Smart glasses are the future, but who will get there first?

Smart glasses offer the rare opportunity for a computer to be at eye and ear level and be embedded into an accessory a majority of folks already wear. The problem is, much like Private Eye, the very first wearable computer, companies are still struggling to figure out how to make smart glasses look cool while also making them of use to us. In this video, Becca takes a look at the history of smart glasses in order to figure out what might be coming next. #SmartGlasses #Technology 0:00 Smart glasses from 1991 to 2021 2:13 Why the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses are important 3:52 Ambient computing smart glasses 5:17 Smart glasses you can buy now 6:24 Smart glasses to come Watch our Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses review here: Subscribe: Like The Verge on Facebook: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: The Vergecast Podcast: Decoder with Nilay Patel: More about our podcasts: Read More: Community guidelines: Wallpapers from The Verge: Subscribe to The Vergecast on YouTube, new episodes on Wednesday and Friday: If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may receive a commission without exerting any influence on editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit: