# Meta Reportedly Building Smart Glasses without Cameras Following Public Backlash

DevFeed: [Meta Reportedly Building Smart Glasses without Cameras Following Public Backlash](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/meta-reportedly-building-smart-glasses-without-cameras-following-public-backlash-31450.md>)

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Author: Scott Hayden

Published: 2026-09-16T12:49:39Z

Content type: news

Language: en

Sources: [Road to VR](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/road-to-vr.md>)

Topics: [Meta](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/meta.md>), [webcam](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/webcam.md>), [Android XR](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/android-xr.md>)

Tags: [cameras](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cameras.md>), [meta](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/meta.md>), [news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/news.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [xr-industry-news](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/xr-industry-news.md>)

## AI overview

A report says Meta is preparing camera-less smart glasses, internally codenamed Luna, potentially for unveiling at its September Connect developer conference. The glasses are expected to use microphones, speakers, and a button for Meta AI instead of outward-facing cameras, amid privacy scrutiny of smart glasses.

## Source excerpt

Meta is reportedly preparing a new slate of smart glasses that are ditching those pesky cameras. The News Zuckerberg previously teased a pair of smart glasses in May alongside the official announcement of Connect's September dates. Now, according to a report from The Information, those may be a new class of camera-less smart glasses, slated [...] The post Meta Reportedly Building Smart Glasses without Cameras Following Public Backlash appeared first on Road to VR.