Meta Seeks to Grow Smart Glasses Platform Through App Development

Meta has announced a major expansion for its Ray-Ban Display AI glasses, opening the platform to third-party developers so they can build apps and games that run directly on the device’s heads-up display. This move shifts the glasses from a closed AI assistant experience into a more open spatial computing ecosystem, allowing external developers to create richer, more interactive tools. Access is being provided through two main development paths: native mobile apps and web-based applications, both currently available in developer preview. To support this ecosystem, Meta has introduced the Wearables Device Access Toolkit, a native SDK for iOS and Android that enables developers to extend existing applications onto the glasses display using Swift or Kotlin. It also supports UI components such as text, images, lists, buttons, and even video playback. For developers preferring platform flexibility, Meta is offering a web app route using standard HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to build standalone experiences. According to Meta, developers have already begun experimenting with hands-free interactions using camera, audio, and voice inputs. The company says the toolkit allows real-time visual overlays, live updates, micro-apps, utilities, and contextual information directly in the user’s field of view. Meta also highlighted improved engagement, noting users interact more when visual AI responses are displayed. The rollout of this open ecosystem will continue in the coming weeks.