What to know about the Meta smart glasses used by the New Orleans attacker
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Although Shamsud-Din Jabbar was wearing the glasses during the attack, they were not activated.
The man who drove a truck into a crowd of people in New Orleans on New Year’s Day, killing 14, had previously scouted the French Quarter and recorded video with his Meta smart glasses, the FBI said.
On Oct. 31, Shamsud-Din Jabbar recorded video with the glasses as he cycled through the French Quarter and plotted the attack, said Lyonel Myrthil, FBI special agent in charge of the New Orleans field office. Jabbar also wore the glasses, which are capable of livestreaming, during the attack, but did not activate them.
A spokesperson for Meta, the parent company of Facebook, declined to comment.