HTC VIVE Eagle Smart Glasses Trail Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 at S$730
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Updated · HardwareZone · Jul 1
HTC VIVE Eagle Smart Glasses Trail Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 at S$730
2 articles · Updated · HardwareZone · Jul 1
Summary
HTC’s VIVE Eagle emerges as a capable first smart-glasses effort, but the review says it is hard to recommend over Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 despite solid calls, audio and hands-free AI features.
S$730 to S$880 pricing in Singapore undercuts its case, because Ray-Ban Meta Gen 2 starts at S$629 while offering better styling, a more polished ecosystem, stronger video capture and a charging case.
12MP photos are serviceable, but video tops out at 1,512 x 2,016 at 30fps, below Meta’s 3K option; battery is rated above 36 hours standby, 4.5 hours music and 3 hours of calls.
HTC tries to differentiate with VIVE AI support for Google Gemini and ChatGPT, AI Notes with local AES-256-encrypted storage, and an Asian-fit design with adjustable nose pads.
The launch comes as display-less smart glasses shipments jumped 210% year on year in Q1 2026, a market where Meta already holds 84% and sets the benchmark HTC is chasing.