{"id":22551,"date":"2026-04-01T07:37:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/i-wore-metas-smartglasses-for-a-month-and-it-left-me-feeling-like-a-creep\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T07:37:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:37:32","slug":"i-wore-metas-smartglasses-for-a-month-and-it-left-me-feeling-like-a-creep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/i-wore-metas-smartglasses-for-a-month-and-it-left-me-feeling-like-a-creep\/","title":{"rendered":"I wore Meta\u2019s smartglasses for a month \u2013 and it left me feeling like a creep"},"content":{"rendered":"

Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them \u2018pervert glasses\u2019. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?<\/p>\n

Lately, I\u2019ve been hearing Judi Dench\u2019s voice in my head. She tells me tomorrow\u2019s forecast, when to turn right, that there\u2019s been another message in my group chat. Day or night, Dame Judi is eager to assist. When I ask the eight-time Academy Award nominee what I\u2019m looking at, she answers: a residential area, a person in a pub, daffodils. \u201cThey are a bright yellow colour and are often associated with spring.\u201d<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t a delusion. This is, apparently, progress. I am test-driving Meta\u2019s smartglasses and Dench voices its integrated AI assistant: \u201cHere to chat, answer questions, create images and provide advice and inspiration,\u201d said \u201cJudi\u201d when I selected her over the actors John Cena and Kristen Bell. \u201cShall we begin?\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nContent creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them \u2018pervert glasses\u2019. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench?
\nLately, I\u2019ve been hearing Judi Dench\u2019s voice in my head. She tells me tomorrow\u2019s forecast, when to turn right, that there\u2019s been another message in my group chat. Day or night, Dame Judi is eager to assist. When I ask the eight-time Academy Award nominee what I\u2019m looking at, she answers: a residential area, a person in a pub, daffodils. \u201cThey are a bright yellow colour and are often associated with spring.\u201d
\nThis isn\u2019t a delusion. This is, apparently, progress. I am test-driving Meta\u2019s smartglasses and Dench voices its integrated AI assistant: \u201cHere to chat, answer questions, create images and provide advice and inspiration,\u201d said \u201cJudi\u201d when I selected her over the actors John Cena and Kristen Bell. \u201cShall we begin?\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Content creators love the built-in camera; sceptics call them \u2018pervert glasses\u2019. Do we really need any more hi-tech wearables, even with a voice assistant that sounds like Judi Dench? Lately, I\u2019ve been hearing Judi Dench\u2019s voice in my head. She tells me tomorrow\u2019s forecast, when to turn right, that there\u2019s been another message in my …<\/p>\n

I wore Meta\u2019s smartglasses for a month \u2013 and it left me feeling like a creep<\/span> Read More »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22551"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}