Tech giants bet consumers are finally ready to strap on smart glasses

Tech giants like Alibaba, Amazon, and Meta are betting on AI as the key feature to make smart glasses appealing to consumers, with Alibaba launching Quark AI Glasses in China and Meta partnering with Oakley and Ray-Ban in the U.S., despite past failures like Google Glass, and the market is expected to grow from 9.4 million units sold this year to nearly 20 million by 2029.