Return Of The Glassholes
It’s been at least a few moments since Google Glass died a death. But Apple and Meta are banking on collective amnesia, that we have forgotten the term “glasshole” and this time they will create a product so compelling people will be thrilled to strap a $3,500 face computer to their skulls and call it “the future.”
Never mind that you’ll look like a cyborg clown who took a wrong turn into a TED Talk. Meta swears that this time, you won’t just be gawking at your surroundings; you’ll be augmenting them. Which, as far as anyone can tell, probably means secretly watching pornography featuring the cutie two seats in front while on the number 10 bus to Clapham junction.
Apple, meanwhile, promises “spatial computing,” a term so vague it could mean anything from teleportation to finally figuring out how to exit vim.
Don’t be fooled: these aren’t just goggles. They’re the future.
