Meta launches smart glasses with built-in display, reaching for ‘superintelligence’

Meta Platforms on Wednesday launched its first consumer-ready smart glasses with a built-in display, seeking to extend the momentum of its Ray-Ban line, one of the early consumer hits of the artificial intelligence era.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off what he called Meta Ray-Ban Display, although some demos of the new technology did not go as planned, with a call to the glasses failing to go through, for instance.

“I don’t know what to tell you guys,” Zuckerberg said. “I keep on messing this up.” The crowd applauded.

Meta has tasted success with its…