I'm sure the glasses have a compelling use case, at least from a certain point of view.
If Apple put Zuckerberg's metaverse ideas through their product refinement engine and added in some special sauce of their own, I'm sure they've come up with something class-leading. And the $3K leak is probably inflated to lower expectations for WWDC.
It's just the wrong time. We're experiencing an affordability crisis due to inflationary government overspending and insane western government policies are destabilizing whole countries. Oh, and we're about three steps away from a quasi-world war.
This isn't the time for Apple to pick up another 'hobby'. Make it better. Make a real, profound commitment to education locally and around the world. Empower parents. Build the wikipedia-like, best-in-class online school curriculum Steve Jobs envisioned. Release free architectural plans for new local schools based on the building model of Apple Park. Support online homeschooling models for both kids in rural areas, and kids trapped in failing urban schools.
University education is moving online, take it next level and vanquish the legacy brick and mortar outfits a la Apple Card.
Apple can help save the world, outside party politics. The Mac was about empowering people, the iPhone was about empowering people.
Public schools are great for teachers unions, but on average
21% of adults in the U.S. are illiterate. That's a permanent underclass. Which some parties like, because it creates dependency on government programs.
Empower parents around the world to teach their kids, and make it better.