Meta Platforms Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg told investors on the company’s second-quarter earnings call that smart-glasses equipped with artificial-intelligence features will become the primary way people interact with computing, warning that workers who lack such devices will face a “significant cognitive disadvantage.” He argued that glasses allow AI systems to see and hear what users experience, enabling real-time assistance that smartphones or PCs cannot match. The remarks underscore Meta’s continued bet on wearable hardware despite steep costs. Reality Labs, the division building the devices, recorded a $4.53 billion operating loss in the quarter and has racked up more than $70 billion in red ink since 2020. Nevertheless, demand is rising: Meta said sales of its Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta smart-glasses roughly tripled from a year earlier, encouraging the company to keep funding the effort. Meta plans to broaden its lineup with Orion, an augmented-reality model slated for 2027, while refining current designs that omit displays. Rivals are moving in as well; Apple is accelerating development of AI-centric eyewear for the second half of this decade, and Google is building an Android XR platform for mixed-reality headsets and glasses. Zuckerberg maintains that Meta’s early start gives it a multiyear lead and insists the investment is critical to the company’s vision of fusing the physical and digital worlds.