"As humanity inches closer to an AI apocalypse, a sliver of hope remains: the robots might not work. Such was the case last week, as Mark Zuckerberg attempted to demonstrate his company's new AI-enabled smart glasses. I don't know what to tell you guys, Zuckerberg told a crowd of Meta enthusiasts as he tried, and failed, for roughly the fourth time to hold a video call with his colleague via the glasses."
"The keynote was to feature the Ray-Ban Meta Display, the latest version of what is essentially a face-mounted iPhone ideal for the consumer who lacks the energy to pull a device from their pocket and idolizes both Buddy Holly and the Terminator. Despite that undeniable appeal, the show was a technical mess perhaps the perfect homage to the latest pointless iteration of digital hardware."
"Viewers witnessed Zuck making his way to the stage to thumping music, performing an alarming number of fist bumps en route. The moment was presented onscreen through the camera on his glasses, so that the audience could see Mark's POV. All the while, he was receiving a flurry of text messages expressing enthusiasm that was no doubt genuine: Let's gooo followed by a rocketship emoji, audience is getting hyped with a picture of two guys looking content at best, a gif saying It's time."
Mark Zuckerberg attempted a live demonstration of the Ray-Ban Meta Display smart glasses at Meta Connect 2025, but the device repeatedly failed during a video-call demo. The glasses are presented as a face-mounted smartphone alternative blending eyewear aesthetics with AI features. The keynote opened with a glasses-camera POV showing Zuckerberg's stage entrance and incoming enthusiastic messages. Despite marketing focus on stylish design and making technology 'get out of the way' of interactions, the presentation faltered amid technical problems. The event underscored tension between ambitious claims about AI and imperfect, headline-making consumer hardware execution.
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