Apple tipped to take on Meta Ray-Bans with brand new mega gadget – and there could be a bizarre change for AirPods too

The Sun's Head of Technology and Science Sean Keach had a chance to don the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses at Meta HQ...

I wear glasses every day, so the idea of donning a pair of specs isn't exactly alien to me.

But convincing people with perfectly sharp eyesight to put on a pair of glasses might be a bit of an ask.

Mark Zuckerberg and friends think they've clocked it with the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses – serving up enough features for you to consider signing over some of your face real estate to them.

I got a chance to look at probably two dozen different shapes and sizes of glasses, and plenty of them look great.

The only clear downside is that they have a bit of bulk compared to regular glasses, but it's not a huge problem. And especially not if you're buying the sunglasses, where bigger specs feels a bit more palatable.

Anyway once they were on, using Meta AI was extremely easy.

I would just say "Hey Meta" followed by a simple request.

I used it to instantly translate a sign from Spanish to English, to scan a QR code, and to remind me to buy something later.

It was very easy and worked eerily well. It really was like having an AI assistant in my brain.

Once Meta adds the ability for it to analyse video of what you're seeing, as well as live-translate language for you, it's going to be a game-changer.

But I wasn't able to test either of those features just yet.

What I will say is that they feel like a worthwhile buy for gadget fans, even minus those bonus features coming down the line.

And even if you don't use any of the AI stuff, it's quite fun to have a camera on your face. And yes, you can control that with your voice too.