Mark Zuckerberg says a future without smart glasses is 'hard to imagine' | TechCrunch

""Billions of people wear glasses or contacts for vision correction. And I think that we're at a moment similar to when smartphones arrived, and it was clearly only a matter of time until all those flip phones became smartphones," Zuckerberg said. "It's hard to imagine a world in several years where most glasses that people wear aren't AI glasses.""

""some of the fastest growing consumer electronics in history.""

""greater operational focus and allignment.""

Meta redirected Reality Labs investments away from the metaverse and is increasing emphasis on AI wearables and in-house AI models. Sales of Meta's smart glasses tripled over the past year, and the company positions them among the fastest-growing consumer electronics. Multiple major tech firms are preparing competing devices: Google partnering with Warby Parker, Apple reportedly developing smart glasses and a small AI device, Snap spinning off AR glasses into a subsidiary, and OpenAI exploring wearable concepts such as pins or earbuds. Industry allocation of capital and effort indicates AI wearables may see substantial consumer uptake.

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