Zuckerberg Predicts Smart Glasses to Usher in 'Post-Phone' Era, Transforming Digital Interaction

July 17, 2025
Zuckerberg Predicts Smart Glasses to Usher in 'Post-Phone' Era, Transforming Digital Interaction
  • While acknowledging initial success, Zuckerberg emphasizes the importance of maintaining perspective on the challenges and potential of smart glasses as the technology continues to develop.

  • Mark Zuckerberg envisions a future where smart glasses will dominate personal technology, replacing smartphones and transforming how we interact with digital content.

  • He predicts that we are entering a 'post-phone' era, with smart glasses becoming the primary device for social and natural interactions, emphasizing their potential to revolutionize communication.

  • Meta recently launched the Oakley Meta HSTN smart glasses, priced at $499, featuring a 3K camera, open-ear speakers, and support for Meta-AI, marking a significant step in this technological shift.

  • Meta's collaboration with Ray-Ban in 2021 produced smart glasses equipped with a five-megapixel camera, serving as prototypes for more advanced devices to come.

  • Upcoming smart glasses are designed to be sleek, wireless, and capable of projecting augmented reality experiences without touch or phone connectivity, offering real-time data streaming and hands-free navigation.

  • Zuckerberg believes that within the next decade, everyone who wears glasses will likely upgrade to smart glasses, and many non-glasses wearers may adopt them, similar to the transition from regular phones to smartphones.

  • Meta has invested $3.5 billion in EssilorLuxottica, the world's largest eyewear manufacturer, demonstrating its commitment to advancing smart glasses technology.

  • Meta's future projects, like Supernova 2 for athletes and Hypernova with notification screens, aim to innovate further in the smart glasses space.

  • He highlights that many people already wear glasses daily, indicating a vast potential market for smart glasses.

  • Zuckerberg criticizes the stagnation in smartphone innovation since the iPhone's launch and sees smart glasses as a way to revitalize the technological landscape.

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