More specifically, Meta glasses have become associated with pick-up artists, social-media pranksters and other public irritants. The number of content creators, and worse, capitalising on this, plus the absence of other obvious uses, has earned Meta glasses the nickname “pervert glasses”. After that, I never make another video call and stop dismissing Meta glasses as a gimmick. For Meta, smartglasses are a way to gather masses of data on individual users and whatever – or whomever – they’re seeing. Some media and interactions captured on Meta glasses could be used to train its AI, the company admits.

Source: The Guardian April 01, 2026 05:32 UTC