
Back in my day, smart glasses turned you into a social pariah.
In 2013, Google's ill-fated smart glasses, Google Glass, were released unto the world, inadvertently entering the term "Glasshole" into our collective lexicon. Google Glass's ability to record more covertly than a phone or other handheld device wound up labeling them a blatant invasion of personal privacy and, by proxy, branded anyone wearing them an unethical voyeur.