Is People Friendly The Way To Un(Ray)Ban The Metaverse?

I was interested to read this article on the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. After years of complex and bulky AR headsets, these have apparently been a somewhat surprise hit with consumers. The glasses look not far removed from a normal pair of fashion sunglasses but have been enhanced with smart features such as a camera for taking pictures, speakers for listening to music and a microphone for issuing voice commands. However, consumers seem to have reacted favourably, with the discrete tech proving popular, whilst many have shunned traditional bulky, obtrusive XR (extended reality) headsets.

This reminded me of a question I was asked whilst delivering a talk on IP for Technologies Behind the Metaverse based on our IP for XR Report at the 7th International XR Conference, where an audience member commented that the advancements in XR technology highlighted by the exponentially growing patent activity in this sector were good, but what role would content and human