Could smart glasses help combat climate change? Mark Zuckerberg answers
“We talked a little bit about climate change before just being so important," Zuckerberg said.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday people would be able to use advanced smart glasses by 2030 to teleport and which will ultimately help cut down the effect and impact of climate change. “We talked a little bit about climate change before just being so important. People are just going to want to maybe travel a little less in the future and do it more efficiently, and be able to go places without having to take the travel or commute time,” Zuckerberg said in an interview with The Information.
″Obviously, people are going to keep on being cars and planes and all that. But the more that we can teleport around, not only are we personally eliminating commutes and stuff that’s kind of a drag for us individually, but I think that’s better for society and for the planet overall, too,” he added.
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Zuckerberg said this could allow workers to live wherever they want and “basically teleport to work.”
Reflecting on the ease of access that virtual teleportation would bring to people’s lives, Zuckerberg said, “There are going to be all these awesome use cases that come from this....rather than calling someone or having a video chat, you just kind of snap your fingers and teleport, and you’re sitting there and they’re on their couch and it feels like you’re there together.”
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The Facebook chief executive’s remarks come at a time when the social media giant is set to release a pair of smart glasses with Ray-Ban later this year. Although Zuckerberg said the glasses will not be able to display advanced virtual objects but his company has future plans to release more advanced ones.
Technology firms like Apple, Microsoft and Goggle are already working on the augmented reality (AR) technology.