5 Meta Ray-Ban upgrades that have me truly hyped for September 17

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The hype continues to build around the arrival of Meta's futuristic Hypernova (a.k.a. Celeste) smart glasses, which will reportedly add a small heads-up display in one eye and a neural wristband (Ceres) to control the interface. These will reportedly cost around $800 and will be announced at Meta Connect on September 17. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has stated that Meta is preparing to sell 150,00-200,000 units of its Hypernova glasses over the next two years.

Some have even started calling these the next version of the current Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses. However, both Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and CTO Andrew Bosworth have been teasing that Meta will release multiple products in the smart glasses space this fall. 

And the CEO of EssilorLuxotica (maker of Ray-Bans), Francesco Milleri, said in early 2025 that over ...