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Big Tech Is Trying to Make Smart Glasses the Next Must-Own Device. Again.

The next generation of Meta’s and Ray-Ban’s collaborative smart glasses offer better audio and picture quality, as well as live streaming directly to Instagram. But that may not be enough.
On Wednesday, at Meta’s annual conference on virtual and augmented reality — and now AI — the tech giant and Ray-Ban announced the second generation of their smart glasses, called the Ray-Ban Meta.
On Wednesday, at Meta’s annual conference on virtual and augmented reality — and now AI — the tech giant and Ray-Ban announced the second generation of their smart glasses, called the Ray-Ban Meta. (Meta, Ray-Ban)

The tech world isn’t giving up on its quest to get people to wear computers on their faces.

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Marc Bain
Marc Bain

Marc Bain is Technology Correspondent at The Business of Fashion. He is based in New York and drives BoF’s coverage of technology and innovation, from start-ups to Big Tech.

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