Smart Glasses: Meta allegedly tested facial recognition from Pentagon supplier Meta tested facial recognition for smart glasses using tech from a US provider close to authorities. Traces found in Meta AI app. Meta is said to have relied on technology from a US company that primarily supplies the military, intelligence agencies, and law enforcement agencies for the development of a possible facial recognition feature for its smart glasses. This is according to a software license from the company Rank One Computing (ROC) that Techmagazin Wired has obtained and is said to be linked to a test version of the Meta AI app. The Meta AI app is required for setting up and for central functions of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses and other smart glasses from the company. Wired already reported in early June about inactive program code for a facial recognition function developed by Meta in the Meta AI app. Shortly after the report was published, Meta largely removed the code, internally called “Nametag”, via an update. Videos by heise Traces of external facial recognition systems According to the new Wired report, the software license acquired by Meta includes not only ROC's facial recognition but also a function that checks whether a camera is capturing a live person, a photo, or a mask. The license is said to support up to ten million facial templates. Wired found traces of the software in a version of the Meta AI app that was reportedly distributed to users in June. This included components for checking the license and starting the software. However, these functions were not activated, just like Meta's own facial recognition software. Rank One Computing is a Denver-based company that develops facial recognition technology and generates most of its revenue from government clients. It was founded in 2015 by engineers who