Meta’s next VR device isn’t a headset — it’s glasses

Meta 下一代 VR 设备不是头显，而是眼镜

Meta is launching new VR hardware: a pair of glasses. The new Meta VR Glasses sit on your ears like a typical pair of glasses instead of being strapped over your head, but they still have immersive displays for watching movies, playing games, and getting work done. Imagine a pair of hefty black sunglasses with blacked-out lenses on the outside, but the components of a typical VR headset distributed between the device on your head and a computing puck in your pocket.

Meta 正在推出全新的 VR 硬件：一副眼镜。这款全新的 Meta VR 眼镜像普通眼镜一样架在耳朵上，而不是通过头带固定在头上，但它依然配备了用于观看电影、玩游戏和办公的沉浸式显示屏。想象一下一副厚重的黑色太阳镜，外侧是全黑的镜片，而传统 VR 头显的组件则被拆分，一部分放在你头上的设备中，另一部分则放在你口袋里的计算盒（puck）中。

The idea is to give you a way to experience VR in a much lighter and more approachable form factor than Vision Pro or Meta Quest-style headsets. I got to try the VR Glasses at Meta’s campus this week, and as Meta walked me through some familiar VR demos like watching content, playing a game, and working from multiple screens, I was impressed by how much lighter the whole experience felt. Some of that was about the literal weight, as the glasses come in at just 100g, far less than the Quest 3’s 515g. But there was also something lighter in a more intangible way: the glasses form factor made the headset seem like something I could easily jump in and out of instead of being a whole cumbersome commitment with big head straps. It felt like a lightweight Vision Pro, and is perhaps a better execution of some of what Apple wanted to do with that device.

其设计理念是提供一种比 Vision Pro 或 Meta Quest 类头显更轻便、更易于上手的 VR 体验方式。本周我在 Meta 总部试用了这款 VR 眼镜。在 Meta 工作人员引导我体验了观看内容、玩游戏和多屏办公等熟悉的 VR 演示后，整个体验的轻盈感令我印象深刻。部分原因在于物理重量，这款眼镜仅重 100 克，远低于 Quest 3 的 515 克。但还有一种更抽象的“轻盈感”：眼镜的外形让这款头显看起来像是我可以轻松佩戴和摘下的设备，而不是那种需要大头带、充满负担感的沉重装备。它感觉就像是一个轻量级的 Vision Pro，或许在实现苹果对该类设备的部分愿景上，它做得更好。

To keep things light, the VR Glasses’ display and the sensors are all you actually wear on your face. The separate puck connected with a wire contains the guts powering the headset: a Snapdragon Reality Elite processor, 128GB of storage, 12GB of RAM, and the battery, which Meta says will offer up to three hours of media playback, though you can continue using the glasses even while the puck is being charged.

为了保持轻便，你戴在脸上的只有 VR 眼镜的显示屏和传感器。通过线缆连接的独立计算盒包含了驱动头显的核心部件：骁龙 Reality Elite 处理器、128GB 存储空间、12GB 内存以及电池。Meta 表示，电池可提供长达三小时的媒体播放时间，而且即使在计算盒充电时，你也可以继续使用眼镜。

The display is what Meta calls a 5K MicroOLED “Infinite Display.” It has 2412 x 2288 pixels per eye at 37 pixels per degree and supports a refresh rate of up to 120Hz. On the front of the glasses are two cameras for color passthrough, letting you see through to the world around you. The headset comes in small and large sizes to offer different options for width, though they cost the same.

显示屏是 Meta 所称的 5K MicroOLED“无限显示屏”。它单眼分辨率为 2412 x 2288 像素，角分辨率为 37 PPD，并支持最高 120Hz 的刷新率。眼镜正面有两颗用于彩色透视的摄像头，让你能够看到周围的世界。该头显提供大、小两种尺寸以适应不同的面宽，价格相同。

You primarily use your eyes and hand gestures to control the glasses. You just look at elements onscreen to navigate, and the OS will highlight what your eyes are looking at using two pairs of eye-tracking cameras. To select something that’s highlighted, you can pinch your thumb and pointer finger together, and to scroll around, you make a fist and move your thumb around the top of your hand. It feels similar to the gestures from the Meta Ray-Ban Display, but those require a neural wristband; the VR Glasses instead use six external cameras to follow your hands.

