- 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 items and prices $549 / £519 / AU$859
Following final week’s teaser, the new limited-edition Ray-Ban Meta glasses design simply dropped – and I’m greater than just a little dissatisfied with the consequence. Although not less than meaning you shouldn’t be too upset when you miss out on nabbing one of many solely 3,600 pairs being bought.
We had predicted the brand new form may draw inspiration from A$AP Rocky – Ray-Ban’s new artistic 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 Trend Week present.
Very similar to Meta and Ray-Ban’s earlier limited-edition sensible specs, these glasses boast a translucent body – although they go for a translucent black somewhat 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 similar to Meta and Ray-Ban’s different sensible specs, so you possibly can depend on them as open-ear audio system for music, a first-person digicam for images and movies, and a wearable AI assistant which might help with duties like dwell 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 value which isn’t solely a lot pricier than the usual Ray-Ban Wayfarer sensible glasses (at $299 / £299 / AU$449) but additionally rather more costly than the $429 / £429 value of its earlier limited-edition frames (they weren’t obtainable in Australia).
Making issues worse, I’d argue these earlier cheaper limited-edition specs have 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 in contrast to 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 then you definately’ll most likely need to act quick. With solely 3,600 obtainable 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.
