Meta is cooking up camera-free glasses, according to a new report . And why shouldn’t they? After all, wearing a camera on your face has always been a tough sell — just ask Google.
Remember when Sergey Brin jumped out of a plane wearing Google Glass, recording grainy video of his sky dive? That was way back in 2012, and the bizarre-looking camera glasses flopped soon after.
The public did not take kindly to the idea of being filmed (even though, yes, smartphones with cameras had long existed). A former colleague of mine was even assaulted in a San Francisco bar while wearing them.
Meta has been re-testing the waters with its AI smart glasses…
