AI smart glasses, like the ones by Meta, have caught Apple's eye, but where did the AR dream go?

What do you think of when you hear “smart glasses”? Personally, I’d imagine something akin to the best VR headsets out there, but more focused on AR. Something like Google Glass, if I had to be honest, or to be more precise: something with a screen.

Meta, however, stepped in to separate “smart” from “AR” through its collaboration with Ray Ban, producing a pair of AI-enabled glasses that can respond to quick enquiries, capture your point of view for social media — or even stream it, if you’re brave enough — or play music.

Meta being Meta, we don’t have any stats related to the success of the line, but we do know that the company plans to iterate on the product until it can get to a point where it actually has a screen, producing a pair of AR smart specs, if you will.

And you know what? Apple might have found this idea rather… fascinating.



If you’re a regular here, you’ve probably heard of Mark Gurman before. This industry insider has come to be recognized as pretty reliable and this report comes from him as well. Still though, as Mark himself outlines: this is just an idea for now, so there are no promises yet.

But it’s fun to explore, so let’s ask: would these theoretical Apple smart spectacles — or, rather, the iSpecs if you will — be more than just a stolen concept from Meta? Well, as you can imagine: we don’t know much about the idea yet.

From what has been mentioned in the report, it would appear that the iSpecs would take focus on the audio and AI-fueled QNA aspect of the concept, while ditching the social media angle altogether. And given that this is the Cupertino company we’re talking about, that makes sense.