- Ray-Ban and Meta have created a brand new sensible glasses design with Coperni
- It contains a translucent black body and mirrored lenses
- It is restricted to three,600 models and prices $549 / £519 / AU$859
Following final week’s teaser, the brand new limited-edition Ray-Ban Meta glasses design simply dropped – and I’m greater than slightly upset with the end result. Although at the very least which means you shouldn’t be too upset in the event you miss out on nabbing one of many solely 3,600 pairs being bought.
We had predicted the brand new form may draw inspiration from A$AP Rocky – Ray-Ban’s new inventive director – however as an alternative Ray-Ban and Meta have collabed with Coperni to create a reskin of its Wayfarers which debuted final night time (Sunday, March 9) at Coperni’s Paris Vogue Week present.
Very like Meta and Ray-Ban’s earlier limited-edition sensible specs, these glasses boast a translucent body – although they go for a translucent black reasonably than the utterly clear body we noticed beforehand. In addition they include gray mirrored lenses and have the Coperni emblem on the tip of every arm.
{Hardware}-wise they’re equivalent to Meta and Ray-Ban’s different sensible specs, so you may depend on them as open-ear audio system for music, a first-person digicam for pictures and movies, and a wearable AI assistant which can assist with duties like stay translation.
I received’t faux the restricted version sensible glasses are something however fashionable, however they’re much more bland than I anticipated. There’s no new body form or fascinating distinctive design element that lives as much as my expectations from Meta and Ray-Ban’s first-ever sensible glasses collab with a 3rd model.
And this disappointment is compounded by the $549 / £519 / AU$859 price which isn’t solely a lot pricier than the usual Ray-Ban Wayfarer sensible glasses (at $299 / £299 / AU$449) but additionally far more costly than the $429 / £429 value of its earlier limited-edition frames (they weren’t accessible in Australia).
Making issues worse, I’d argue these earlier cheaper limited-edition specs had been a greater deal as a result of they boasted transition lenses – which are perfect for sensible glasses as you aren’t restricted to carrying them in a single climate situation not like the reflective lenses the brand new pair use that are solely sensible within the solar.
Should you utterly disagree with me and love the brand new Coperni collab you then’ll most likely wish to act quick. With solely 3,600 accessible throughout the US, Canada, UK, Eire, Austria, Belgium, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Australia, they’re more likely to promote out soonish.
