The New Meta Glasses and What it Means for Modern Surveillance
During the advent of Google Glasses in 2012, there was a lot of excitement. Some tech bloggers even went so far as to wear them in the shower and local night clubs. However, those spectacles soon faded away and never really took off. The North introduced Focals in 2019, which fused style and utility; sadly, each pair had to be custom-made and was pricey. Once more, they were canceled in 2020 since the product's market fit never completely worked. Then came the one that finally stuck. Since launching its collaboration with Ray-Bans in 2023, Meta has reportedly sold two million pieces of the eyewear. That's not insignificant, but the glasses' usefulness is still quite restricted, and it's definitely not a mainstream product. However, these appear to have primed the market for the Displays, which are as near to the widely available AI-powered AR glasses that consumers have been anticipating for years. The speech stated that users will be able to watch Instagram Reels, send...