EssilorLuxottica and Meta Platforms have announced a significant expansion of their partnership, extending their collaboration into the next decade. The new long-term agreement will continue the development of smart eyewear, aiming to further integrate technology into everyday fashion.
The partnership, initially established in 2019, has already made notable progress with the development of Ray-Ban branded smart glasses. The latest iteration of these glasses, introduced in late 2023, has seen a surge in sales, surpassing the total sales of previous models within just a few months.
EssilorLuxottica CEO Francesco Milleri praised the partnership’s achievements, stating, “The incredible work we’ve done with Meta, still in its early stages, has already proven to be an important milestone in our journey to making glasses the gateway to the connected world.”
The Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses offer users a range of functionalities, including making phone calls, listening to music, and taking photos with a simple button press on the right temple. In May, a multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) function was added, initially available only to customers in the U.S. and Canada.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg expressed enthusiasm about the future of the partnership, saying, “I’m proud of the work we’ve done with EssilorLuxottica so far, and I’m excited about our long-term roadmap ahead. We have the opportunity to turn glasses into the next major technology platform and make it fashionable in the process.”
