Meta Connect 2025 kicks off on September 17 at 5 p.m. PT/8 p.m. ET and September 18 at 1 a.m. BST, and we’re anticipating the Hypernova smart glasses to make their debut — rumored to be called “Meta Celeste.” I’ve always said that the future of smart specs will happen when AI and AR technology merge, and leaks are pointing to these glasses doing exactly that.
We got a preview of the fully-fledged face computer Meta sees as the future in Project Orion last year, and Hypernova is set to be the first step towards that with a built-in display and a wristband controller.
Fair warning — they won’t come cheap, and Zuck & Co. seems to know this with rumored limited production. Nonetheless, there are plenty of leaked reasons to get hyped. Let’s get into them.
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