你主要通过眼睛和手势来控制眼镜。只需注视屏幕上的元素即可进行导航，操作系统会利用两对眼动追踪摄像头高亮显示你所注视的内容。要选中高亮目标，只需将拇指和食指捏在一起；要进行滚动，则握拳并移动拇指。这与 Meta Ray-Ban 眼镜的手势操作类似，但后者需要神经腕带；而 VR 眼镜则使用六个外部摄像头来追踪你的手部动作。

Based on my demos, I think the VR Glasses will be best for entertainment because of the big virtual screen. Meta showed me a clip from James Cameron’s Billie Eilish concert film, which was impressive on a huge virtual display, and parts of the most recent NBA Finals, which was filmed on a format called VR180 that provided a 180-degree view of the court. I also got to watch some of Avengers: Endgame in what Meta characterized as a “VR Enhanced Cinema” experience made in partnership with Disney and Industrial Light & Magic. In the entire VR environment around the screen showing the film, there were graphics that thematically lined up with what was actually happening onscreen that also changed as the clip went on; when a huge energy beam appeared at a major moment in the film featuring Thor, I saw one shoot out at the top of the VR environment, too. Meta says that VR enhanced versions of Avengers: Infinity War and Star Wars: A New Hope will be available when the VR Glasses launch.

根据我的演示体验，我认为 VR 眼镜最适合娱乐，因为它拥有巨大的虚拟屏幕。Meta 向我展示了詹姆斯·卡梅隆执导的 Billie Eilish 演唱会电影片段，在巨大的虚拟屏幕上观看效果令人震撼；还有最近的 NBA 总决赛片段，该片段采用 VR180 格式拍摄，提供了 180 度的球场视野。我还观看了部分《复仇者联盟 4：终局之战》，这是 Meta 与迪士尼及工业光魔合作打造的“VR 增强影院”体验。在电影屏幕周围的整个 VR 环境中，有与屏幕内容主题相呼应的图形，并会随着片段的进行而变化；当电影中雷神索尔的关键时刻出现巨大的能量束时，我也看到一道能量束从 VR 环境的顶部射出。Meta 表示，在 VR 眼镜发布时，《复仇者联盟 3：无限战争》和《星球大战：新希望》的 VR 增强版也将同步推出。

Gaming remains a major use case, too. Meta showed me a new mode for Beat Saber called Flux that supports playing with hands (though it will work with the Quest’s Touch Plus controllers, too). Instead of waving virtual sabers to hit blocks in time with the music, like in the original, Flux tasked me with moving my hands, which were each surrounded by balls of energy connected by pulsing electricity, to break through flying poles and smash targets. It makes sense when you play it, and the one song I played was really enjoyable. The VR Glasses will have more than 75 games at launch that will support the new hands-first experience (including a VR version of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies launching in 2027), but they’ll also support the entire current Quest app catalog and can connect to Touch Plus controllers (and Bluetooth controllers).

游戏依然是一个主要的使用场景。Meta 向我展示了《节奏光剑》（Beat Saber）的一个名为“Flux”的新模式，它支持手势操作（当然也兼容 Quest 的 Touch Plus 手柄）。与原版中挥舞虚拟光剑击打方块不同，Flux 要求我移动双手——每只手都被脉冲电流连接的能量球环绕——来击碎飞来的杆子并粉碎目标。上手后感觉非常直观，我玩的那首歌体验非常棒。VR 眼镜在发布时将有超过 75 款游戏支持这种全新的手势优先体验（包括 2027 年推出的《逆转裁判：双重命运》VR 版），同时它们也将支持现有的全部 Quest 应用目录，并可连接 Touch Plus 手柄（以及蓝牙手柄）。

Meta is also pitching this as a way to browse apps and do some work, and I can see the vision. In one demo, I used the glasses to mirror three windows from a nearby laptop. You’ll be able to connect wirelessly to computers or other devices with a USB-C connection, which could be useful if you want more screen real estate for work. My favorite demo from my whole session was actually one about typing. While using a special version of Instagram made for the VR Glasses, I was prompted to leave a comment on a picture, but I was able to type that comment and navigate the app using a virtual keyboard and trackpad that appeared after I laid my hands flat on the table. To my surprise, the virtual keyboard…

Meta 也将其定位为浏览应用和办公的工具，我确实看到了这一愿景。在一次演示中，我使用眼镜镜像了附近笔记本电脑上的三个窗口。你可以通过无线方式连接电脑，或通过 USB-C 接口连接其他设备，如果你需要更大的工作屏幕空间，这将非常有用。在整个体验过程中，我最喜欢的是关于打字的演示。在使用专为 VR 眼镜定制的 Instagram 版本时，系统提示我在图片下留言，我通过将双手平放在桌面上，调出了虚拟键盘和触控板，并利用它们输入了评论并导航应用。令我惊讶的是，这个虚拟键盘……