Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has long been completely out of ideas. Meta makes a frickin’ bundle from selling ads on Facebook and Instagram and its numbers for second quarter 2025 were really g…
just found out these glasses are not even Augmented Reality. They have neither screens nor projectors. Just cameras, a mic, and bone conduction earphones. The interface is voice control. They are literally only for taking creepshots. So Zuckerberg is staying on-brand.
I’ve already predicted Meta Rayban wearers would be assaulted in the street, but I wouldn’t be shocked if visually impaired peeps kept away from them as well - whatever accessibility boons they may grant, it is not worth getting called a creepshotter and/or your ass getting beaten.
(Sidenote: This is the second time I’ve seen a tech accessibility related shitshow so far - the first was some alt-text drama I ran into three days ago.)
just found out these glasses are not even Augmented Reality. They have neither screens nor projectors. Just cameras, a mic, and bone conduction earphones. The interface is voice control. They are literally only for taking creepshots. So Zuckerberg is staying on-brand.
They’re allegedly useful for visually impaired users, but I strongly doubt Zuckerberg’s thought of that particular untapped market, or interested in taking advantage of it.
I’ve already predicted Meta Rayban wearers would be assaulted in the street, but I wouldn’t be shocked if visually impaired peeps kept away from them as well - whatever accessibility boons they may grant, it is not worth getting called a creepshotter and/or your ass getting beaten.
(Sidenote: This is the second time I’ve seen a tech accessibility related shitshow so far - the first was some alt-text drama I ran into three days ago.)