Around this time last year, I took a gamble. After seeing all the rave reviews and hype around the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, I bought a pair for myself and put prescription lenses inside. In hindsight, it was an incredibly risky move. My low vision requires me to wear glasses nearly 24/7, from the second I wake up to the minute I go to sleep. It cost me nearly $1,000 to buy a pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses with my usual Transitions prescription lenses, so whether I liked them or not, this frame was set to be my daily driver for at least a year.
Looking back, my experience using Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses as a prescription glasses wearer went about as good and as bad as possible. There were highs, like being able to stay in the moment on vacation while snapping sweet photos from my face. And there were lows, such as when my Ray-Ban Metas developed a hairline crack in the frames that eventually caused them to break when water crept inside.
