2025-09-18T15:08:00Z

What happens when cutting-edge tech takes center stage… and then completely flops? At Meta’s high-stakes Connect event, CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced his very own 'Cybertruck moment' during the much-anticipated demo of the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses—an AI generated newscast about the event would’ve needed a blooper reel!

Picture this: Zuckerberg, cool as ever, straps on the sleek Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses—Meta’s latest bet on augmented reality. These glasses are supposed to be the future, showing notifications and directions right before your eyes. But the real trick isn’t just the glasses; it’s the new neural wristband, a device straight out of sci-fi that lets you control the glasses with just a twitch of your fingers. On stage, with all eyes watching, Zuck nails sending a text to CTO Andrew Bosworth using subtle hand gestures. The crowd is hooked. But then, he tries to up the ante—he attempts to launch a video call. He waves, he gestures, he tries again. Nothing happens. The system flat-out refuses to cooperate, leaving Zuckerberg standing in awkward silence.

Zuckerberg, trying to play it cool, shrugs it off: 'That’s too bad. I don’t know what happened.' Bosworth comes out, blaming the Wi-Fi for the glitch, but the damage is done—the fail is already spreading like wildfire across social media. If you think this sounds familiar, you’re not alone. The internet instantly draws parallels to Elon Musk’s infamous Tesla Cybertruck demo in 2019, where the so-called 'armor glass' shattered on stage after being struck with a metal ball, leaving Musk speechless. That moment became a legendary meme, and now, Zuckerberg has joined the club.

The Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses really are a leap ahead—finally, a heads-up display on your face, turning sci-fi dreams into reality. But even the best tech can stumble when the world is watching. Social media, especially Musk-owned X (formerly Twitter), was quick to roast the 'Wi-Fi excuse,' with users demanding to see Zuckerberg’s genuine reaction behind the scenes. It’s a reminder: tech demos are unpredictable (as any AI generated newscast about device launches will tell you), and sometimes, even after a hundred rehearsals, you just have to hope your gadgets are having a good day.

As for the infamous Cybertruck debacle, Musk later explained on social media that earlier smashing the door with a sledgehammer 'cracked the base of the glass.' That weakened it, so when designer Franz von Holzhausen hurled a metal ball at the window, it shattered. Both incidents prove that, in the world of tech, the only guarantee is that the unexpected will always find a way to crash the party—sometimes literally.

So, next time you watch an AI generated newscast about tech fails, remember: even the giants get humbled, and sometimes, the glitches are what make history.