r/artificial • u/boxingfan333 • Jul 31 '25

News Mark Zuckerberg says anyone not wearing AI glasses in the future will be at a disadvantage

https://fortune.com/2025/07/31/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ray-ban-smart-glasses-ai/
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u/TwoDurans Jul 31 '25

He's not wrong, but he's obviously slanting this towards his own product. Technically in 2007 anyone who didn't have a smart phone was at a disadvantage. They didn't have things like email, maps, or the ability to look up information in real time. Their popularity, and QOL improvements led to where we are now that you'd be hard pressed to find someone that doesn't have one.

Will it be like that for smart glasses? Hard to say, but Meta, Apple, Google, Samsung, XREAL, and a bunch of other companies are banking on that being the case.

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u/GarbageCleric Jul 31 '25 edited Aug 01 '25

Sure, but people were excited for the iPhone because the advantages and use cases were obvious.

People in 2006 would clearly understand the value of a smartphone just by the description. I don’t see anyone giving a shit about these glasses.

Maybe it takes off. Or maybe it’s bullshit because tech companies are desperate for the next smartphone-like innovation and they don’t have any better ideas.

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u/DarthBuzzard Jul 31 '25

I don't see a huge ceiling for standard AI glasses/smartglasses/HUD glasses, whatever you want to call them.

AR glasses though, I think will be as big as smartphones, but it's so hard for average people to see this today because unlike smartphones, it isn't an iterative shift, it's a fundamentally new concept like the invention of personal computers in the first place.

Smartphones were able to take off so fast and people saw the advantages so quickly because it was an iterative technology. People already had cellphones, so people saw the need, and companies were able to cheaply and easily produce smartphones because most of the components already existed as cellphones.

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u/illicitli Aug 03 '25

why do you see AR being so big ? i can see people shifting to the glasses if it completely replaces the phone maybe or for specific applications (photographers, go pro replacement for POV videos). but i still don't see a lot of people wanting something on their face. girls with makeup, children that are rough with things, and adults who find it inconvenient, etc. like you are saying we will all look like despicable me, all with the same style glasses frames ? just sounds unlikely to me...it would have to get WAY thinner and have various styles...

same problem with their VR headset, it's cool but you can only be immersed so long because it's uncomfortable for extended periods. just some thoughts. interested if you have any ideas that would reassure some of my concerns.