No matter how long I spend writing and thinking about gadgets, there are some things that never cease to surprise me. One of those things is progress. Not just that progress happens, but the pace at which it happens. Case in point: smart glasses.

Just yesterday (not literally, but figuratively), Meta was selling one pair: its Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses (Gen 1) , which lack a display, but come with a voice assistant, open audio capabilities, and an onboard camera. Now? Well, there’s not just multiple generations of those smart glasses, but a version called the Meta Ray-Ban Display with a screen inside . And that’s just one line of AI smart glasses; there’s a whole other line of sports-oriented Meta-made AI smart glasses designed in partnership with Oakley instead of EssilorLuxottic

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