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Speaking of which, Bosworth says Meta has heard comments that some people don’t care about the camera capabilities of its smart glasses and would prefer the audio glasses themselves. “There is a market demand for that product for sure.” Bosworth then said, “one thing at a time.”
Earlier this month, WIRED obtained the code in the public-facing Meta AI program, meaning that Meta plans to roll out facial recognition features in consumer smart glasses, a technology that may have been developed. trained by the company which makes surveillance equipment for the US military and police. After a report by WIRED, Meta has removed the codeand none of this technology is present in the new Meta Glasses. Ankit Brahmbhatt, senior director of Product Management for AI Glasses at Meta, tells WIRED that “there are no specific plans for the face,” because that’s not what the company is currently developing.
Meta’s goal with these glasses is to get them on more faces. “It’s not just about the fit—fit and comfort are so important to being good—it’s also about your style,” says Bristol. “It’s a very important decision if we want people to wear them as everyday driving glasses.” If more people start wearing these Meta Glasses, then more people are using Meta AI.
Bristol and Bosworth both lamented that with many of today’s AI tools, you have to provide manual input, whether it’s submitting an image, a document, or a search query. With smart glasses, the AI assistant sees what you see, and that’s another burden on you. “It’s not that the thing isn’t smart enough—sometimes that’s the problem—it’s the amount of work I have to do to get it up to speed,” says Bosworth.
But making smart glasses comfier is just one step. Many people are worried about the privacy that is possible thanks to wearable cameras that can discreetly record what is going on. Bosworth believes that such concerns are similar to what happened when cell phones began putting high-end cameras in our pockets.
“There are social things that need to be done,” he said. “Glasses are very popular … that doesn’t mean we don’t have anxiety around every corner.”
The new Meta glasses have arrived a time of chaos about the company’s relationship with its employees. Bosworth himself sent it internal memo to staff last week promising better communication, stability, and workplace improvements to improve morale, which is at an all-time low.
