Meta Ray-Ban Display
Six digits, no keyboard, then the words.
Meta Ray-Ban Display has a small additive waveguide and a D-pad. That rules out most of what an app normally does, so Lyrical does one thing here: it gets you into the show and keeps the current line in front of you.
// the constraint
Designed around what the glasses cannot do
There is no keyboard, so anything requiring typed input was out. The join flow became six digits, each one picked with the D-pad. It takes a few seconds and works with the glasses on your face in a dark room.
The waveguide is additive — it adds light rather than blocking it, so there is no such thing as a black pixel. The whole view is drawn as light text on nothing, which is also, conveniently, what a lyric display should look like.
// setup
From glasses on to lyrics up
01
Open Lyrical in the glasses
The Meta build is a web view sized for the 600 by 600 waveguide, so you open it in the glasses rather than installing anything. Nothing is mirrored from a phone.
02
Pick a nearby show, or enter a six-digit code
Lyrical lists live shows near you. If the show you want is not listed, enter the operator's six-digit code — one digit at a time, using the D-pad. There is no keyboard on these glasses, and Lyrical does not ask for one.
03
Look up and read
Once you are joined, the front-of-house operator drives the lines and they appear on the waveguide. The display is additive, so the view is drawn light-on-dark to stay legible against the room.
// support
What works and what does not
| LiveSync concerts | Operator-driven lines on the waveguide | Yes |
|---|---|---|
| Nearby show discovery | Lists live sessions around you | Yes |
| Keyboard-free joining | Six-digit code entered with the D-pad | Yes |
| Microphone song recognition | Use the iPhone or Android app instead | No |
| Visual effects | Additive text display; effects stay on phone and XR | No |
| Album artwork | Not rendered on the waveguide | No |
// questions
Meta Ray-Ban Display questions
- Does Lyrical work on Meta Ray-Ban Display?
- Yes. Lyrical runs as a browser view inside the glasses, laid out for the Meta Ray-Ban Display waveguide, and shows lyrics from a LiveSync concert session.
- Do I need to type on the glasses?
- No. Joining a show takes a six-digit code entered one digit at a time with the D-pad, because these glasses have no keyboard. Nearby shows can be joined without entering anything.
- Do I need my phone with me?
- The glasses need a network connection, which normally comes by way of your phone. Beyond that the lyric session runs in the glasses themselves.
- Can I use it for music that is just playing around me?
- Not on this device. The Meta path is built around LiveSync concert sessions, where an operator drives the lines. For microphone-based recognition, use the iPhone or Android app.
- Why is everything dark with light text?
- The Meta Ray-Ban Display is an additive waveguide: it adds light to what you already see and cannot draw black. Light text on an unlit background is the only combination that stays readable.
- Does it cost anything?
- No. Joining a LiveSync show as an audience member is free, on this device and every other one.
// keep reading
All supported glasses
Every AI and XR device Lyrical runs on, and what each one can render.
Lyrics on Even Realities G2
The other discreet option, with recognition running on your phone.
Lyrics at concerts
How LiveSync shows and manual setlist mode differ.
Running the show
The operator desk that drives every screen in the room.