Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses have proven more successful than other market entrants, but they have also deeply disturbed certain consumers who see them as invasive emblems of a dystopian surveillance society gone mad. Now, as the company endures complaints that it is selling “pervert glasses,” it has reportedly decided to sell a pair that doesn’t come with built-in spy equipment. The Information reports that Meta is developing a new model of smart glasses, called Luna, that, without cameras, comes equipped with a convenient system for communicating with the company’s AI chatbot and Muse, its AI consumer agent. The glasses include six built-in microphones so users can communicate with the chatbot, as well as a button on the side of the glasses that, when pressed, activates the artificial intelligence system. Luna may be unveiled as soon as Meta Connect, Meta’s annual developer/hardware event taking place in Menlo Park next week, the outlet notes. TechCrunch reached out to Meta for more information. The smart glasses industry has grown in recent years, with Meta positioned near the front of the supplier group. However, concerns about usability, cost and privacy have affected the business, and many consumers are still unsure how, why or if they should use the devices. Meta’s Reality Labs, responsible for developing its line of smart glasses, continues to lose a gigantic amount of money, as its April earnings report revealed.
