# Meta Connect 2026: $1,299 VR Glasses, a camera-free Ray-Ban and a $449 Gen 3

Source: https://idevice.com/meta-connect-2026-1-299-vr-glasses-a-camera-free-ray-ban-and-a-449-gen-3
Published: 2026-09-24

> Only the Gen 3 Ray-Ban Meta is on sale today. The camera-free pair ships in three weeks, and the VR Glasses make you wait until spring.

Meta's biggest reveal was the [$1,299 Meta VR Glasses](https://idevice.com/meta-s-1-299-vr-glasses-put-the-computer-in-your-pocket), a pair of about 100 grams that hands its computing to a tethered puck and goes on sale next spring. Beside it sat Meta's first glasses without a camera. [Ray-Ban Meta Audio](https://idevice.com/ray-ban-meta-audio-drops-the-camera-for-349-and-ships-october-13) starts at $349, weighs 43 grams and ships October 13. The [third-generation Ray-Ban Meta](https://idevice.com/ray-ban-meta-gen-3-is-out-today-at-449-with-9-hours-of-battery) is the one you can buy today, from $449, with nine hours of battery against eight, a six-mic array and two new frames, the Aviator and the cat-eye Zena. If you saw $249 quoted for Gen 3, that's Meta's own-brand Adventurer frame, not the Ray-Ban.

Meta Ray-Ban Display is now sold online across the US at $799 and goes on sale in the UK and Canada today, with Germany, France and Italy following on October 13. A [hearing enhancement mode](https://idevice.com/meta-glasses-are-getting-fda-cleared-hearing-enhancement-for-149) reaches Meta Glasses in the US later this year for a one-off $149, Beat Saber gets [a hand-tracking mode called Flux](https://idevice.com/beat-saber-flux-lets-you-play-with-bare-hands-next-spring) next spring, and [Muse, Meta's AI agent](https://idevice.com/meta-confirms-muse-is-coming-to-its-ai-glasses-in-the-next-few-months), is coming to the glasses. Zuckerberg closed with a keychain gadget called Muse Charm, with a small display, speakers, mics and a fingerprint sensor, and Meta says it will share more later this year. [Engadget's rundown](https://www.engadget.com/2267230/everything-announced-at-meta-connect-2026/) has the games, films and sports deals too.

## Sources

- [Engadget](https://www.engadget.com/2267230/everything-announced-at-meta-connect-2026/) (Engadget)