Teardown of Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses reveals innovative AR display in detail
Meta Ray-Ban Display is perhaps the most interesting smart glasses on the market currently because, unlike most of its competitors, Meta not only incorporates speakers and microphones, but also a display that is mirrored directly into the user's field of vision. This display can show incoming messages, visualize responses from the AI chatbot or even assist in real-world navigation.
iFixit has now disassembled the glasses and, as it turns out, repairs are practically impossible. The plastic casing is glued, making it difficult to replace the 960 mWh battery without damaging it, though replacing the battery isn't entirely impossible. While one arm houses only the battery, a speaker and a microphone, the other arm houses the motherboard, which contains, among other things, the Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 ARM chip and 32 GB of flash storage.
The frame of the glasses cannot be opened without causing damage, and replacing a defective camera or a faulty display is likely impossible without specialist knowledge and special tools. The teardown video is interesting not least because the AR display can be seen in detail. A tiny projector with a resolution of 600 x 600 is located in the right arm of the glasses.
Three LEDs serve as the light source. The most distinctive feature is not the projector itself, but the lens, which is equipped with a series of partially transparent mirrors that reflect the projector's light precisely where it should be. This lens allows Meta to display an image that is clearly visible to the user but cannot be seen from the outside.
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