Meta plans to add a facial recognition feature to its Ray-Ban smart glasses as soon as this year, reports The New York Times ($). According to people involved in the plans who spoke to the publication, the feature is internally called “Name Tag,” and would let wearers identify people and get information about them via Meta’s artificial intelligence assistant. Mark Zuckerberg reportedly wants the feature to differentiate the devices and to make the AI assistant in the glasses more useful.
The internal memo also said the “political tumult” in the United States was good timing for the feature’s release.
Absolute nightmare way to think about a product launch.
The surveillance state really coming in full force in 2026
Counter with your own glasses that have infrared LEDs to blind cameras.
Or ask firmly the wearer to take off his glasstapo or else you’ll punch them.
Smart glasses disrespecting people’s privacy? Ugh. I don’t want to live on this planet anymore.





