# Meta's fall hardware blitz: VR glasses, smart specs and more > Meta Connect 2026 brings virtual reality glasses, new Ray-Ban models, hearing aids and a wave of entertainment content to its wearables ecosystem. - Title: Meta's fall hardware blitz: VR glasses, smart specs and more - Summary: Meta Connect 2026 brings virtual reality glasses, new Ray-Ban models, hearing aids and a wave of entertainment content to its wearables ecosystem. Meta… - Keywords: meta, meta connect 2026, virtual reality glasses, ray-ban meta, wearables, vr headsets, beat saber, meta ai, qualcomm snapdragon reality elite, meta quest, technology, Meta's - Source: Engadget — https://engadget.com/2267230/everything-announced-at-meta-connect-2026 - Author: Kris Holt - Published: 2026-09-24T00:07:34+00:00 - Read time: 4 min - Topics: meta, meta connect 2026, virtual reality glasses, ray-ban meta, wearables, vr headsets, beat saber, meta ai, qualcomm snapdragon reality elite, meta quest, technology ## Meta's biggest announcement Meta unveiled virtual reality glasses arriving next spring at thirteen hundred dollars. At around one hundred grams, they are five times lighter than the Meta Quest three headset. ## VR glasses specs and display The frames use magnesium alloy with pancake lenses, full-color passthrough video and a five K display. Meta claims cinema-grade clarity with Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos spatial audio support. ## Computing and battery power All computing runs on a tethered puck with Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite chipset. The puck holds storage and battery, delivering up to three hours of continuous high-resolution media playback on a charge. ## Gaming on Meta VR Glasses At launch, seventy-five games playable with hand gestures will be available. The glasses run every Meta Quest game with Touch Plus controller support and can stream Xbox Cloud Gaming titles. ## Productivity and video calls Users can connect the glasses to a Windows PC or Mac and control them with a virtual keyboard and touchpad. The device supports holographic avatars for video calls on WhatsApp and Zoom. ## Ray-Ban Meta Audio launches Meta released audio-only Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses with an AI voice assistant, music and podcast playback. They run for up to twelve hours on a charge, with the case adding up to forty-eight hours of use. ## Ray-Ban Meta Audio availability The glasses weigh forty-three grams and come in Clubmaster and Burbank styles in twenty-three color and lens combinations. Pre-orders open today and they ship on October thirteen, starting at three hundred forty-nine dollars. ## Ray-Ban Meta Gen three refresh Meta refreshed the Ray-Ban Meta with a slimmer design and Meta AI button. Battery life improved to nine hours from eight, and a six-mic array cuts over ninety percent of background noise. ## Ray-Ban Meta Gen three styles The third-gen model comes in Aviator, Zena cat-eye and Wayfarer styles in twenty-seven lens and color combinations, starting at four hundred forty-nine dollars. Special editions and collaborations with Kylie Jenner and Blackpink's Lisa start at three hundred ninety-nine dollars. ## Meta Glasses and Ray-Ban Display Meta Adventurer frames start at two hundred forty-nine dollars with pre-orders opening today and availability on October twenty-third. Ray-Ban Display expands to more markets, available in the US for seven hundred ninety-nine dollars. ## Ray-Ban Display international pricing Ray-Ban Display costs seven hundred forty-nine pounds in the UK and one thousand one hundred forty-nine Canadian dollars in Canada. Pre-orders open today in Germany, France and Italy at eight hundred ninety-nine euros, available October thirteen. ## Hearing enhancement feature Meta is bringing a hearing enhancement feature to its smart glasses for people who struggle in noisy environments. The setup mirrors Apple's AirPods hearing aid feature, with a one-off one hundred forty-nine dollar fee after a thirty-day trial. ## Beat Saber's biggest update Beat Games is giving Beat Saber its biggest update ever this spring with hand tracking support, eliminating the need for Touch Plus controllers. A new Flux mode includes thirty-five songs at launch with more to follow. > channels power between your palms to slice through notes in time with the beat of pulse-pounding tracks ## Supernatural returns to Meta Supernatural will return to the Meta Horizon Store this fall under a newly independent development team. Users' points, streaks and badges remain intact, with new HD environments, workouts and music being added. ## Ace Attorney comes to VR Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies is coming to Meta VR Glasses and Meta Quest next year with hand tracking and voice activation support, letting players physically point at witnesses and yell objection. ## Disney films in 3D and VR Disney+ subscribers in certain countries can stream films like The Avengers and Black Panther in three D starting in November. Meta VR Glasses owners get VR Enhanced versions of Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: A New Hope next spring. ## Sports and entertainment expansion A docuseries called Open Season debuts in the Meta Quest TV app on September twenty-ninth, featuring Golden State Warriors player Draymond Green during the twenty twenty-five twenty twenty-six season. Meta will offer hundreds of two D and three D movies for purchase and rental. ## Immersive sports with eight K streaming Meta offers immersive sports from ESPN with eight K streaming and one hundred eighty-degree views, starting with college football this year and expanding to other sports in twenty twenty-seven. Meta VR Glasses users can watch over one hundred live sports events yearly. ## Muse Charm teased Meta briefly showed off Muse Charm, a dedicated device housing a personal Muse Agent with a small display, speakers, microphones and fingerprint sensor. Zuckerberg said Meta packed the whole Muse experience into something that fits on a keychain and is always available to talk to. > packed the whole Muse experience, including the real-time voice and avatar stack into something that fits on a keychain and is always available to talk to ## Key takeaway Meta unveiled VR glasses launching spring twenty twenty-seven at thirteen hundred dollars, refreshed Ray-Ban smart specs, audio-only glasses and new entertainment for its headsets.