont need to be the Orions, im just not interested in a camera system where no view finder is present. Also it would be nice to have some notification/quick reply system present in the displays. Then afterwards the Orions should be much closer to their consumer launch

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@l-b4330

January 18, 2025 at 10:48 am

Yeah nah nothing from Meta thanks

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@georgeh6856

January 18, 2025 at 1:08 pm

I have trouble recognizing faces, as well as remembering people’s names. I need AR smart glasses to pop up the name of the person in front of me. I would also like them to constantly record video so I can look at things I do later. Plus, they should look like regular glasses, with no lights or pieces sticking out of them. No more glassholes. I don’t think any of the current smart glasses can do this yet.

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@prettyboiiartistic

January 18, 2025 at 1:33 pm

Don’t waste money on them , there cool and all to watch stuff but to play games is really delayed and laggy , I don’t think they really focus on something like that at the moment

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@Ray__E

January 18, 2025 at 2:08 pm

Remember Google Glass? I wonder if Google will revisit smart glasses now that they are starting to become more popular?

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- @atharvad4631
  
  January 18, 2025 at 3:18 pm
  
  they already are this year they are launching it
  
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- @ChesterMeadows
  
  January 19, 2025 at 9:32 am
  
  @@atharvad4631Exactly, talk about being out of the loop! Most people are like that though I find as they just don’t follow it like we do etc
  
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@mikeshafer

January 18, 2025 at 3:37 pm

I think Apple missed the boat by now linking the iPhone to the AVP. The iPhone provides a lot of horsepower and could take the weight (and cost) off the AVP. I guess we’ll see how it plays out.

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@jamesoloughlin

January 18, 2025 at 4:31 pm

Not wearing any unless I trust the company with my privacy, it is built in and my data isn’t collected to train AI models (among other uses).

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- @MF_JONES
  
  January 21, 2025 at 4:23 pm
  
  We all have to give up our data to help train the models if we want the technology to be any good
  
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- @jamesoloughlin
  
  January 21, 2025 at 5:59 pm
  
  @@MF_JONES not true
  
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@franciscovillarroel2912

January 18, 2025 at 5:04 pm

Someone paid for this! Look at Vuzix, the industry leader in wave guide technology.

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@Hana-kp3fx

January 18, 2025 at 5:05 pm

WE NEED GLASSES THAT YOU CAN SEE A PERSON WITH!!!!! Just like in Holo Love, a k-drama! I’m going to be waiting for that!

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@Soundsofanetwork

January 18, 2025 at 5:34 pm

Once these take off they will change social media in such a dramatic way, I have seen a glimpse of this change on VR but AR glasses are the future.

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@tetzet3254

January 18, 2025 at 7:21 pm

Aging Harry Potter into smart glasses!

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@epiren

January 18, 2025 at 8:27 pm

Got the Xreals from the beginning. The pace of their evolution is just right.

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@rosariodagosto6484

January 18, 2025 at 9:47 pm

Happy. For. You. Cus.

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@christopherd.winnan8701

January 18, 2025 at 9:47 pm

I refuse to give a singe cent to exploitative Luxottica who make the Ray Bans. Horrible company!

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@kingbugszy

January 18, 2025 at 10:10 pm

Honestly, if this is where the future is headed, I want live subtitles for when I’m talking to people so I can finally understand what they’re saying.

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@kingbugszy

January 18, 2025 at 10:12 pm

Does this affect your eyesight in any way? Since it’s basically two screens against your eyes, won’t your eyesight worsen? Or am I understanding wrong?

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- @amadiko1299
  
  January 20, 2025 at 12:35 pm
  
  Your very correct
  
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- @MF_JONES
  
  January 21, 2025 at 4:19 pm
  
  No cos your eyes actually focus a few metres in front of you
  
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@Olivia_Spencer45

January 18, 2025 at 10:26 pm

I think that smart glasses are not that important in our life despite that style that doesn’t suit all face shapes????. Thanks for your video

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@christianlamb

January 19, 2025 at 3:40 am

Can AR glasses play 3d and stereoscopic 3d media?

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@skyb0x-h6s

January 19, 2025 at 4:39 am

what i only need in smart glass is the zooming in and zooming out capabilities..

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@ChesterMeadows

January 19, 2025 at 9:36 am

I love my quest 3 and all things vr/ar but i still find myself being more excited for a switch 2 and a brand new Mariokart this year lol

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@v1Dice

January 19, 2025 at 10:23 am

I hope google xr glasses will be worth buying

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@Sebpv2006

January 19, 2025 at 1:47 pm

But I think this is mixing the different use of the glasses. I see:
– Assistant with the real world (those ones are about taking photos, commenting what you see, finding info …) It’s basically realtime agent that sees what you see. Meta Ray bans go there
– Screens for other devices. This is for any device that can be plugged to a bigger screen. Xreal Goes there.

I think the second case is available now and we can get immediate benefits from it. However the second case still needs work. We need the whole agents concept running on a device connected to the glasses like … the phone.

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@nickcpv

January 19, 2025 at 9:47 pm

I’m still wearing an analog clock

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@PalaciosCJ5

January 20, 2025 at 1:11 am

Do they correct your vision?

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@Krn7777w

January 20, 2025 at 1:32 am

Would you recommend Halliday glasses? I was thinking of pre-ordering them considering the discount and then getting Transitions GEN S lenses from Lensology. I like the idea of the DigiWindow projector and 35 grams weight and regular glasses form factor. Waves guides are less visible in the bright sunlight, I heard these glasses don’t have that problem.

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@GhostDrifting-r9e

January 20, 2025 at 3:47 am

Where do u buy from?

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@ColmCoyne-f3t

January 20, 2025 at 11:22 am

What about deaf people like me is there a hearing aid app connected

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- @MF_JONES
  
  January 21, 2025 at 4:24 pm
  
  Would you find it helpful if everyone was subtitled?
  
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@ColmCoyne-f3t

January 20, 2025 at 11:25 am

What happens if you live in a place with bad coverage you people don’t consider these things

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- @MF_JONES
  
  January 21, 2025 at 4:23 pm
  
  There will be no such thing as bad coverage in the future
  
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