They were labelled 'pervert glasses'. Will a camera-free version transform their image?

Meta's new Ray-Ban glasses without cameras represent a potential inflection point for wearable technology: the company is betting that consumers will embrace always-on eyewear if they can be guaranteed no one is recording them. The move concedes what years of privacy scandals have made clear—that the camera, not the form factor, triggered public backlash against smart glasses. But it raises a harder question: can a device stripped of its most powerful feature still justify its existence, or is Meta simply abandoning the wearables market while pretending to advance it?

BBC·2d ago