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Ray-Ban Meta
Coverage of Ray-Ban Meta in the Nexus archive.
- Mark Zuckerberg takes business calls on a jet ski wearing his $800 Meta glasses—and insists ‘the other person could not tell’
Mark Zuckerberg promotes Meta's smart glasses, claiming they enable clear communication even on a jet ski. He highlights features like built-in displays, gesture navigation via Neural Band, and a market potential of 2 billion glasses-wearers. Meta's AI-enabled eyewear sales tripled in a year, with Zuckerberg predicting they are 'some of the fastest growing consumer electronics in history.'
- Meta cuts contractors who reported seeing Ray-Ban Meta users have sex
Meta terminated its contract with Sama, a Kenya-based data annotation firm, after workers reported viewing explicit footage recorded by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. The decision followed a BBC report and an earlier investigation by Swedish media and a freelance journalist highlighting privacy concerns.