Zuckerberg said social apps on phones can be ‘anti-social’

Meta, of course, owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads – major social media platforms that are often accessed via smartphones.

“When you’re building social apps, it’s kind of a weird thing that you’re primarily delivering through this little screen that people are carrying around,” Zuckerberg said. “It’s like a really, in a way, anti-social form factor. It’s part of the reason I care so much about glasses. It’s just such a natural thing.”

The Meta smart glasses, which were first announced in 2020, allow wearers to take photos, stream live on Instagram, and use the company’s AI assistant to ask questions, among other features.

The glasses are not equipped with augmented reality like the Meta Quest virtual reality headset, which means that users will not see a virtual display in their environment.

However, Zuckerberg is convinced that wearable technology will catch on.

In a recent interview with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, Zuckerberg said he believes display-less AI glasses will be worn by millions of people.

“So I think based on what we’re seeing now with the Ray-Ban Metas, I would guess that AI glasses without a display, at around $300, will be a very big product that, like tens of millions. of people or hundreds of millions of people will eventually have and you’ll have super interactive AI that you’re talking to,” he said.

A Meta spokesman did not respond to a request for comment.