Meta Connect Keynote 2026
Meta's annual keynote yesterday was a tight 55-minute live event held on their campus in Menlo Park. I watched the whole thing this morning, before recording tomorrow's episode of Dithering.
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Meta's annual keynote yesterday was a tight 55-minute live event held on their campus in Menlo Park.
They're not that much less expensive than the camera models, starting at $350.
I watched the whole thing this morning, before recording tomorrow's episode of Dithering.
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Meta's annual keynote yesterday was a tight 55-minute live event held on their campus in Menlo Park. I watched the whole thing this morning, before recording tomorrow's episode of Dithering. These are audio-only smart glasses, with microphones and speakers, but no camera.
How it works
- Zuckerberg pitched them as being less expensive, having longer battery life, and looking much more like regular glasses.
- All of those things are true, but he deftly avoided the privacy backlash against glasses with cameras.
- They're not that much less expensive than the camera models, starting at $350.
- I used to think I'd at least use my Vision Pro when I fly, but I haven't taken it with me on a flight in two years.
- It's too big and too heavy — a small piece of carry-on luggage unto itself.
What to take from it
By dint of their weight alone, Meta VR Glasses seem far more comfortable, and also far more portable. They look a lot more like regular sunglasses than Vision Pro (or Meta's own Quest goggles) — but they definitely don't look like regular sunglasses.
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It's almost an order of magnitude difference by weight.
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