Meta moved its VR computer onto your belt. The glasses weigh about 100 grams.
Meta announced Meta VR Glasses on 23 September 2026, during its annual Connect event. The battery and processors sit in a puck that clips to your belt, tethered to the frames. Meta says that is how the glasses come in at about 100 grams, "five times lighter" than its Quest 3 headset.
Meta calls the display 5K and builds it on micro-OLED panels. The price is $1,299.99. Sales start in spring 2027, so nobody can buy a pair yet.
Meta's own film pitches them as a cinema, a stadium, a workplace and a games console in one pair of glasses. For a company buyer, the workplace is the one to watch. Less weight on the face may make a long review easier to sit through, but the puck and the cable still go wherever the wearer goes.
The same keynote brought Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 glasses, which Meta says last up to nine hours, and a Mac app for Muse, its AI assistant.
Would your teams wear VR glasses through a two-hour design review at 100 grams, or was weight never what stopped them?
🎥 Video: Meta, official YouTube channel · narration: AI voice
What the captions say
- Meta's new VR glasses weigh about 100 grams.
- Meta says that is five times lighter than Quest 3.
- Battery and chips sit in a puck on your belt.
- Meta also showed Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 glasses.
- Meta says Gen 3 lasts up to 9 hours.
- Meta says six microphones cut out noise.
- The VR glasses cost $1,299.99 and ship next spring.
