Ray-Ban Meta Audio — Meta's camera-free AI glasses. Not yet in New Zealand: reserve yours with a refundable $100 deposit.
Not yet in New Zealand: every size and colour of the Burbank Optical. They show as sold out here and we don't have a confirmed arrival date. Reserve one with a refundable $100 deposit →
With a deposit, tell us the model, colour and size in the order notes. We'll contact you when your pair arrives, and your $100 comes off the price. You can ask for your deposit back at any time before your pair is ordered for you. Once prescription lenses have been made for you, the order can't be returned for a change of mind.
Ray-Ban Meta Burbank Optical — smart optical frames dispensed, glazed and fitted in-practice by the optometrists and dispensing opticians at Rose Optometry, Hamilton.
Iconic Ray-Ban. Quietly clever.
A squarer, slightly flatter take on the classic — it sits well on wider faces — with open-ear speakers and microphones built in, and no camera. Take a call, listen to music or ask Meta AI a question without reaching for your phone, and without anyone wondering whether you're recording.
What they do
- No camera: camera-free by design, so they suit workplaces and venues where camera glasses aren't allowed
- Open-ear speakers for music, podcasts and calls — nothing in your ears, so you stay aware of traffic and conversation
- Microphones and Meta AI for hands-free questions, messages and calls
- Up to 12 hours per charge, plus up to 48 more from the charging case, in a light 43 g frame
- Built for Rx lenses — designed for optical mounting across most prescriptions
Supplied Rx-ready
These come with a clear demo lens and are made to be glazed to your prescription. Choose your size and frame colour above; we make them up in single vision, progressive, sun tint, blue-light filter or Transitions after measuring you in practice.
Prescription range
Most light-to-moderate short-sightedness, long-sightedness and astigmatism can be fitted. Because the frame houses the electronics, higher prescriptions, prisms and some specialty designs may fall outside the supported range — our optometrists check yours before you commit and will tell you plainly if it can't be made up.
What's included, and what costs extra
The price shown covers the frame as supplied, with its clear demo lens. Prescription lenses, and non-prescription treatments such as photochromic (light-reactive) lenses, tints, polarisation, mirror finishes and blue-light filters, are quoted separately and may carry an additional cost. We'll price your exact frame and lens combination before you commit.
Frame measurements
Measured by Ray-Ban (mm). Compare them with a pair you already wear. The size is usually printed inside the arm, e.g. 50□22 150. Lens height matters most if you want progressives, which need enough lens depth below the pupil (usually 14–18 mm).
| Size | Lens height | Bridge | Temple | Lens diagonal | Hinge to hinge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular (51) | 39.0 mm | 19 mm | 152 mm | 55.0 mm | 127.6 mm |
| Large (54) | 41.0 mm | 19 mm | 157 mm | 58.0 mm | 133.6 mm |
Not sure which size suits you? Send us a photo of your current glasses or book a quick fitting in Hamilton and we'll check it for you.
Why buy them from an optometrist
These aren't an ordinary pair of glasses, and they shouldn't be posted out like a phone case. The electronics sit in the temples, the weight sits differently on your face, and the optical centres still have to line up with your pupils — which matters more on a front-heavy frame.
- Pupil distance and fitting height measured in person, not typed into a box
- App set-up done with you before you leave
- Genuine NZ stock with local support — not a grey-market import without warranty
- Optometrist-owned, Hamilton, since 1969
Ray-Ban Meta Audio or Gen 3?
Ray-Ban Meta Audio leaves out the camera, which gives it a longer battery (up to 12 hours, against 9 for Gen 3) and a lighter frame (43 g). If you want photos and video, the Gen 3 Wayfarer, Aviator and Zena are available now. Read about Ray-Ban Meta Audio →
Shipping
Smart eyewear ships by tracked, insured courier and is excluded from our standard free-shipping offer. Signature is required on delivery.
Try a frame on at 38 Lake Road, Frankton, Hamilton — we ship nationwide across New Zealand.