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(Image credit: Meta)
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When the new Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses were revealed I thought that they looked pretty cool (and being Ray-Bans, super stylish) but was in no way interested in grabbing a pair, I was far more concerned with theMeta Quest 3. But, having used a pair at T3 Towers, I’m all in on the shades.Smart glasses are fundamentally a cool piece of tech, but they’re also a bit concerning. The idea of everyone wearing a camera on their face, and not knowing when they’re taking a picture, is a bit too1984for me to get involved.
(Image credit: Future)
(Image credit: Future)
It looks like Meta felt the same way. I was pleasantly surprised to find that if you obscure the camera and take a picture, the light will still come on (you’ll just have a terrible picture) but crucially, if you try to obscure the light but not the camera, you won’t be able to capture photos. Instead, you’ll even receive a notification on the phone app telling you to check the sensor to make sure it’s visible to others. Brilliant.
While it might stop you from feeling like aBond-style superspy, people have a right to know when they’re being filmed or photographed. This is a major step up from the first generation of the glasses, where the only real defence to obscuring the LED indicator was Meta claiming that it broke the terms of service.
One element of privacy I do appreciate about the glasses however is just how impressively they stop sound from leaking out. Now no-one will know I’m listening to Taylor Swift instead of them.
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