When Mark Zuckerberg walked on stage … with those chunky black AI glasses, some viewed a possible future rival for the Apple iPhone.
Others, however, saw the potential for a new front in a battle with Elon Musk over robots.
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Part of the bull case for why vehicle maker Tesla is so well positioned in robotics owes to its work to develop computer vision to help robot cars see and navigate the world. It already has eight million vehicles on the roadways, collecting video data that helps improve its systems.
A natural evolution, Musk has argued, is humanoid robots.
With its own first-person views, Meta’s glasses, too, could be well positioned to collect reams and reams of video data crucial for robot development.
The newest version of those glasses … includes a video display within the lens and a built-in camera able to capture what the user sees.
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In other words, Meta could be sitting on a gold mine of the world’s most boring home videos that could be useful to robots trying to learn how to navigate domestic life.
