Meta kicked off its annual Connect conference by introducing the Meta Ray-Ban Display, the company’s first consumer smart glasses that include a tiny digital display in one lens reuters.com. Priced at $799 with an AI-powered wristband controller, the glasses can show notifications and respond to hand gestures, and will hit stores on September 30 reuters.com. CEO Mark Zuckerberg framed the device as a step toward everyday “superintelligence,” arguing that smart glasses let people stay present while seamlessly tapping AI assistance to “improve your memory, improve your senses, and more” reuters.com. Meta also revealed an Oakley “Vanguard” smart sports glasses for athletes at $499, which syncs with fitness apps and offers nine-hour battery life reuters.com. While analysts don’t expect these niche glasses to sell in huge numbers, they view the launch as an important foothold in augmented reality eyewear, paving the way for Meta’s more advanced AR glasses planned for 2027 reuters.com. “It’s great value for the tech you’re getting,” noted one IDC analyst, though he added that mainstream adoption will take better software and use-cases reuters.com.