OPINION: When Facebook launched 17 years ago exclusively to university students, it could probably have struck a claim at being a cool brand. The company is making a pair of smart glasses in collaboration with Ray-Ban and EssilorLuxottica, as confirmed by CEO Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook’s second-quarter victory lap earnings call. “Looking ahead here, the next product release will be the launch of our first smart glasses from Ray-Ban in partnership with EssilorLuxottica,” he said. More recently Facebook employees were caught leaving positive reviews for the company’s Portal smart screen on Amazon in the absence of organic praise. The Oculus virtual reality headsets have been an unqualified success but, sleek as the Quest 2 undoubtedly is, you still look pretty stupid wearing one.Ultimately, Facebook smart glasses’ success will likely rest on how many of Mark Zuckerberg’s fingerprints are over them.

Source: Stuff August 02, 2021 02:15 UTC