New smart glasses use poker as a use case

A heavily criticised new wearable tech uses filming in a sketchy poker game as an example of their use.

A new type of smart glasses has come under fire for privacy concerns. Waves, which are new camera glasses for content creators, are being criticised for encouraging the filming of private interactions without permission. 

Wearable technology is top of mind these days in the poker world, and this particular device uses poker as a potential use case. 

In the advertisement for Waves, the content creator is seen playing poker and streaming it to a large audience live. You can see hundreds of live chat comments streaming in the player's view, and most people could draw a straight line between this and the possibility of cheating with such a device. 

introducing Waves, camera glasses for creators.

record in stealth. livestream all day.

pre-order now. pic.twitter.com/mFyEiriAKx

— Chris Samra (@crsamra) July 23, 2025

Quite bizarrely, it's hard to make out, but in the poker clip it appears that the winner of the hand celebrates by pulling a gun on his opponent, but we'll skip past that. 

The poker world is already on the lookout for stuff like this. More than 10 years ago, there were rumblings about whether Google Glass should be banned from the tables, and even regular sunglasses often get discussed as something we should ban. In the aftermath of Laptopgate, the TDA and the WSOP are among the operators to ban wearable technology at the tables. Filming in general at the tables has also been restricted at the WSOP. 

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