Why Facebook is using Ray-Ban to stake a claim on our faces: To build the metaverse, Facebook needs us to get used to smart glasses [MIT Technology Review, 2021]

Title:

Why Facebook is using Ray-Ban to stake a claim on our faces

 

Author:

S.A. Applin

 

Published:

MIT Technology Review, 15 September 2021

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/15/1035785/why-facebook-ray-ban-stories-metaverse/

 

From the article:

Last week Facebook released its new $299 “Ray-Ban Stories” glasses. Wearers can use them to record and share images and short videos, listen to music, and take calls. The people who buy these glasses will soon be out in public and private spaces, photographing and recording the rest of us, and using Facebook’s new “View” app to sort and upload that content.  

 

My issue with these glasses is partially what they are, but mostly what they will become, and how that will change our social landscape.