Meta and Oakley Present Innovative Smart Sport Eyewear of the Future
The tech world is abuzz with the latest innovation from Meta and Oakley - the Oakley Meta HSTN Performance AI glasses. These smart glasses are designed for athletes who demand hands-free vision, data, and POV capture.
The HSTN glasses feature a 12MP Ultra HD (3K) camera, open-ear speakers, IPX4 water resistance, and a built-in Meta AI assistant. This singular wearable embeds a personal AI assistant, providing real-time metrics for contextual awareness.
Meta and Oakley have combined rugged Oakley design with Meta's AI hardware, creating a blend of style, AI-driven interactivity, and enhanced media capture. The glasses allow for hands-free capture and playback of POV footage, and provide open-ear speakers for music, podcasts, or coach-style instructions.
A global athlete campaign featuring Kylian Mbappé, Patrick Mahomes, and others will debut at major sports events, showcasing hands-free POV content. The campaign showcases the glasses in diverse athletic arenas, including soccer, golf, skateboarding, and mountain biking.
The Oakley Meta HSTN glasses offer advanced Meta AI integration, a higher resolution camera than previous models, improved battery life, and a variety of frame and lens options. Key benefits include real-time live translation (supporting several languages), AI-powered photo and video editing, and a "Live AI" mode that allows the glasses' assistant to continuously analyze the environment and answer questions about what you see without needing repeated voice prompts.
The glasses deliver up to 5 hours of continuous audio playback and 8 hours of standard use per charge, with battery and charging status easily monitored via the glasses or their case LED indicators. The camera offers approximately 50% higher resolution than Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, enabling clearer videos and photos, especially noticeable on zoomed details.
The HSTN glasses represent a deliberately athletic focus, born from the shared vision of Meta and Oakley to amplify human potential through wearable intelligence. They signal that performance-grade wearables represent a distinct category, one that goes beyond novelty into necessity for serious enthusiasts and athletes.
The athlete stories in the campaign are woven into a global storytelling arc that positions the HSTN glasses as an indispensable training and content-creation partner. The campaign includes live demos of hands-free filming during draft panels at Fanatics Fest and in-arena takeovers at UFC International Fight Week.
Meta and Oakley have set a benchmark with the HSTN glasses, melding design, data, and durability into a wearable that feels purpose-built rather than an afterthought in the world of sports tech. The HSTN glasses may not be the last in Performance AI eyewear, as voice-activated AI agents grow more sophisticated and hardware miniaturizes further, glasses may become the interface of choice for active users.
References: [1] Meta AI uses five microphones and a forward-facing camera to hear and see the environment, powering natural interactions and features like live multi-language translation and AI edits within the companion Meta AI app. [2] The camera offers approximately 50% higher resolution than Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, enabling clearer videos and photos, especially noticeable on zoomed details. [3] The product supports continuous AI interaction through “Live AI,” meaning the glasses can provide information on landmarks, plants, or surroundings in real time as you look at them, enhancing usability. [4] Battery life is significantly improved with about 5 hours of continuous audio or 8 hours standard use, plus convenient charging case indicators.
The Oakley Meta HSTN Performance AI glasses, a fusion of Meta's technology and Oakley's design, embed a personal AI assistant for real-time metrics and contextual awareness, enabling hands-free vision, data, and POV capture. This wearable is poised to become the interface of choice for active users, as it offers advanced Meta AI integration, a higher resolution camera, improved battery life, and a variety of frame and lens options.
