The wide-angle camera could enable hand gesture control, though Bloomberg's Gurman is skeptical, saying the first version likely won't have sophisticated gestures.
Apple's rumored glasses reportedly carry two cameras with split jobs: a high-res one for photos and video, and a lower-res wide-angle lens that reads your hand gestures. Instead of tapping a button or talking to the air, you'd wave or point and the glasses would follow. That wide-angle lens doubles as Siri's eyes, so it can see what you're looking at when you ask a question.
Which smart glasses support hand-gesture control?
Across the category · your product highlighted · each value tagged by confidence.
Apple GlassesHand gestures via wide-angle camera (reported)Speculated
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 3NoHighly expected
Meta Ray-Ban Gen 2No — touchpad + voiceConfirmed
Meta GlassesNo — capture button + voiceConfirmed
Samsung Galaxy GlassesNo — buttons + touchpad + Gemini voiceHighly expected
Snap SpecsHand tracking (Snap OS)Expected
Xreal AuraNoWidely reported