Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's demos of new smart glasses repeatedly failed, leading to awkward stares, deafening silences, and muted laughter.

On Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a slew of new augmented reality glasses, including what he claimed to be the “first AI glasses with high resolution,” a new $799 version of its Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses that features a tiny screen that’s viewable to the wearer.

But it didn’t take long for the company’s MetaConnect 2025 keynote to descend into chaos. The social media giant’s demos repeatedly failed, leading to awkward stares, deafening silences, and muted laughter.

The poor showing painfully demonstrates that the tech is far from ready, even as companies continue to shove AI into every aspect of our daily lives.

  • I Cast Fist@programming.dev
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    12 days ago

    Just a few days ago, I commented on how Meta is taking the spot Microsoft left vacant after no longer doing live BSoD on these kinds of events.

    “Can you help me create a Korean-inspired steak sauce?” Mancuso asked his glasses.
    “What do I do first?” Mancuso interjected after the robotic voice started making suggestions.
    “What do I do first?” the influencer repeated after several seconds of total silence that followed.
    “You already combined the base ingredients,” the AI told Mancuso, who was standing in front of an empty glass bowl that he hadn’t touched yet.

    A separate attempt by Zuckerberg to make a video call with his glasses ended with him awkwardly trying to explain why it wasn’t working.
    “This is, uh… it happens,” the CEO stammered.
    “Let’s try it again, I keep messing this up,” he added. \

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