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Youtube video Meta released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyD_bmMy5nQ

And another random youtube influencer who tried it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J8oIs1GA0o

$1300 price

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According to the influencer, the weight is 100 g. I have 25 g (+lenses) glasses I wear often, and even that is right on the upper edge of what's comfortable and needs almost-uncomfortable tight arms to stay steady when my head moves. And, that's all as somebody who's worn glasses all my waking hours since like age 10, complete with nose-indent calluses. Either those Meta glasses are clamping uncomfortably hard on the sides of your head all the time or they'll fall off the first time you lean forward.

Maybe users will develop a distinctive posture.

For Meta, on their knees?

Strange complaint. 100 grams is extremely light compared to every other VR headset.

Most other VR headsets don't put their entire weight on your nose and ears.

According to reviews it feels very light.

strange comparing glasses to headsets

The capabilities are quite similar.

This is the sweet spot Apple's aiming for next year.

> Youtube video Meta released: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyD_bmMy5nQ

That video is on the page itself as well, right top

Is it just me or do those angles deliberately obscure how thick it is lens-wise? I have a pair of X-real airs, 2 years old now, and they're pretty thick. They're 1/4th the price and basically work as a head-mounted display. Is that what this, but way fancier and more sleek?

Xreal style glasses use forms of "birdbath" optics with screens up top reflected through prisms. This likely use the regular concentric pancake optics used in many other VR headsets.

But yeah, the angles are to obscure thickness. It's not going to be as thin as it appear from a distance.

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