Meta's Audio-Only Glasses Are Nicely Made. They Don't Solve the Deeper Problems - CNET
I’ve started feeling self-conscious when I wear camera-equipped smart glasses out and about. It’s not hard to imagine why. Public opinion of smart glasses seems lower than it’s ever, driven by a combination of AI fatigue, privacy concerns and a general lack of awareness of what smart glasses can do or why anyone would want to wear them. Some places are also starting to ban them.
Meta’s addressed one concern, at least, with its new camera-free line of Ray-Ban smart glasses. Getting rid of the camera completely on the Meta Ray-Ban Audio means they’re smaller and lighter, and have better battery life, too. But they’re not as cheap as I’d have expected. The two models that are available starting this week, the Clubmaster and Burbank, run from $349 to $429 — just for the frames, depending on whether they have transitions lenses or not. Meta has more affordable self-branded...
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