Oakley Meta Vanguard are athletes who may actually want smart glasses

When Mita announced the first pair of sunglasses to carry the Okli mark, HSTN tiresEarlier this year, it was called “Performance Ai”, although it only came with modest promotions compared to the Meta’s Ray-Ban collection. But the new Oakley Meta Vanguard glasses that were Just uncover the niqab In Connect, it aims much more clearly to serious athletes and have features to support them.

The $ 499 sunglasses are familiar with Oakley and shiny (switching) lenses. It’s the first Meta smart glasses to change the location of the camera, which is now in the middle of the tires over the nose. According to Meta, this should make it more difficult on a hat or helmet to destroy your shots, which was a fixed problem for me with HSTN glasses.

Meta makes other adjustments to the camera that will make glasses more reliable to pick up shots similar to the first person’s camera. The 12 -megapixel camera now has a wider corner lens and 122 degrees and installed an adjustable video. There are also patterns allocated to capturing slow -motion videos as well as Instagram ready -made slips.

There are other specifications as well. The battery life is improved to six hours of continuous music and nine hours of “mixed use”. The charging box can provide another 36 hours of battery life. Meta also told me that the glasses have been improved for a wide range of temperatures, so the battery should withstand better in very cold or very hot environments.

The loudspeakers on the plane are more powerful. When I assembled the folder during my illustration, I had to stop music to hear the person next to me. Water -resistant glasses are also much more than their ancestors, with the IP67 classification and this means that they can be fully immersed.

Meta has also changed the button on the glasses, and put the capture button on the lower right side of the glasses instead of the top. There is also a particularly interesting “work button”. This is a customizable button that users can program to perform specific procedures. For example, it can start running a specific Spotify playlist or can play Hyperlapse video. It can also be set on the procedures that benefit from Meta AI, such as submitting a browsing report or determining what you are looking for. I am not sure of what I will use this button, but I look forward to his experience when I get a husband for more than a few minutes.

Oakley Meta Vanguard will come with the integration of Strava and Garmin. In my illustration, I walked on the walking device while wearing the Garmin watch and Vanguard glasses. This means that I can ask Meta AI for information about the heart rate and speed. If you are a Strava user, you can overcome photos and videos from playing the statistics you get at the end of the operation.

Like HSTN glasses, I have a feeling that vanguard tires may be a little … attracting. Most people do not want to wear large sunglasses wrapping for daily activities. I am definitely no! But Meta added enough new features that may be the 499 logical dollar sunglasses to athletes. I was wearing Oakley glasses for years and I think a pair of vanguard glasses could be easily replaced in most circumstances.

Oakley Meta Vanguard is now available for pre -order. They officially go for sale October 21.