Why Meta Ray-Ban will Fail

“Glasses are things that have come and gone. A lot of people have attempted them,” said Imran Chaudhri of Humane, the startup developing the Ai Pin. In a recent Instagram Live, Chaudhri and Bethany Bongiorno, the co-founders, discussed with the audience their choice of the Ai Pin's form factor.  Meta has come up with its Ray-Ban smart glasses that give almost the same functionality as the Ai Pin, but in the form of glasses. Until the Humane Ai Pin was announced, it seemed like a gadget of the future, that everyone would be wearing, and recording the world around them. But now, investing in a pair of glasses seems to be outdated altogether.  “One of the reasons they are questionable is that only some of them actually wear glasses,” continued Chaudhri. Glasses come as an addi