The debut of Meta’s expensive AI glasses went wrong when two live demos on stage. (Credit: Facebook)
The long-awaited demo of Mark Zuckerberg of the new AI glasses of Meta refueled on Wednesday in the Connect 2025-Keynote, with glitches that take place for a full audience.
The device, called Meta Ray-Ban display, costs $ 799 and is pitched as a breakthrough in portable “agentic AI” with digital assistants who act on behalf of users.
But Zuckerberg’s Two demo fails the new glasses of the left meta that looks a little less polished for hundreds.
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Meta’s $ 799 AI debut went wrong when live demos on stage worked poorly, causing Zuckerberg to rumbled with the technology for a global audience. (Getty)
De Keynote, held at Meta’s head office in Silicon Valley, was invoiced as the coming party for the long -rumed “Hypernova” glasses.
In the beginning, Zuckerberg showed a live view through the new glasses and replied to texts with the help of small wrist movements. But the showcase went south.
Cooking Creator Jack Mancuso came on stage near Zuckerberg to try the new LiveAi function of the glasses, which users should lead step by step through recipes.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s AI glasses of $ 799 was launched during a live demo at the Meta Connect 2025 -Keynote in California. (Getty)
A member of the public, Tech Radar’s Lance Ulanoff The presentation of Zuckerberg said some very large failures.
“The AI ​​was clearly confused and jumped around,” said Ulanoff.
“The developers tell him that he should never run live demos, and he will continue to do it, because if you are in a keynote, there are thousands of people on the WiFi at the same time, which means things can go wrong.”
According to Ulanoff, other major technology companies do not do live presentations.
“For this reason, Apple no longer does presentations in their keynotes,” he said.
“They let Tim Cook come out for two seconds, so maybe a minute, and then he goes behind the stage, and we watch a predetermined video where they have total control.”
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Mark Zuckerberg, Left, and Andrew Bosworth wear Meta Ray-Ban Display AI glasses at the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, Wednesday 17 September 2025. (Getty)
Instead, the assistant repeatedly made forward and refused to answer the simple question: “What should I do first?”
After failed attempts, Mancuso blamed the Wi-Fi before throwing the segment back to Zuckerberg.
The second stumbling came during a showcase of the neural band. Zuckerberg has successfully sent and received a text from Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth.
But when Bosworth tried to start a WhatsApp video talk, the glasses would not pick it up.
Zuckerberg rumbled with the interface before he gives it up. Bosworth finally ran on stage and jokes about “brutal wi-fi” while the audience laughed.
“You practice these things like a hundred times, and then you never know what will happen,” said Zuckerberg.
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Despite the internship glitches, Zuckerberg framed the glasses like a leap forward in AI-driven personal technology.
He emphasized that the devices represent Meta’s vision of a future where portable AI assistants handle needs and tasks with minimal user inspections.
“Mark has enthusiasm, and so he was willing to take the risk, but unfortunately it did not go his way in a few cases,” Ulanoff added.
“I am sure that Mark Zuckerberg felt extremely uncomfortable, but I give him the honor for maintaining his calmness and making a joke about everything.”
