Meta and the Battle for Smart Glasses | Prize on the Eyes | 1
Meta and the Battle for Smart Glasses | Prize on the Eyes | 1  
Podcast: Business Wars
Published On: Wed Jun 03 2026
Description: It’s 2011, and two Stanford students have built eyeglasses with a tiny camera inside. Their a prototype paves the way for Meta Ray-Bans, the first tech-enabled eyewear to truly go mainstream after attempts like Google Glass fizzled. But in integrating their smart glasses into our daily lives, Meta has created something else: a tool for mass surveillance. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.