Meta has launched its new AI-powered smart glasses—and while most headlines focus on consumer features, the hidden promise may be in construction technology. Lightweight, socially acceptable, and paired with a neural wristband for hands-free control, these glasses could finally deliver what AR headsets never could: practical jobsite integration. Imagine superintendents calling up BIM overlays in real time, engineers collaborating remotely through “see-what-I-see” video calls, automatic quantity tracking that updates punch lists as you walk, and safety alerts appearing directly in a worker’s line of sight. At $379–$799, Meta’s glasses are far cheaper than enterprise AR rigs, making them realistic for scaling across crews. For an industry long chasing AR’s potential, this might be the breakthrough that collapses the gap between design and execution.