GoKawiilMeta reportedly developing camera-free smart glasses after privacy backlash
Meta is reportedly building a camera-less version of its Ray-Ban smart glasses, codenamed Luna, following widespread criticism that the camera-equipped models enabled covert recording and harassment. The new glasses would retain six microphones for voice interaction with Meta's AI assistants but drop the camera entirely, and could debut as soon as next week's Meta Connect conference.
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The move signals Meta is struggling to contain a reputational crisis over its smart glasses being used for surreptitious filming, prompting remote shutdowns of some users' devices. Removing the camera may ease some privacy fears, but always-on microphones raise their own eavesdropping concerns, especially as Meta faces a lawsuit alleging it mined biometric data from Facebook and Instagram photos for facial recognition.
- Meta is reportedly developing camera-free glasses called Luna amid backlash over privacy abuses.
- The camera-equipped glasses have been dubbed 'pervert glasses' and linked to covert recording incidents.
- Luna would rely on six microphones for AI assistant interaction, shifting focus from photography to voice AI.
Source: futurism.com — Victor Tangermann, 2026-09-16
Published there as: “Zuckerberg’s Pervert Glasses Have Been So Publicly Shamed That Meta’s Reportedly Now Working on a Version With No Camera”
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