The $58B Reality Labs loss taught Meta that hardware needs actual utility, not just vision. Ray-Ban Meta proves Meta can build consumer hardware people want — when AI is the feature, not VR.
Glasses (Camera + Mic + Edge AI) = New data source
Visual Data (Real-world context + Training data) feeds…
Llama Models (Multimodal training) which enables…
Better AI which makes…
Better Glasses → More glasses sold → More data
The Lesson From Layer 7
The $58B Reality Labs loss taught Meta that hardware needs actual utility, not just vision. Ray-Ban Meta proves Meta can build consumer hardware that people want — when AI is the feature, not VR.
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