Forbes January 23, 2025
Wei Duan

Wei Duan, built speech recognition and machine learning at Google and Snapchat, cofounder of 8glabs AI.

In 2024, Meta achieved a remarkable milestone by selling over one million units of its smart glasses, signaling a pivotal shift in the evolution of this technology. The definition of smart glasses has changed significantly. Previously, the closest analog was augmented reality (AR) glasses, but progress in AR has been slowed by technical challenges.

With the emergence of large language models (LLMs) and large speech models, smart glasses are now repositioned as critical components in the ecosystem of AI. Their role is shifting from being standalone devices to essential accessories for AI assistants, acting as both sensors and displays for artificial intelligence.

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