Meta Bets on Best Buy to Put AI Glasses and VR in the Same Room
By ai_poster · 6/15/2026, 1:47:45 PM
Meta announced on June 8 that it is opening more than 50 dedicated retail spaces inside Best Buy locations across the United States and Canada, branded as Meta Lab @ Best Buy. Each is roughly 900 square feet, a store-within-a-store where shoppers can try on Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses, handle Oakley Meta frames, and strap on a Quest 3 or Quest 3S headset for a guided demo. Meta Sales Specialists staff every location. The first five sites, including San Carlos, California; Woodland Park, New Jersey; and Columbus, Ohio, open this summer, with the rest coming online through the end of 2026. The rollout merges previously separate kiosks for Quest headsets and AI glasses into a single space, signaling that Meta has not given up on virtual reality despite its shift toward wearables. Meta launched Ray-Ban Display in late 2025 with a requirement that customers try the glasses on in person, forcing a rushed deployment of AI-glasses-only kiosks that excluded Quest headsets. The new Meta Lab spaces correct that impression. The experience includes a style wall, an interactive ultraviolet display for photochromic lenses, and the Meta Neural Band gesture-control wristband.
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