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Digital Camera World
Digital Camera World
Adam Juniper

Codename Hypernova – Can Meta's next Ray-Ban camera glasses finally kill the phone (and Apple) at this lower price?

Close-up of a person with long hair wearing Ray-Ban Meta glasses.

Meta scored a hit with its Ray-Ban collaboration – glasses that fit with the style of the brand but incorporate a camera. Now several sources indicate Meta is preparing the next step, codenamed Project Hypernova, which will incorporate a hidden display visible only to the wearer of the glasses.

This kind of tech, two decades ago in the realms of science fiction, then ten years ago toyed with by Google for the utterly un-chic Google Glass, now looks to be the most likely contender to replace the smartphone. In other words this might be the most revolutionary device since the iPhone.

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