Smart Glasses Shouldn’t Be the Next Smartphones
Smart glasses are fashion accessories as much as tech gadgets.
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We’re in the throes of a global scramble to create the first real artificial intelligence consumer gadget. Tech giants are betting big that this will end up being computers that sit on our noses. But is that the future we want?
Despite all the hype, the jury is still out on whether smart glasses will take hold, especially across Asia. We seem to be at a tipping point. Roughly half of respondents (48.2%) in an S&P Global survey across eight countries — including the US, China and India — who don’t already own a pair said they were interested purchasing one within the next year. But it will still be an uphill battle for these devices to truly go mainstream. They are unlikely to replace the smartphone anytime soon — and maybe they shouldn’t.