Students Who Put Facial Recognition in Meta’s Glasses Have Big Ideas [Video]

Two Harvard students spooked the world with their demonstration of facial recognition using Meta Ray-Bans. Now, the duo says they have big ideas for AI in the construction industry.

AnhPhu Nguyen and Caine Ardayfio made headlines this month for their I-Xray project. They posted a demo that showed their software could scan video taken by the glasses and instantly identify people by searching the internet for their personal information.

But Nguyen and Ardayfio told Business Insider it wasn’t the first high-tech gadget they created. They founded the AR/VR club at Harvard and quickly got to work on real-world projects during their sophomore year. They are now juniors.

“We lived in the science and engineering building for like an entire summer and just built random projects,” Ardafiyo said.

“The first one was the flamethrower, but then we built an electric skateboard that you can control with your fingers,” Ardafiyo said. “We built …