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Speaking of which, Bosworth says Meta has heard feedback that some people don’t care about the camera capabilities on its smart glasses and prefer audio-only glasses. “There is definitely a market demand for this product.” Then Bosworth said: “One thing at a time.”

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Earlier this month, WIRED discovered the code In Meta AI’s public-facing app, suggesting that Meta was preparing to debut facial recognition in its consumer smart glasses, a technology that may have been Trained by a company Which builds surveillance tools for US military and police departments. After the WIRED report, Meta delete codeNone of this technology is found in the new Meta Glass. “There are no plans for facial recognition,” Ankit Brahmbhatt, senior director of product management for AI glasses at Meta, tells WIRED, because it’s not the focus of what the company is building here.

Meta’s goal with these glasses is to put them on more faces. “It’s more than just the fit of the clothing — fit and comfort are extremely important to success — but it’s also your personal brand,” says Bristol. “It’s a really important decision if we want people to wear them as daily driver glasses.” If more people start wearing Meta Glasses, that means more people are using Meta AI.

Both Bristol and Bosworth lamented that with many current AI tools, you have to provide context manually, whether by providing an image, a document, or a search query. With smart glasses, the AI ​​assistant sees what you see, and that’s less burden on your part. “It’s not that something isn’t smart enough — sometimes that’s a problem — it’s the amount of work I have to do to get it up to speed,” Bosworth says.

But making smart glasses more comfortable is just one step away. Many people remain concerned about privacy infringements made possible by wearable cameras that can secretly record a user’s surroundings. Bosworth believes such concerns are similar to what happened when smartphones first put high-quality cameras in our pockets.

“There’s some social norming that has to happen,” he says. “Eyeglasses are very popular…that doesn’t mean we’re not concerned about every angle situation.”

New Meta glasses arrive Troubled time The company’s relationship with its workforce. Bosworth sent himself Internal memo to staff last week Promising better communication, stability and workplace perks to improve morale, which is at an all-time low.