In a technology landscape where the eye of the device has long been synonymous with the eye of the corporation, Meta is preparing to release smart glasses without cameras this fall — a quiet but consequential gesture toward the millions who have watched wearable innovation with admiration and unease in equal measure. The move signals that even the most ambitious architects of the digital world must occasionally reckon with the limits of public trust, and that the race for the face is as much a contest of perception as it is of hardware.