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Meta has repeatedly run into trouble over its handling of users' personal data, and inappropriate public use of its smart glasses cameras has led to social media backlash. Meta's AI privacy policies are murky, and Meta's not a company that's respected for social media safety or privacy, with very good reason. Will Google do better? It's considered more reputable, but it's also a company that already blends ads into our personal data and is increasingly swallowing up more data, like health and fitness, for its connected AI services. Google will have to explain how responsible it'll be with glas

By Mike Sorrentino After spending several minutes showing off the look of the audio glasses, it doesn't seem to me that this demo shows the glasses really fulfilling much of a need. The glasses seem like a glorified microphone that just connects to your phone, and that phone's doing all of the actual "work" for ordering a cold brew. I could just... pull out the phone and probably do this faster.

Despite the recent price increases, drop in some key services, and ongoing concerns about Meta's privacy policies over time, the Meta Quest 3 and Meta Quest 3S are still the best VR headsets available for their price. Even at $600 and $350 respectively for the two headsets, they're thousands less than the Apple Vision Pro. But considering Meta's price changes and the shifting XR landscape, I'd recommend the cheaper Quest 3S now over the technically better-quality Quest 3. The Quest 3 has better lens optics and a higher-resolution display than the Quest 3S. It has more onboard storage (512GB ve