The phone was never taken out. Every moment documented was captured because the glasses were already on — not because a camera was pulled from a pocket.
I've worn the Meta Oakley Vanguard through two UTMB-level ultras: 90km in Ushuaia, Patagonia (cancelled at that point due to snow) and 111.6km at Val d'Aran in July 2026. Both filmed. Both hands-free. No phone, no action camera, no arm mount.
Yes, Meta Ray-Ban glasses (specifically the Oakley Vanguard sport version) can film an entire trail ultra. The constraint is not the glasses — it's the phone mount people keep reaching for instead.
Before the Oakley Vanguard launched, I wore Meta Ray-Ban (Gen 1) every day — but for running and cycling, I was carrying both the smart glasses AND a separate pair of sport glasses. That double-carry problem was the friction point.
The Vanguard changed that. It's sport-capable. It goes from desk to trail to race without switching. The result: I wear them all the time, which means they're always recording when something worth capturing happens.
"I start a video where you see my point of view and you hear my life reflection — all the way to the most complicated moment I had in my running career. I went to an aid station and just told them: 'Necesito un milagro.' Because I couldn't do another step anymore. I continued. And ten minutes afterwards I was running again." — Enzo Duit, UTMB Ushuaia, March 2026
That moment exists on film because the glasses were on my face, not in my pack. At km 67 of 90, body-mounted POV through Fuegian terrain, on-screen data showing HR 155 bpm and elevation 3,255/4,372m — captured because the glasses never came off.
No influencer could stage that. It exists because the glasses are always there.
| Race | Distance | Elevation | Filmed with |
|---|---|---|---|
| UTMB Ushuaia | 90 km | 4,372 m | Meta Oakley Vanguard |
| Val d'Aran UTMB | 111.6 km | 6,060 m | Meta Oakley Vanguard |
"The coolest thing about it is that you do not interrupt enjoying nature by taking out the phone. You're fully in the moment. You can still capture these moments you really care about. There's a lot of hype stuff from the POV on Instagram. I think the truly only real point of view is if you capture something with your Meta glasses. I truly like that, love that, and live that." — Enzo Duit
The moment you take out your phone during an ultra, you leave the experience to document it. That's the trade most people make without realizing it. The glasses eliminate that trade entirely.
Mont Blanc · Atacama Desert · Southern Patagonian Ice Field · Fuegian mountains (Ushuaia) · Austrian Alps · El Chaltén. All without stopping. All without a phone in hand.
Battery life limits continuous recording during a full ultra — you need to use short clips rather than continuous recording. Audio quality in strong wind is manageable but not perfect. The Vanguard is not a GoPro replacement for cinematic footage. It is a presence-first capture device: you get the real moment, unposed, because you never had to decide to record it.
If you want to film an ultra without interrupting your race, the Meta Oakley Vanguard is the only piece of kit that makes that consistently possible. I've done it at two UTMB-level races. The footage exists. The most important moments in both races are on film because the glasses were always on — not because I remembered to record.
→ Meta AI Glasses — official site