Neistat: Meta putting smart glasses in Ray-Bans was a brilliant decision
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Casey Neistat and the hosts discuss the social friction and visual acceptability of smart glasses.
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“I think that Meta's decision to put wearable glasses with a camera on them in Ray-Bans, the most common sunglasses in the world, was brilliant because we're all familiar with this pair of sunglasses. Like, there was no learning curve. There was no, like, what's that thing on your face? We know what it is.”
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