Meta’s creepy smart glasses are part of a much bigger plan

Meta’s vision has not so much abandoned the metaverse as relocated it. Its interface is increasingly the world around us, rather than a virtual world we choose to enter.

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Meta’s smart glasses just keep weirding people out. Renamed “pervert glasses” by some critics, the Ray-Ban smart glasses, made in partnership with EssilorLuxottica, have given rise to “creepy” behavior as users photograph and record people without their permission, then share those images and videos on social media and across the broader internet. The backlash points to a rapidly growing set of privacy, security, and ethical concerns.

At the same time, Meta is using the content generated across its ecosystem to support Mark Zuckerberg’s vision of a pervasive, AI-driven future. Zuckerberg’s 2026 manifesto describes........

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