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Meta is updating its AI-powered smart glasses to close a privacy loophole that allowed recording without the capture LED, and launching a marketing campaign to address privacy concerns and promote awareness.
This paper surveys smart glasses as unified first-person intelligence platforms, presenting a systematic framework for perception-state-interaction-action loops and evaluation protocols across constrained hardware and diverse applications.
The article reviews virtual display glasses from companies like Xreal, emphasizing their utility for personal screen viewing and privacy benefits compared to Meta's Ray-Bans and Apple's Vision Pro.
As demand for Meta AI glasses increases, privacy concerns rise due to potential creepy recordings, leading to bans in public places and the development of detection apps.
The article discusses how Meta's AI-powered Ray-Ban smart glasses are causing privacy and harassment issues in workplaces, with employees being filmed without consent, leading to backlash and concerns about surveillance.
Meta has filed a patent for a facial recognition system that automatically records people and creates highlights, raising privacy concerns, especially linked to their Ray-Ban smart glasses.
Wired's 2026 ranking of the best smart glasses, covering models from Meta, Viture, Even Realities, and RayNeo, with pros, cons, and specs for each.
Hand Wave is an open-source sign language recognition system for web and iOS, backed by a Python inference service, aiming to enable translation via smart glasses.
A WIRED feature examining the privacy concerns around camera-equipped smart glasses, especially Meta's Ray-Ban glasses, and how companies like Google, Samsung, and Apple are approaching the issue.
Instagram is cracking down on videos recorded secretly using Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses, known online as 'pervert glasses,' after they were used to record women without consent. The move highlights privacy challenges for Meta as it expands its AI glasses lineup.
Meta faces growing backlash over privacy issues with its smart glasses, as activist groups post satirical ads and the company is forced to implement mandatory updates to prevent tampering with the privacy light.
Apple is planning to reveal its first smart glasses at WWDC next June, expected to launch by end of 2027, with a strong focus on privacy features to differentiate from Meta's smart glasses, including on-device processing and no facial recognition.
Meta pauses its plan to charge a subscription for the Conversation Focus feature on its smart glasses after user backlash, though it still intends to introduce subscription fees for some premium features.
Meta's smart glasses have sparked privacy concerns and harassment, leading Instagram to ban certain content filmed with the glasses, but the policy raises enforcement questions.
Samsung reveals two new designs of its upcoming smart glasses, developed with Google and eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker, featuring 9-hour battery life and AI capabilities like Gemini and Bixby.
Samsung held its Galaxy Unpacked event in July 2026, unveiling new foldable phones (Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Fold 8 Ultra, Z Flip 8) and wearables (Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, Galaxy Watch 9), along with AI smart glasses and Google partnership features.
Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked event on July 22, 2026, is expected to unveil new foldable phones (Galaxy Z Fold 8, Z Flip 8), wearables (Galaxy Watch Ultra 2, Watch 9), and possibly AI-powered smart glasses, with a focus on a wider design for the Fold 8.
Halliday's G2 smart glasses skip cameras to focus on audio recording for meetings, using AI to summarize conversations, aiming for professional environments but raising privacy concerns due to lack of recording indicator lights.
Halliday's Gen 2 smart glasses replace the finicky single-lens display with dual waveguide displays for both eyes, offering a much-improved viewing experience. They introduce Meeting Flow AI features for real-time meeting assistance, including Thread Tracker, Decision Confirmation, and Commitment Check, while deliberately omitting a camera for privacy and longer battery life.
Hand Wave is a smart glasses product that translates sign language into speech, aimed at improving accessibility for deaf and hard-of-hearing users.