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Facebook’s smart glasses: cool or creepy?

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2021

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Facebook and Ray-Ban announced their new collaboration: Ray-Ban Stories, their version of smart glasses. And they are surprisingly normal-looking, something developers hope will someday make their smart glasses as ubiquitous as a smartphone. Alex Heath (@alexehealth), senior reporter at The Verge, explains. Read Alex’s story here. Enjoyed this episode? Rate Recode Daily ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and leave a review on Apple Podcasts. What do you want to learn about on Recode Daily? Send your requests and questions to recodedaily@recode.net. We read every email! Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear the next episode of Recode Daily by subscribing in your favorite podcast app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices This episode was made by: Host: Adam Clark Estes (@adamclarkestes) Producer: Sofi LaLonde (@sofilalonde) Engineer: Paul Robert Mounsey Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Introducing the new Philly Cheese Stack at McDonald's with two beef patties, crispy and grilled onions.

0:05.8

So crispy.

0:06.8

Cheddar cheese.

0:07.4

Oh, cheese.

0:08.6

All topped with a melted cheddar cheese sauce.

0:10.8

Obsessed.

0:11.8

The Philly Cheese Stack, one for the cheese lovers.

0:15.5

Available until the 21st of November, served after 11am,

0:18.0

participating in restaurant-only, subject to availability.

0:20.0

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0:28.0

Picture a pair of Rayban wayfairs, their classic iconic pair of sunglasses.

0:34.3

Now, picture them with an internet connection,

0:37.0

and little cameras that can take photos and videos while you wear them,

0:40.8

and little speakers so you can make a phone call without touching your phone.

0:45.7

This is what a new collaboration between Rayban and Facebook looks like.

0:49.6

They're called Rayban Stories.

0:52.1

And both these companies see this as the first step to augmented reality glasses,

0:57.4

AR glasses, frames that actually look and feel like regular glasses,

1:01.4

but that can also put a computer display right in front of your eyes.

1:05.8

But is this something that people actually want?

1:07.6

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1:10.8

Here to explain what that would even look like is Alex Heath.

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