Ray-Ban Meta good glasses on show within the window of a Ray Ban retailer in London, UK, on Friday, July 19, 2024.
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Income from gross sales of Ray-Ban Meta good glasses greater than tripled yr over yr, EssilorLuxottica revealed Monday as a part of the corporate’s most up-to-date earnings report.
EssilorLuxottica stated the success of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, constructed by way of a partnership with the Fb mother or father stemming again to 2019, contributed to its first-half total gross sales of 14.02 billion euro (US$16.25 billion), which represents a 7.3% year-over-year leap.
“We’re main the transformation of glasses as the following computing platform, one the place AI, sensory tech and a data-rich healthcare infrastructure will converge to empower people and unlock our full potential,” EssilorLuxottica CEO Francesco Milleri and deputy CEO Paul du Saillant stated in a joint-statement. “The success of Ray-Ban Meta, the launch of Oakley Meta Efficiency AI glasses and the optimistic response to Nuance Audio are main milestones for us on this new frontier.”
Within the earnings report, the corporate stated that its new Oakley Meta good glasses, unveiled in June, represents the most recent product line to come back from its partnership with the social media firm. CNBC reported in June that Meta and Luxottica plan to debut a Prada-branded model of its good glasses sooner or later.
Luxottica owns a number of well-known manufacturers together with Ray-Ban, Oakley, Vogue Eyewear and Persol.
In September, Meta renewed a long-term partnership settlement with Luxottica to “collaborate into the following decade to develop multi-generational good eyewear merchandise,” in response to the announcement.
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