Meta glasses celebrity backlash: the fans hate them
Meta tried buying their AI-powered creep glasses a public image with celebrity sponsorships — but the celebrities’ fans hate them. So do the other celebrities. Engadget spoke to a pile of photographers who’d been trying out the glasses. They like the cameras and the convenience — but people might…
Meta tried buying their AI-powered creep glasses a public image with celebrity sponsorships — but the celebrities’ fans hate them. So do the other celebrities. Engadget spoke to a pile of photographers who’d been trying out the glasses. They like the cameras and the convenience — but people might think they’re creeps. Danielle, a travel influencer, said: [Engadget] A lot of men and their behaviors have ruined this product. … I wouldn’t feel comfortable around somebody wearing them, so I wouldn’t expect anybody to be comfortable around me wearing them, no matter where I am. Meta’s push is specifically to get the glasses seen as gadgets for women. And not gadgets against women. Sociotechnologist Sarah Saska says: [FT, archive] The dirty secret in Silicon Valley, in Big Tech writ large, any product, any new innovation doesn’t go mainstream and become normalised until it’s adopted by women. The celebrities themselves can tell a loser. Pop singer Lorde announced to the crowd at the Mad Cool Festival in Madrid (sponsored by Ray-Ban) last week: [Twitter] Can I just say, for the record, f— the glasses. Don’t get the glasses. Not sexy. Europe hasn’t banned the glasses. In fact, they just made an exemption in the replaceable batteries rule for them. The EU says it “has not given in to anyone’s pressure” and this is “not about regulating one specific product.” But the US ambassador sure thought it was about the glasses when he pressured the EU, calling the glasses “very stylish” and “very wonderful.” [Politico] Video — PodcastSource: Pivot to AI — Published — Category: Business