Following the success of Meta’s Ray-Bans and with Google's Intelligent Eyewear right around the corner, smart glasses suddenly feel inevitable. However, growing privacy concerns around these so-called ‘pervert glasses’ make the glassholes of yesteryear feel like a welcome throwback.
If it wasn’t for the tech industry's obsession with slapping AI onto everything from electric toothbrushes to bird feeders, maybe there wouldn’t be such a push to add cameras to smart glasses. Now that big tech firms have seen what they’re capable of, though, of course we need two or even three cameras strapped to our faces at all times.
