Meta debuts no-camera smart glasses and virtual reality spectacles

The new wearables come at a time of uncertainty for smart glasses, which are facing backlash over privacy concerns

Meta announced an advanced new set of virtual reality glasses and a collection of new smart glasses Wednesday, including an audio-only version without a camera.

At the firm's Meta Connect conference in Menlo Park, California, executives said the new Ray-Ban Meta models set new standards for battery life and weight. They said the new glasses with screens in the lenses squeeze capabilities previously reserved for a full headset into a light set of spectacles that rest on a user's ears.