# A refundable $49 deposit now reserves Raven Prism for January

Source: https://idevice.com/a-refundable-49-deposit-now-reserves-raven-prism-for-january
Published: 2026-11-04

> Raven Resonance opened pre-orders for its Linux glasses, and the first production run is expected to reach early adopters in January 2027.

You can now put down $49 to reserve a Raven Prism, and you can get that deposit back. Raven Resonance has opened pre-orders for its Linux computer built into a pair of glasses, Auganix reports, and the company expects its first production run to start reaching early adopters in January 2027. That report names no final price, so the deposit tells you what it costs to get in line, not what you'll pay for the glasses.

Photo: [Raven Resonance](https://www.auganix.org/ar-news-raven-resonance-raven-prism-pre-orders/)

Raven Prism doesn't need a phone. It runs RavenOS, the company's own Linux-based system, on a quad-core 64-bit ARM processor. Native Linux apps run on it, you can SSH in, and you get low-level access to the operating system. More than 25 apps come through Raven's own app store. Raven Resonance is aiming it at creative professionals, makers, developers and enterprise users, and those are the people who'd actually want a terminal on their face.

The frame is meant to look like everyday prescription eyewear. A full-color LCoS waveguide display puts information in view, and the company compares the picture to a 16-inch screen at arm's length. You mostly drive it with your eyes. Voice comes next, and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connect wireless peripherals.

Raven Wings, the battery packs, are hot-swappable modules that snap on magnetically through an expansion port on the frame. Swap one and the glasses keep running, so you don't restart, reopen your apps or lose your place. The company says Wings could also add other hardware over time, naming AI accelerators, cellular modems and GPS receivers. Those are plans, and you shouldn't buy in January counting on any of them.

A physical cover blocks the camera until you take it off. Lights built into the frame, which Raven calls Beakon, show the wearer and anyone nearby when the camera is active. The company says eye control data is processed on the device, nothing leaves it without your explicit consent, and core AI features are designed to run locally whenever possible.

"For decades, the computer has lived on a desk, in a pocket or in a bag," said Thomas Suarez, Raven Resonance's co-founder and CEO. He called Raven Prism "a new kind of personal computer."

The company first showed the glasses at AWE earlier this year, and they're designed in California and built in the US. If you write code and want to tinker, a refundable $49 is a cheap way to hold a place while you wait for the price. Everyone else can let the early adopters go first and see how those January units hold up.

## Sources

- [Auganix](https://www.auganix.org/ar-news-raven-resonance-raven-prism-pre-orders/) (Auganix)