Meta AI glasses launch in Japan and Korea draws privacy backlash

Meta’s Asian rollout turns privacy concerns around recording-capable wearables into an immediate market issue, not just a product-design debate. Because the article frames the launch in Japan and Korea as a privacy problem, the commercial path for AI glasses now depends on how visible and acceptable their recording functions are in those markets. The key signal to watch next is whether concerns over “invisible recording” trigger any regulatory response or consumer backlash in Japan or Korea after launch.