Meta Connect 2025, The Problem(s) With Meta Ray-Ban Display, Mark Zuckerberg’s “Youth” Strategy
Hello everyone. Today’s update will be dedicated to discussing Meta and their new smart glasses with a display.
Meta Connect 2025
Continuing the string of brutal live keynotes in the consumer tech space, making it through Meta’s Connect 2025 keynote was a tough 58-minute slog. Connect is Meta’s annual developers conference dedicated to AR/VR/MR.
Before going any further, let’s address the elephant in the room. Deciding to unveil consumer gadgets 36 hours prior to the largest iPhone launch in years is quite the choice. Last year, Meta held its Connect conference the week after new iPhones launched. A few years back, Connect was held in October. Pushing things up to basically be timed to coincide with the iPhone launch is a sign of hubris on Mark Zuckerberg’s part. Meta may have been trying to interrupt Apple’s product launches more than being concerned of having their product(s) be drowned out by Apple’s launch press coverage.
Meta stuck with its usual live presentation and demo format, except it took place at 8 pm ET – another hubris-led decision as Meta basically lost half of the U.S. viewing audience. The company ran into extensive demo trouble throughout the keynote.
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