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Earlier this year, my colleague Jason England put the original Xreal One Pro AR glasses head-to-head against one of thebestpremium pairs of AR glasses, the Viture Beast.

I’ve spent a week wearing Meta’s new Ray-Ban Audio glasses, and I have a confession. At first, I wasn’t particularly impressed.

There are rumors that Apple’s Vision Pro category is on “life support.” But after playing with the new Meta VR Glasses, coming this spring for $1,299, I think it would be premature for Apple to pull the plug.

Meta revealed its new VR Glasses atMeta Connect 2026, and Tom’s Guide readers had strong reactions to the new glasses.

At the Meta Connect 2026 keynote, Mark Zuckerberg announced a raft of new devices: VR glasses that could rival the Apple Vision Pro, audio-only smart glasses, and even a clever-looking pendant to house its new Muse AI. However, there was one thing that I was waiting to hear, which never came.

Let’s get one thing out of the way: I am not an advocate for VR headsets. I find them bulky, isolating, and, on the whole, an unuseful way to engage with technology as it currently exists.

Meta Connect kicks off later this week as the tech giant’s annual event starts on September 23. We’re expecting to see CEO Mark Zuckerberg on stage announcing several new devices including different smart glasses, a VR headset, and potential Metaverse features.

Later this week, Mark Zuckerberg is expected to announce its newest generation of smart glasses at Meta Connect in California. However, in the year since the Meta Ray-Ban Displays and Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 smart glasses debuted, the company’s reputation has been tarnished by numerous reports of individuals using Meta’s specs for creepy purposes.

Way back in June of this year, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel revealed the company’s Specs — a pair of AR glasses that he described as the beginning of a “new era of computing.”

Snap officially unveiled its Specs AR glasses at AWE 2026 in June, but the official launch was delayed until now. “It’s going to be that shift from phones to glasses,” Snap said at the time.