Even Realities G2 smart glasses show the limits of speaker- and camera-free frames
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Camera- and speaker-free smart glasses may clear privacy bars but struggle to justify premium pricing without a compelling interaction model. For teams building wearables, privacy-by-design has to be paired with a killer use case — otherwise the form factor stays niche.
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