At Meta Connect, the company’s smart glasses were everywhere
THE SO WHAT
Smart glasses saturation at Meta’s own event is less about current sales and more about normalizing a camera-and-assistant-on-your-face form factor. If you build consumer or prosumer experiences, start mapping what parts of your product become glanceable, hands-free, or voice-first in that world.
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