"As I wore them on one of my walks through San Francisco, on the shore of Ocean Beach, I came upon a dolphin-like fish that had washed up on the sand. Though I got my camera glasses close enough to the thing that I could smell it, Meta's AI assistant could not tell me what kind of animal it was. It correctly identified that it was very dead and that I should not touch it."
"Beyond instances like that, I tend to avoid the AI voice interaction because I haven't gotten to the point where it feels natural. Getting it to search something is usually very quick, but doing so requires you to stop dead in your tracks, stare directly at another person's purse or something, and say out loud, "Hey Meta. HEY META. Is this bag Gucci?" The glasses' AI features are both its best asset and biggest weakness."
Smart glasses deliver helpful AI capabilities such as live language translation, whispered map directions, and quick image-based searches that can identify hazards and provide contact numbers for animal control. Voice interactions often feel unnatural and awkward in public, requiring loud prompts that interrupt surroundings. The AI features are both the device's main strength and its key weakness due to inconsistent usefulness and overabundance of features. Media and sensor outputs are managed through a companion app that stores photos and videos and sometimes requires manual import. The companion app promotes a Vibes service that floods users with low-quality, AI-generated videos, creating negative user experience.
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