Meta Wants You in Smart Glasses So Bad They'll be Selling Them at a Loss

No, I will not shut up about smart glasses. I believe with every fiber of my geeky heart that in the next couple of years everyone will be wearing them, just like everyone walks around today with a smartphone glued to their hand.

I was right in 2007 when I said that phones were only going to get bigger and bigger until they turned into the slabs of glass we all carry now. And I'm right today when I say we are moving toward "floating screens" - glasses that reveal the hidden layer of information all around us. Once you try it, you won't go back.

That being said… I will not be buying Meta's new $800 AR smart glasses when they drop. Not because I don't believe in the idea (I really do), but because these still look kind of ridiculous. I own the current Meta glasses (the ones without a screen) and I love them because they look like regular Ray-Bans. These new ones? They're bulky. They're weird. And I am not into explaining to every person I meet what's strapped to my face.

But here's the thing - Meta is so determined to make these work that they're selling them at a loss, cutting the price down from $1,000 to $800 to get people on board before Apple, Samsung, or whoever else beats them to the punch. That tells you how high the stakes are.

The day Meta makes a pair of smart glasses with a built-in display that look like normal glasses? That's the day I buy them. I don't care if they cost $800 or $2,000 - it will be worth it. Because that's the future, and we're all heading there.

Feel free to tell me in the comments how wrong I am, I will be coming back to this post in a couple of years to make fun of you.