Shutters for Smart Glasses?

⊲ Immersive Wire ⊳ Tom Ffiske at Immersive Wire asks whether privacy concerns over smart glasses are teething friction for a new product category or something deeper. UK pubs, theatres and cinemas are restricting their use, a Hamburg regulator found the recording light hard to see outdoors, and a YouGov poll found 49% of Britons back banning them in public spaces. Ffiske argues liability rests chiefly with wearers, but manufacturers such as Meta, which holds up to 84% of the market, must make recording far more obvious, citing South Korea’s mandatory shutter sound.
◂ If the camera-free Ray-Ban Meta Audio glasses signal a retreat, always-on augmented reality may arrive first in controlled training and workplace settings rather than streets. ▸
⊲ Featured Image – Ray-Ban Meta Gen 1 smart glasses – Wikimedia ⊳
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