I’ve been getting a lot of questions about Meta’s new smart glasses with a display, appropriately dubbed the Meta Ray-Ban Display. In fact, just 30 minutes before typing this, I was fielding questions about how they looked, what they did, and my personal thoughts from an interested individual at a site called Gizmodo.com. And the curiosity is warranted! As I wrote in my hands-on with them at Connect last week, these are the smart glasses you’ve been waiting for.
But as much as I can tell you that, it’s hard to fully understand until you try them for yourself, and you’re about to have more locations to do just that. According to Meta, it’s launching a few new pop-ups where you’ll be able to get a “premium” demo experience. I can’t say for sure what that entails, but I would hope it involves a more “hands-on” experience with the smart glasses and Meta’s Neural Band that lets you control them with finger gestures. Heck, maybe you’ll even get the same experience I got!
Without further ado, here are all the pop-up locations incoming (the Burlingame one is an existing location and is actually being made permanent, but I included it for reference):
- Burlingame, Calif.
322 Airport Boulevard
Open now - Las Vegas, Nev., Wynn Plaza
Opens Oct. 16, 2025 - Los Angeles, Calif.
8600 Melrose Avenue
Opens Oct. 24, 2025 - New York, New York
697 5th Avenue
Opens Nov. 13, 2025
To be clear, these won’t be the only locations doing demos, but Meta is suggesting that you’ll get a more nuanced experience by going to one of its stores specifically. If you aren’t in one of those cities, you can search Meta’s list of retailers here, where you’ll be able to get a non-Meta demo. I searched New York, where I live, and it looks like I can currently book a demo at Sunglass Hut and LensCrafters, but Best Buy is not taking demo appointments yet. Your mileage on that front may vary.
According to Meta, demo appointments are going fast. In its words, “appointments in many major cities [are] already booked out through mid-October.” So, if you want to try the Meta Ray-Ban Display before November, you may want to start looking for retailers offering demos now. If you’re one of the six people not interested in the smart glasses with a display, you can also try out any of Meta’s AI glasses, including its Oakley Vanguard and HSTN, as well as Gen 1 and Gen 2 of its Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses at both pop-ups and select retailers.
So, if you’re dying to find out what Meta’s Ray-Ban Display are like for yourself, now’s the time. Get in there and start booking, but just know that they just might convince you to drop $800. You’ve been warned.
