Amid public backlash over its smart glasses, Meta announced that it will be updating its glasses with a new feature that will disable the camera when it detects that someone has tampered with or destroyed the glasses’ privacy LED light. …
… The company announced Tuesday that it’s rolling out an update that will disable the camera if the glasses detect that the LED has been tampered with. …
… This is one of the scariest things about smart glasses: The cameras are tiny, their privacy LEDs are weak, and the design is incredibly discreet. That invisibility, that these recording tools look like a normal pair of glasses, is the point. …
… As for capturing photos and videos, I wish the Display had the better camera resolution of the second-gen Ray-Ban Meta glasses. …
… Then I mulled the huge advances these glasses could pioneer in accessibility tech, enabling disabled people to live more independently. …