I ran with Oakley Meta Vanguard AI sports glasses (www.techradar.com)

Meta this week unveiled the Oakley Meta Vanguard AI — a purpose-built, action-sports smart glass that acts like an “AI GoPro” with integrated assistant features. The Vanguard replaces conventional lenses with a removable prismatic visor, a centered ultra‑wide 12MP camera capable of 3K video, and a tighter three‑point fit with IP67 water/dust protection. It promises about 9 hours of battery life, louder open‑ear speakers (up to +6 dB), a tactile Action button on the bottom stem, and ships October 21 for $499. Technically the big shifts are tight integration with Meta AI and third‑party biometrics: voice shortcuts (you can ditch “Hey Meta” for commands like “Stats”), Garmin watch pairing to overlay heart‑rate and progress data on captured video, and capture modes including timed intervals, slow motion, and hyperlapse. In hands‑on testing the visor stayed secure and overlays worked well, but tactile button placement can be tricky in motion and stabilization was underwhelming on fast hyperlapses — suggesting the system is better for traditional action clips than highly dynamic POV footage. For the AI/ML community this product shows Meta pushing assistant-driven, sensor-fused wearables into sports, enabling richer multimodal datasets (video + biometrics + context) for training activity‑aware models and new creator workflows.