Sources: Meta is ramping up work on its first glasses with a display, codenamed Hypernova, which it could debut as early as the end of 2025 for $1,000 to $1,400
here's what you will see through them Hamish Hector / TechRadar : Latest Meta AR smart glasses leak has killed my interest before they're even official Umar Shakir / The Verge : Here's more of what you'll see through Meta's $1,000 smart glasses Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : Meta's Upcoming $1,300 AI Smart Glasses Will Include Display and Gesture Control Andrew Williams / Forbes : Meta $1,000+ Smart Glasses With In-Vision Screen Explained Nadeem Sarwar / Digital Trends : Meta AI glasses leak tips one-eyed screen, Android soul, and high ask Adamya Sharma / Android Authority : Love the Ray-Ban Meta AI Glasses? A big upgrade is coming with Android at its heart Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : Meta is reportedly preparing a next-gen Smartglasses device code-named ‘Hypernova’ that may include a ‘neural’ wristband controller Carrie Marshall / T3 : Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses could soon get a massive upgrade - just don't look at the price Sagar Naresh Bhavsar / Neowin : Here's how Meta's upcoming premium ‘Hypernova’ smart glasses with a screen will work Tomislav Bezmalinovic / MIXED Reality News : Meta's first smart glasses with a display could cost over $1,000 David Heaney / UploadVR : Meta HUD Glasses Price, Features & Input Device Reportedly Revealed Threads: @thestockmarketnerd : Per Bloomberg, $META is poised to release an upgraded version of its highly popular Ray-Ban smart glasses this year. Will feature hand controls & a screen. I continue to think glasses will be the next ubiquitous frontier for consumer hardware. … Mark Gurman / @markgurman : The company has already begun work on a second-generation version of the product, codenamed Hypernova 2. The major difference is the inclusion of a binocular display system, which means the device will have two screens and show information in both eyes. Josh Williams / @jw : A few years ago when my friends and I started (re)imagining what a location-aware social experience of the future might look like, it was with the assumption that Apple might ship AR glasses in the imminent future. Really impressive to watch Meta get there first. X: David Heaney / @heaney555 : Very curious to find out whether the ‘Maps’ app can make on-foot navigating in cities a better experience, and seeing phone notifications could be very useful. But $1000-$1400 seems very steep for a monocular display, and that's the aspect of Hypernova I'm most skeptical of. Dylan / @dylanmcd8 : well... just might have to buy these!! Smart glasses are easily the #1 product category I am most excited about right now. Mark Gurman / @markgurman : NEW: Meta is planning to launch $1000+ Smart Glasses with a screen and hand gesture controls later this year. Here's how they'll work: https://www.bloomberg.com/... Forums: r/OculusQuest : Meta, ramping up work on a deluxe version of its popular smart glasses, plans to include hand-gesture controls and a screen for displaying photos and apps. r/augmentedreality : Meta, ramping up work on a deluxe version of its popular smart glasses, plans to include hand-gesture controls and a screen for displaying photos and apps.
Context & Ripple Effects
Meta’s reported display-glasses push extends its earlier consumer smart-glasses launch, the $299 Ray-Ban Meta glasses, while incorporating elements demonstrated in the Orion AR prototype, including a wrist-based neural input approach.
The report also follows Meta’s stated effort to bring display-equipped glasses to market in 2025, alongside Oakley-branded models, as covered in its broader 2025 eyewear roadmap. It matters because it places a display and new input methods into a markedly more premium product tier.
First-order effects
- Meta would shift part of its smart-glasses lineup from camera-and-audio accessories toward a premium, display-equipped device, with gesture control and a possible wristband controller becoming central to the experience.
- A $1,000–$1,400 target price would sharply narrow the initial customer base relative to Meta’s earlier $299 Ray-Ban Meta glasses and make perceived utility of the in-vision display the key purchase test.
Second-order effects
- The proposed pricing and monocular display would give Apple and Android-linked device makers a concrete product-positioning benchmark: practical notifications and apps, rather than a full-field AR experience, at a premium price.
- If Android integration is part of the product, Meta’s hardware strategy would become more dependent on phone-platform compatibility and developer support for the experiences shown in the glasses.
Third-order effects
- If this product category gains traction, smart glasses could segment into lower-cost camera/audio models and higher-cost display models, with input systems such as wristbands differentiating the latter.
- The broader test is whether manufacturers can turn prototype AR capabilities into socially wearable, consumer-priced products; the reported monocular approach suggests an incremental route rather than immediate replacement of conventional screens.
The trend: Meta’s work is part of the gradual productization of smart glasses from AI-enabled camera accessories into display-led personal computing devices.