Meta expected to show camera-free smart glasses at Connect as privacy backlash grows
Meta built its smart glasses business on a camera. At its Connect conference on Wednesday, it is expected to show a pair without one.
The company will unveil new glasses, including a camera-free model, amid growing concern about devices that can record people without their consent, Reuters reported.
Meta has not confirmed the product.
The camera-free glasses were first reported by The Information, which said they are codenamed Luna, carry six microphones for talking to Meta AI and its Muse agent, and will come in two styles, Clubmaster and Burbank, with shipments targeted for October.
Sales of the glasses Meta co-developed with EssilorLuxottica rose to more than 7 million last year, according to Reuters, giving it a dominant share of the market.
Several UK restaurants, pubs, and theatres restrict the glasses, and New York has barred them from its courtrooms.
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