We saw a lot of stuff at this year’s Super Bowl: the Patriots getting their asses handed to them by the Seahawks, Bad Bunny absolutely crushing a halftime performance, and even drama between Anthropic and OpenAI. There’s one thing you didn’t see on the broadcast, though, and that was a pair of hooligans storming the field. According to NBC rules, thou shalt not show any degenerates that rush the field on TV.
Those are the rules of TV networks, but they are not the rules of making content, especially when smart glasses are involved.
Streaker from Super Bowl LX recorded his POV. Can’t imagine how many people won a bundle by betting on a streaker coming out.
This guy us a legend.pic.twitter.com/E41zPLBWv6
— Jackpot NFL (@JackpotNFL) February 9, 2026
Thanks to smart glasses, we didn’t just get secondhand videos of rushing the field at the Super Bowl; we got a whole POV. Above is a video from one of the people who managed to get onto the field (the other was tackled immediately), and it’s pretty wild to watch. Here’s a picture of the streaker in question, just in case you had any doubt that this video was taken with smart glasses.
“TRADE IN THE BLINDSPOT”
Super Bowl streaker pic.twitter.com/rIZwsa2pNI
— Luke Brenner (@TheLukeReport) February 9, 2026
I am going to ignore the cringey ad written on this guy’s chest, which I am just going to assume is some crypto trash, and focus on the smart glasses of it all, because POV content is truly going off the rails thanks to the ability to wear a camera on your face. Sure, I guess GoPros already allowed you to do that, but a GoPro would be pretty obvious in a setting like this and far less likely to stay on your head while you’re sprinting away from wranglers and also an NFL athlete. There’s no doubt about it: POV video is easier than ever, and clearly, people are taking advantage.
I can’t tell from the available images which brand of smart glasses he’s wearing, but they could be Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses. There’s a little blur on the arm, which could be Ray-Ban branding. It’s hard to say beyond a shadow of a doubt because a lot of glasses look alike nowadays, but if I had to bet, I’d say these are Meta’s work.
As relatively harmless as this stunt is, it’s also a part of a trend that is not quite as harmless. As Mashable reported last month, Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses are becoming a favorite of some icky communities like “pickup artists” who film their interactions with women discreetly and then post content seemingly without consent. It’s gross, to be honest, but not surprising, and it highlights one of the biggest problems with smart glasses as they exist today.
Though smart glasses almost always include an LED indicator on the outside that lets people know when you’re recording or taking a picture, that’s easy to miss. There’s also the fact that smart glasses are new, and even if people see the light, they may not know what it means. That’s not even counting the other ways it can be hidden.
The fact is that smart glasses are opening a new avenue for discreet computing, but there are clearly some bumps in the road ahead. For now, we’ll just have to take the good where we can find it and wait for the rest of the s**t to hit the fan. Who knows, maybe someone can put this in VR? If you’re technically gifted and reading this, this is your call to action.
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