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Eyewear’s Disruption by Smart Glasses May Have Already Begun

Meta is widely expected to unveil its first augmented-reality glasses this week, but it’s the company’s more basic Ray-Ban glasses with EssilorLuxottica that could prove as — or more — pivotal to the rise of smart glasses.
A product photo shows the Skyler glasses against a white background.
The Ray-Ban Meta Skyler smart glasses. (EssilorLuxottica)

Meta will reportedly debut a prototype of its first-ever augmented-reality glasses Wednesday, but before that even happens, it may have already disrupted the eyewear market.

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Marc Bain
Marc Bain

Marc Bain is Technology Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of technology and innovation, from start-ups to Big Tech.

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