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- Sep 23, 202690% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Meta Connect 2026 Keynote Unveils VR Glasses and Camera-Free Ray-Bans
- Meta Connect 2026 runs September 23–24, 2026, with Mark Zuckerberg's keynote on Wednesday, September 23 at 4:00 p.m. PT — described as the CEO sharing "how Meta is building a future for everyone"[1][2][8]
- Meta's own save-the-date blog and Road to VR place the event at Meta's campus in Menlo Park, California, in an evening-keynote-plus-developer-sessions format; Tom's Guide, reading a map slide in Zuckerberg's announcement post, had suggested it would return to the same San Francisco building as last year[2][7][8]
- The announced focus is "the latest in VR, wearables, metaverse, and AI," with keynotes streamed online and attendees promised "the first glimpse of what's coming to the next computing platform"[7][8]
- A Developer state of the union follows on Thursday, September 24 at 10:00 a.m. PT, with experts across Meta on how breakthrough technologies open opportunities for developers[1]
- Zuckerberg announced the dates on Instagram (May 12, 2026) with teaser slides: a sunglasses emoji over "demos, special guests, AI updates, better wifi" plus a poorly blurred word appearing to read "performance," and a photo of him holding glasses scribbled over in blue pen, with more glasses and possibly a puck on the table[2][7]
- Reports in the week before the show (The Information, via Engadget on September 16 and Gizmodo the same day) say the teased device is a camera-free pair codenamed "Luna," possibly unveiled at Connect with shipping/hard launch as soon as October[5][6]
- Other hardware expectations going into the keynote: prescription-friendly Ray-Ban Meta glasses, a Meta smartwatch reportedly code-named "Malibu 2" with Meta AI, and Quest 4 — which CTO Andrew Bosworth said would launch "at some point in February"; Road to VR's related items also flag reports of a next-gen MR headset and a hologram-like call experience being unveiled at Connect[2][7]
- Road to VR frames the 2026 edition as especially important after a year of reorganization, cancelled projects, layoffs and closures at Meta's internal XR studios, with priorities shifting toward smart glasses; the last Quest device, Quest 3S, launched more than a year and a half earlier[7]
- On-demand developer sessions span four tracks — VR, AI glasses, AI and Horizon — including web apps for Meta Ray-Ban Display (Abhijit Srikanth), the Wearables Device Access Toolkit (David Thomas), designing for AI glasses with and without a display (Samuel Payne), Muse Spark's multimodal intelligence and the first real-time audio perception model Muse Voice Transcribe (Michelle Ko), the superintelligence blueprint (Jack Krawczyk), the Meta Business Agent Platform (Danny Douglass), and a new way to create on Horizon (Saxs Persson)[1]
- Meta's pre-event framing notes its AI glasses are "one of the fastest-growing consumer electronics categories in history" and that it launched Muse Spark, "the first step toward personal superintelligence"[8]
Notable features
- Luna is a new generation of Meta smart glasses with no camera at all, reportedly aimed at buyers put off by privacy concerns around the existing camera models[5][6]
- Six built-in microphones and speakers angled toward the wearer's ears, giving voice access to Meta's AI chatbot; the speakers are what Gizmodo says separates Luna from other camera-less glasses such as Even Realities'[5][6]
- A side button to quickly activate Meta AI, with the assistant reportedly interfacing with Muse, Meta's new AI model running on its current first-party and Ray-Ban-branded glasses[5][6]
- Slimmer temples/arms and a smaller build so they read as ordinary eyewear; unlike the Even G2 there appears to be no screen inside[5][6]
- Reportedly offered in two styles, "Clubmaster" and "Burbank"[5]
- Positioning versus the current line-up: Meta's glasses now span audio-only models and one with a monocular display (Meta Ray-Ban Display), and the camera models have drawn "pervert glasses" criticism — Meta patched a loophole in August that let users cover the recording LED to film secretly, and hopes Luna converts hesitant buyers[5][7]
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- [1]90%meta.com/connect/agendameta.com· Posted Sep 20, 2026· Starts Sep 23, 2026 ✓· 14% of score
The keynote took place as scheduled: Engadget's[3][5] round-up reports the announcements made at the Meta[4][8] Connect 2026 keynote on September 23, and Meta posted "Meta Connect 2026: Opening Keynote" on its YouTube channel.
- [2]78%Meta Connect 2026 kicks off in September - date, time and mystery new smart glasses teased - Tom's Guidetomsguide.com· Added Sep 23, 2026· 14% of score
Preview (the pin's former source) giving the 4 pm PT keynote time and the glasses tease.[1]
- [3]88%Everything announced at Meta Connect 2026 - Engadgetengadget.com· Published Sep 23, 2026· 14% of score
Post-keynote round-up: Meta[1][4][8] VR Glasses ($1,300, next spring), Ray-Ban Meta Audio ($349, ships October 13), Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 ($449, on sale now), Meta Adventurer (October 23), Muse Charm, and Meta Ray-Ban Display in Europe on October 13.
- [4]92%Everything We Announced at Meta Connect 2026 | Metameta.com· Published Sep 23, 2026· 14% of score
Meta's[1][8] own summary of the keynote's announcements, prices and dates.
- [5]84%Meta is reportedly gearing up to launch new smart glasses without a camera - Engadgetengadget.com· Published Sep 16, 2026· 14% of score
Engadget[3], citing The Information, reports the camera-free glasses dubbed Luna could be unveiled at Connect with "six built-in microphones", a Meta[1][4][8] AI button, slimmer temples and Clubmaster and Burbank styles, shipping as soon as October.
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