Mark Zuckerberg is going all-in on AI glasses. During Meta's Q4 2025 earnings call Wednesday, the CEO declared it's "hard to imagine" a future where most eyewear isn't AI-enabled, comparing the shift to flip phones becoming smartphones. The bold prediction comes as Meta pivots Reality Labs away from the metaverse disaster and doubles down on AI wearables, with sales tripling in the past year. But given Zuckerberg's track record of forecasting our digital future - remember when we'd all be hanging out legless in the metaverse? - a healthy dose of skepticism seems warranted.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks your next pair of glasses should be able to think. Speaking on the company's Q4 2025 earnings call Wednesday evening, Zuckerberg painted an ambitious picture of AI-powered eyewear becoming as ubiquitous as smartphones.
"Billions of people wear glasses or contacts for vision correction," Zuckerberg told investors, according to TechCrunch's coverage of the call. "I think we're at a moment similar to when smartphones arrived, and it was clearly only a matter of time until all those flip phones became smartphones. It's hard to imagine a world in several years where most glasses that people wear aren't AI glasses."
The proclamation marks a dramatic pivot for Meta's Reality Labs division, which has shifted away from metaverse investments after burning through tens of billions of dollars on virtual worlds that never caught fire. Now the company is betting its hardware future on something people actually wear every day - eyeglasses.
And the early numbers suggest momentum. Zuckerberg revealed that Meta glasses sales tripled within the last year, calling them "some of the fastest growing consumer electronics in history." The company currently sells several models in partnership with Ray-Ban, including a recently launched Oakley line designed for exercise - which for these devices so far.
