The Meta glassholes have arrived


A person in a grey overcoat and trousers poses in an elevator with a Meta Quest 3 on their head while recording and watching a movie.
Quest 3 in an elevator. | Video: @kukurio59 (TikTok)

It’s happening: people are once walking into public places wearing a video-recording face computer on their heads. Only this time, the faceputer is sold by Meta, not Google.

Say hello to Meta’s Glassholes.

Over the weekend, as buyers got their first uninterrupted stretches of time with the new Meta Quest 3 headset, some started posting videos of themselves interacting with the real world instead of playing games.

Sure, it’s cool to blast low-poly baddies breaking through your walls, but isn’t it more technically impressive that Meta’s new headset lets you cook a meal or sweep your floors or enjoy...

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