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Presenter wearing display glasses and neural band presenting from a laptop to a listener in a conference room.Presenter wearing display glasses and neural band presenting from a laptop to a listener in a conference room.

Ray-Ban Meta Display Glasses Concepts  • Classified
Display-glasses concept development for Ray-Ban Meta Display Glasses

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Client since 2024

Background

A new display surface needed useful product examples

Ray-Ban Meta Display Glasses introduce a small, glanceable display paired with the Meta Neural Band. The early product question was not which demo looked best; it was how the hardware, display, input model, browser surface, and developer experience could come together in believable workflows.

Presenter wearing display glasses and neural band presenting from a laptop to a listener in a conference room.Presenter wearing display glasses and neural band presenting from a laptop to a listener in a conference room.
The opening story now focuses on the display glasses, Neural Band, pairing flow, and hardware platform before moving into individual concepts.
Black display glasses and neural band photographed on a clean studio surfaceBlack display glasses and neural band photographed on a clean studio surface
Explainer image showing Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, neural band, and callouts for in-lens display and gesture control.Explainer image showing Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, neural band, and callouts for in-lens display and gesture control.
Pairing screen with correct dark display glasses image and masked pairing code.Pairing screen with correct dark display glasses image and masked pairing code.
Concept development

From platform capability to believable workflows

L+R explored concepts that put the display surface to work in real situations: Cooking HUD for hands-busy instruction, Metronome for timing and rhythm, Flight Status for travel updates, and See DJ for live performance context. Each concept helped make the platform easier to understand for announcements, demos, developer conversations, and partner discussions.

Cooking HUD title graphic in orange and blue lettering on a kitchen counterCooking HUD title graphic in orange and blue lettering on a kitchen counter
Cooking HUD explored step-by-step support in a hands-busy context.
Public work and security

Shared examples, confidential practice

Much of L+R's platform and emerging-technology work is confidential. We are SOC 2 Type II compliant and treat client strategy, prototype access, data, and product roadmaps with the highest level of care. The work shown here is limited to examples, announcements, and imagery that have already been published by the client or by L+R with client approval.

Relevant public reading includes L+R supports Meta to open Ray-Ban Display glasses to developers and Introducing DisplayGlasses.dev.

Metallic METRONOME title with glowing musical noteMetallic METRONOME title with glowing musical note
Metronome tested glanceable timing and rhythm support.
Flight Status title graphic over an airport hallway with a traveller and a departures boardFlight Status title graphic over an airport hallway with a traveller and a departures board
Flight Status explored live travel-state utility on a wearable display.
The bottom line

Ray-Ban Meta Display Glasses Concepts show L+R's ability to move from emerging hardware to useful product examples: understand the surface, define the use case, prototype the interaction, demonstrate the value, and support the developer story around it.

3D SEE DJ title standing in a red-lit brick room3D SEE DJ title standing in a red-lit brick room
See DJ brought live performance information into view without pulling attention away from the set.
Web simulator

A browser-based way to design and test display-glasses web apps

Alongside the concepts, L+R created a web simulator so teams could explore display-glasses experiences without relying on hardware for every iteration. The simulator made it easier to prototype layouts, review interaction patterns, document the development model, and share examples with teams building for the new web-app surface.

DisplayGlasses.dev simulator interface showing a flight-status HUD over an airport terminal scene.DisplayGlasses.dev simulator interface showing a flight-status HUD over an airport terminal scene.
The web simulator and documentation helped turn display-glasses concepts into something teams could inspect, share, and build from.
Meta Ray-Ban Display Web Apps Simulator with HUD placement and scene controls beside an empty HUD over a hiking trailMeta Ray-Ban Display Web Apps Simulator with HUD placement and scene controls beside an empty HUD over a hiking trail
Chrome Web Store listing for Meta Ray-Ban Display Web App Simulator, a technical QA counterpart for builders.Chrome Web Store listing for Meta Ray-Ban Display Web App Simulator, a technical QA counterpart for builders.
DisplayGlasses.dev documentation explaining the additive-light model for optical waveguide display glasses.DisplayGlasses.dev documentation explaining the additive-light model for optical waveguide display glasses.

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