As demand for Meta AI glasses explodes
Is it though?
this post was submitted on 21 Aug 2026
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The people demand meta glasses! And AI! And pedophiles! And transphobia! And dying of easily preventable diseases! And the people want to shit their pants until they die!
The people want these things we promise!
Exactly one year ago, EssilorLuxottica told its investors that the Ray-Ban Meta glasses had sold 2 million units so far, a period spanning from the launch in October 2023 until February 2025.
Now, during its Q4 2025 earnings report, the company announced that it sold 7 million units of Ray-Ban and Oakley smart glasses in 2025 alone – meaning more than triple that of 2024. This suggests that around 9 million have been sold to date since the launch of Ray-Ban Meta two and a half years ago.
"Explodes" might be a bit of hyperbole, but sales have been increasing, and are projected to continue. This doesn't mean it will happen of course, and the numbers are in dollars, not in units sold, so inflation is at play here.
For a while I thought something like a life recording would be awesome ... Using your own cameras and devices at home and away and leveraging public devices to mesh together a record of everything really. Think of the possibilities, you have an argument and insist you did or did not say something...look it up! If you are accused of something like robbing a bank - no problem, my feed and gps and video evidence says otherwise. And when you are an old coot you can go back and watch the sex you had with whomever whenever isn't a negative . Then I realized the storage needs and someone would monetize it so only the wealthy could get a full backup and you got tier 32 ( birthdays and blowjobs maybe ) ... Now years later I realize without our permission they are doing exactly that, only fuck it all because we can build more storage and the intent has changed. It's not to sell you a service. In fact it is much worse.
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This feels like marketing disguised as criticism.
It is starting to feel like Meta is actively catering to the contrarian douche market, like the idiots who bought Cybertrucks. This also increases the likelihood of creep shots because there is bound to be a lot of overlap there.
They're supplying a demand for profit. Without strong laws to stop them, they'll keep doing it. Such is capitalism.
I think one of the best ways to fight them is to continue to stigmatize the pervert glasses. Call out and socially isolate anyone in your circle who wears them, or even mentions being curious about them, all excuses aside.
I suppose we should never underestimate young males' propensity to perv on women and girls. Nor should we underestimate the tech bros' willingness to provide the hardware to do it.
Remember, billionaires have zero empathy, especially for we poors, and really not even for their own kids. They'll stop for two reasons only, if the pervert glasses stop selling, and/or they're forced to by laws with real teeth. Small "cost of doing business" fines won't do it, we all know.
I don't even want pervert glasses. I barely even take pictures with my phone.
What I really want is that projection from those O.G. Google glass that projected image straight in your eye. Then I could watch porn all day every day everywhere.
Your second description is STILL less perverted than meta glasses.
idea: qr code face mask that sends them a logoff of their meta account. maybe add a banner that says fuck off or something fun.
I hold back the urge to punch one of my superiors at work when ever I speak to them lately because I realize they wear these.
these fucking things will be the size of contact lens eventually
No source, no install.
Thankfully, I don’t know anyone who would want these things
I love this tech, just wish they would make independent of any corporation, just an I/O with standards to connect to your service of choice.
I'd like to see that too, but R&D costs for a product like this are enormous so I doubt it'd happen any time soon.
I have a coworker who has them. Takes some amazing videos of fiber splicing. But just like the vr headset, I just can't bring myself to buy Meta crap.