Bosworth: Meta Wearables VP gave a speech using prototype glasses as teleprompter
Andrew Bosworth (Boz) · Mark Zuckerberg, James Cameron, Andrew Yang and More - TBPN Top 5 · Sep 20, 2025 · at 14:01
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth reveals how Alex Himmel, VP of Wearables at Meta, used prototype smart glasses during a speech without the audience noticing.
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“Alex Himmel, who runs the Wearables division, a year ago, when he got the first prototype, he gave a whole speech, and nobody knew he was doing the teleprompter. Apparently on the glasses. And he was just, and he was swiping the slides.”
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