The new Oakley Meta glasses are what athletes actually want
This was what I had been expecting from Oakley smart glasses. | Photo by Colt Bradley / The Verge
When the Oakley Meta HSTN arrived earlier this year, it wasn't what I thought Oakley-branded smart glasses would be. Sure, they had Oakley's famous PRIZM lenses, but where was the wraparound design? Where were the athlete-focused features like stronger water and sweat resistance? Confusingly, it felt like the HSTN glasses were just Ray-Ban Meta glasses by another name. But that's because Meta had the real athlete-focused glasses in its back pocket. Today, the company unveiled the new $499 Oakley Meta Vanguard - and it has everything outdoorsy athletes could want and then some.
"When we started building HSTN, it was an easier process of deve …