Capture Moments Effortlessly: Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Review for Parents
Discover how Meta Ray-Ban Glasses let you stay present while capturing unforgettable family moments
TL;DR: Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses are an excellent gadget for parents who want to stay present while capturing life’s precious moments.
Yesterday, my daughter decided to try catching some birds on the beach. I didn’t have my phone with me, but luckily, I was wearing my Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, so I started recording.
After about 5 minutes of running around and explaining that birds aren’t like cats and don’t want to be petted, we headed back to the water. It was one of those fleeting moments I never want to forget. Had this been 20, 10 or even 2 years ago, I probably wouldn’t have been able to record it.
When I was a kid, (which wasn’t that long ago!) capturing family moments required a massive camera and recording tapes that didn’t even fit in the VCR! We’d have to re-record them onto VCR tapes—a process that feels prehistoric now. Today, we’re spoiled with smartphones that double as cameras. However, as convenient as they are, phones often make us less present in the moment.
That’s why I’ve grown to love my Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses. They let me record videos while being completely engaged with my kids. Have you ever dug a giant hole in the sand with your son while getting the whole thing on video? Neither had I until this week!
Not Just a Camera
These glasses are incredibly lightweight and are fantastic audio sunglasses in their own right. My wife and I have used Bose audio sunglasses since they launched in 2019, but the Meta glasses surpass them in sound quality. (Not to mention that Bose discontinued their audio sunglasses earlier this year.)
I’m personally content with only using the glasses as a camera in the sun for now, but the Meta Smart Glasses also offer blue-light filtering or transition lenses for those non-sunny days. I initially opted for the transition lenses, but they weren’t quite what I expected. I found they didn’t block out the light as much as I’d hoped, and they looked a bit odd in photos.
Meta Ray-Ban Smart Glasses are a fantastic product for parents who want to stay present while capturing life’s precious moments. Whether you’re at the beach or just hanging out at the playground, these glasses make it easy to record memories without sacrificing your involvement. Plus, they offer great audio quality, which can help you tune out your surroundings when you don’t want to be present!
Products & Deals
This isn’t the best monitor out there, but it’s hard to beat $60. Note that it only supports 1080p, so the display quality won’t match your phone. However, if you need a second monitor or want a large screen for a secondary workstation, this is a great option. It would also serve as a decent gaming monitor if you’re okay without 120Hz support, which most people don’t need.
I’m excited to play the new Astro Bot game with my son after we finish Kirby’s Forgotten Land. It looks like I’ll need to buy this controller along with the game.
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In a study about adult expectations of parents who believed their sons were behaviorally sensitive to sugar: “In the experimental group, mothers were told their children had received a large dose of sugar, whereas in the control condition mothers were told their sons received a placebo; all children actually received the placebo (aspartame). Mothers and sons were videotaped while interacting together and each mother was then questioned about the interaction. Mothers in the sugar expectancy condition rated their children as significantly more hyperactive.”
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