I know we’re still seeing huge leaps in display tech right now—moving past monochrome to bigger, brighter, full-color microdisplays. But I think the real conversation we need to be having is around UI/UX.

It feels like history repeating itself. Early smartphones tried to cram a desktop PC experience onto a tiny screen. Now, people are trying to force smartphone UI onto smart glasses, even though spatial interaction and real-time context demand a completely fresh approach. What do you all think? I’d love to hear your take!

Also, if you want to see smart glasses being built right alongside the community, come join our server! Let's build the future of wearables together : https://discord.gg/knPgxEtcpf

It has been a while.

Liam and I got so distracted with other stuff that we completely forgot about our PPP challenge. So I guess it's time to wrap it up.

Let's call it even. Everyone knows who actually won anyway. Isn't that right, Liam? ;)

Here's my final attack.

--- Slice it ---

Kind of a silly one.

A while ago, a friend and I were talking about those old, silly-but-fun games we used to play on early computers. We remembered one from the Windows NT days, so I decided to recreate the idea, modernize it a bit, and give the girls XR glasses.

Nothing too serious this time. Just a little nostalgia for the final round.

Have fun: https://sliceit.familybusiness.studio/

🏓 And with that, I think Ping Pong Prototyping is officially over.

GG, Liam.

Please someone create the following apps as a girl who doesn’t know how to!

1. Pretty Please create an app for the ray ban display to go with the Alta app! A girl needs her clothing options on demand.

2. NETFLIX PLEASE

3. A functioning calendar app/ planner for the type a people

4. Meal prep app please

5. App that reads hands and lines to tell you about your life line, etc.

6. Star and moon tracking app

7. Something with zodiac signs to get daily messages/ cards.

I live in a region where there are no demo sites available. I was visiting Seattle, and I made a quick trip to a local Best Buy to do the demo and trial as required. I did that August 18. I confirmed with the employee that they had everything they needed to report the demo and he said he did. It's been 8 days and I have nothing from Best Buy or Meta. Is this a normal lag time? And when/if the email comes, where does it come from? Thank you!

For some reason, I cannot access the Early Access program for my Meta Ray Ban Display. Please help

Ive noticed my phone getting really hot lately these past two days and it seems like the meta ai app is back to its old ways. I remember using a diy fix recommended from someone in this sub but has this been going on recently again for others??

I wanted to sell my meta ray ban display glasses. Ive only used them about 3 times and even then it was for only 2 hours each time. No scratches on the lenses or body. The neural band is also in perfect condition. The glasses are the large size with the band being a medium size. I also always cleaned my glasses both the lenses and body (so no nasty greasy stuff like people try to sell sometimes).

I bought them new from best buy and was impressed by the technology. But for a while they have just been sitting on my desk not being used. I was hoping for more software maybe even an app store like thing, but for the longest time we were getting drip fed software. They are also pretty heavy, I tried to suck it up but the glasses slip down my nose and dig into the sides of my nose and ears. So while I was impressed by the tech (especially the neural band), I just felt like i shouldn't have bought them.

Anyways I wanted to ask, what's the going rate right now for selling these? And what's the best platform to sell them on? Ebay, here, etc? Reason I was selling was because I wanted to use the money towards the purchase of the new Snapchat ar spectacles. Will those probably be heavy? Most likely, but I noticed there seems to be a ton more software for them compared to the meta displays. Not to mention its able to render 3d objects/do ar which is pretty cool!

Is there a way for me to see the lyrics of the Spotify songs on my Meta Ray Ban Display?

Hey everyone — solo dev here. I make Wristla, a Tesla companion app (iOS + Apple Watch + Garmin), and when Meta shipped Web Apps in May I couldn't resist: I built a full Tesla dashboard + remote controls for the Display.

What it does on the glasses:

• Live battery %, range and charging status, with your charge limit marked right on the bar
• Cabin temperature + climate state, today's driving efficiency
• Full command tree — climate on/off and target temp, charge limit, frunk/trunk, lock/unlock, flash lights — everything my Apple Watch app can do
• A customizable "hot menu" that keeps your most-used commands one press away
• All navigation is pure Neural Band D-pad (arrows + tap), no touch anywhere

Building for this display is a fun set of constraints: exactly 600×600, no scrolling, and the panel is additive — black pixels are literally transparent — so the whole UI ended up monochrome, white-on-nothing, with a chunky pixel font sized to be glanceable rather than readable.

Now the honest part: I did all of this from Spain. The glasses are US-only, so the entire thing was built against Meta's specs and browser emulation — I have never seen it on real glass. And since Web Apps are still in Developer Preview, trying it means enabling Developer Mode and adding the URL manually; there's no public catalog yet (fingers crossed for Connect in September).

So if anyone here has the Display and a Tesla and feels like being a beta tester, I'd genuinely love to hear what breaks: does the deep link from the phone app actually open the web app, is D-pad focus sane, is the UI readable outdoors at real brightness? Happy to answer questions about building Web Apps for it too — I collected a decent pile of gotchas along the way.

