The attacker who drove a truck through New Orleans\u2019 Bourbon Street on New Year\u2019s Day used Meta smart glasses to scout the scene weeks earlier, according to the FBI. <\/p>\n
Shamsud-Din Jabbar stayed at a rental home in New Orleans beginning October 30 and wore the smart glasses to record video while he bicycled through the French Quarter, said Lyonel Myrthil, the FBI New Orleans Special Agent in Charge. Jabbar wore them again on New Year\u2019s Day but did not activate them that day. <\/p>\n
\u201cJabbar was wearing a pair of Meta glasses when he conducted the attack on Bourbon Street, but he did not activate the glasses to livestream his actions that day,\u201d Myrthil said on Sunday at a press conference. <\/p>\n
Meta released its smart glasses in 2021 in collaboration with Ray-Ban, called Ray-Ban Stories. The Meta smart glasses are priced as high as $379, according to the Ray-Ban website, and can be purchased at Best Buy, Target and T-Mobile, among other retailers. <\/p>\n
Meta smart glasses \u2014 which are part of a wider industry push to make hands-free, wearable <\/strong>technology the next big computing platform \u2014 can take photos and use artificial intelligence <\/strong>to answer user questions about their surroundings. Meta also included a feature so bystanders know when a user takes a photo or shoots a video: a small, front-facing LED light that shines white when the camera is operating. <\/p>\n Meta in September teased a new, more advanced version of the glasses, called Orion, that incorporate augmented reality technology, allowing users to see holograms, such as text messages or emails, floating in space around them. <\/p>\n The AR glasses were made available to Meta employees and some users outside of the company as Meta develops a consumer version, according to the company\u2019s announcement. <\/p>\n The HD cameras built into the glasses can take photos and record videos for up to three minutes. These photos and videos can then be automatically imported to the Meta View app on users\u2019 smartphones, if the feature is turned on, or manually imported. <\/p>\n To take photos, users can click a capture button on the side of the glasses frame. If voice controls are enabled, users can take a photo or begin recording hands-free, according to the company\u2019s website. By saying, \u201cHey Meta,\u201d which is the device\u2019s \u201cwake word,\u201d users can tell the glasses to begin recording. <\/p>\n The glasses can also livestream by connecting <\/strong>Facebook or Instagram accounts to Meta View. Once connected, users can switch between cameras by double-pressing their glasses\u2019 photo capture button. <\/p>\n Meta\u2019s smart glasses can be voice controlled in select countries, only when speaking English, to ask the built-in AI questions. <\/p>\n In a video posted by Best Buy, a user says, \u201cHey Meta, look and translate this sign,\u201d to which an AI voice responds that it welcomes visitors and asks for help protecting the area. <\/p>\n It\u2019s not clear if the wake word can be changed by the user, but users can ask follow-up questions without the wake word by turning on the feature in Meta View. Meta\u2019s website explains the glasses won\u2019t react if \u201cwe detect speech not intended for your glasses\u201d and, if someone is using another feature that uses the microphone, the glasses \u201cwill not be listening for your follow-up request.\u201d Users can turn on voice storage and, if there are \u201cmisactivations\u201d \u2014 in which the user didn\u2019t intend to trigger voice controls \u2014 recordings and transcripts will be deleted \u201cwithin 90 days of detection.\u201d <\/p>\n The glasses have a built-in speaker on the frames that <\/strong>plays music, AI and phone audio. <\/p>\n The website also has a section that includes tips like, \u201crespect people\u2019s preferences,\u201d \u201cpower off in private spaces,\u201d and \u201cbe a good community member,\u201d where it says: \u201cObey the law. Don\u2019t use your glasses to engage in harmful activities like harassment, infringing on privacy rights, or capturing sensitive information like pin codes.\u201d <\/p>\n The glasses have two lights: an inward-facing LED to notify users that capture, voice control and call may be in use and an outward-facing capture LED to let others know when the glasses are turning on and taking photo or video. <\/p>\n \u201cIf the capture LED is covered, you\u2019ll be notified to clear it before taking a photo or video or going live,\u201d Meta says on the website. <\/p>\n But Meta\u2019s recommendation that the glasses shouldn\u2019t be used to invade others\u2019 privacy hinges on the users themselves taking heed of that request. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n The attacker who drove a truck through New Orleans\u2019 Bourbon Street on New Year\u2019s Day used Meta smart glasses to scout the scene weeks earlier, according to the FBI. Shamsud-Din Jabbar stayed at a rental home in New Orleans beginning October 30 and wore the smart glasses to record video while he bicycled through the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":7308,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/investingsstrategist.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} Photography and video capture<\/h2>\n
Voice controls and audio<\/h2>\n
An expectation of privacy<\/h2>\n