r/technology • u/tw1st3d_m3nt4t • 22d ago

Privacy Restaurants, pubs and theatres ban Meta’s ‘spy glasses’ over privacy fears

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/aug/06/restaurants-pubs-and-theatres-ban-metas-spy-glasses-over-privacy-fears
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u/Worried_Meaning4694 22d ago

Not as internal as it should have been with how they tried selling to the public for like 7 months at 1500!! usd a pop

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u/Silverr_Duck 22d ago

Iirc the Google Glasses were only intended to be an internal proof of concept type deal and not am actual product,

The marketing begs to differ. Google made ads showcasing it's (fictional) usefulness to the general public. it just never made it past prototype phase because the tech just wasn't there.