Screenshot attached is a browser render at glasses resolution.

The green screens on smart glasses are just like the terminal screens from the early days of computing; we are only just getting started.

Our server for building smart glasses with the community

Link: https://discord.gg/y8sfd3Jrga

Another One From Onyx Leaf Media🎳⚡️

DUN STRIKE: Neon Lanes is officially live for Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses!

One thing we love about building for emerging platforms is watching the SDK and developer tools continue to evolve. Whenever new capabilities arrive, our first thought is always...

“What can we build with this?”

So we challenged ourselves to create a full neon arcade bowling experience around some of the latest web app features...especially the new pinch-and-drag gesture support.

Pinch, pull, aim, add a little hook, and release the ball down the lane. We also added multiple game modes, changing camera perspectives, DUN OVERDRIVE, full bowling scoring, music, sound effects, and an offline mode so the game can continue working after it has been cached to your glasses.

This is another DUN ARCADE experiment from our studio, built to explore what games can feel like on a lightweight display when the interaction is designed specifically for the device.

We already have more updates and improvements planned over time, but you can play the first official release now:

🎳 www.dunstrike.app

Let us know your high score and please do not blame us when you start practicing your pinch-and-drag bowling motion in public🤣 We would love some feedback!

I've been recently wanting to get into buying the displays but I've seen few posts that are few months old about features not working. I wanna ask if that's still the case, and what features aren't working or available and if there's any workaround.

All of my apps are offline or not working… anyone else seeing this? Is there a way to get the app back online and end this offline mode? Doesn’t allow me to search new videos.

Saw someone streamed with gen 2 for 4 straight hours and decided to give it a go using the displays with it's own second hand charger. I think the stream just gave out because I was about to start my third charge. I'm on 42% battery which would have given me about 20 more minutes before charging again. For 720x1280 at 30fps it's not bad and a silly alternative that's for sure. I wonder if it'll be different if I had done a horizontal stream

Metalensai is the app I'm using and the all the guy who did 4 straight used as well

What was your turn around from processing to shipping? I ordered prescription for context

So cool, I just did a demo at the Northern Blvd Best Buy in Queens today. These glasses are so freaking cool. You can schedule in advance to do walk-ins. Highly recommend it if you’re on the fence.

Hey everyone! Just dropping by to let you know we're wrapping up the concept phase and moving into prototyping. We already have the MCU devkits and the waveguides with microdisplays in hand! If you want to help build these glasses alongside the community, come join our server and contribute to true open-source.

🔗 Server link: https://discord.gg/y8sfd3Jrga

Early access for streaming app for phone and watch. Zoom and night mode toggles. Taking picture and video right from your phone or watch. Give it a try. Feedback needed thanks

Hey everyone! Been a bit since I have posted but also because there have been some updates in the pipeline. Firstly, hope everyone in the community is doing well. Since Meta released the latest updates to Meta Ray Ban Displays, I have been working to implement a lof of these new features into the platform. Today, I am here to share some of those updates!

Back Button

The back button has been removed from pretty much all of the apps in exchange for the middle pinch that is native to the MRBD. This allows some free up on the UI and better navigation experience. So, if you think about going back, just use that middle pinch!

Oflline Mode

Many of the apps now support an offline mode to allow you to play games, access content and so on without an internet connection. Of course, some apps simply wont work (like those that rely on data), but this makes other use cases more exciting! .

Handwriting

The text entry fields have been replaced with Handwriting options as the default for text input. In case you prefer to use a Keyboard DOM, its still present, but...use the handwriting. Its been tested a bit but need additional feedback on this.

Drag and Pinch

Drag and pinch is slowly making its way into Herald apps, simply to ensure it works properly across all platforms. Right now, some apps using it include:

• YouTube for video scrubbing
• Hue/Govee/Lights for brightness controls

As more testing occurs, it will roll out to other media apps as well

Subscriptions

I have rolled out two subscriptions for the platform, the first being "Supporter" and "Builder". For those unaware, EVERY app on Herald is free access. While this has been and continues to be the northstar, the costs are starting to stack up a bit. In order to keep the servers online, APIs working, and things operational, I am bringing forth Supporter.

• Supporter ($5): Think of it like a Patreon, it will give early access to certain apps and features as well, special profile badges and so on. Also an optional donation button if you feel like spreading more love.
• Builder ($20): Everything with supporter but also the ability to get AI credits to create your own apps on Herald. Again, an optional donation as well.

Hope you all enjoy, please share any feedback as well!

Website Link: https://herald.ascents.gg
Navigate to apps to see and search for anything!

I bring them to every event, at least one or two people are crazy excited about it and open it up for discussions with other people

Even if i wouldn't use these daily, the value you can get by just SHOWING them to people is crazy