There are many hurdles to making smart glasses — miniaturization is one that comes to mind — but devising a new input method will be among the top priorities. If smart glasses are to be the "next thing" after smartphones, they'll need to be fully featured but also as intuitive to use as our beloved glass slabs.

Other updates coming to Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses include the ability to voice control Spotify and Amazon Music through the device as well as new integrations with apps like Audible and iHeartRadio.

With so much going on in AI, investors seem to be looking past its Metaverse segment. That may seem odd, as the company once known as Facebook changed its name to Meta in 2021. With the company's Reality Labs segment continuing to lose billions of dollars every quarter, investors may have written off the effort.