Meta Connect 2025 is kicking off today, and one thing is obvious based on all the leaks and rumors leading up to Mark Zuckerberg’s keynote: it will be all about smart glasses.

VR headsets may get an Asus-shaped shout-out, but specs will dominate, and Meta’s rumored Hypernova (or "Ray-Ban Meta Display") glasses with a built-in display look set to lead the charge. They look prime to take the vision set by Project Orion revealed last year, bring that tech and launch it in a $799 pair of consumer specs that bring a visual overlay to all the AI smarts that glasses can bring.

I have been testing smart glasses for over four years, and have ranked the best smart glasses you can buy.

Technologically, this will be a significant leap forward that has been demoed by other companies over the past 12

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