{"slug": "burning-man-hot-topic-how-to-deal-with-ai-glasses-on-the-playa", "title": "Burning Man hot topic: How to deal with AI glasses on the playa", "summary": "Burning Man's 2026 survival guide now explicitly requires wearers of AI glasses, including Meta glasses, to obtain permission from everyone in view before recording video, extending the event's long-standing consent policy to smart eyewear. The update follows community discussions on the Burning Man subreddit, where suggestions ranged from education to public shaming and confrontational tactics. The event, drawing about 70,000 people to Nevada's Black Rock Desert from Aug. 31 to Sept. 7, still has tickets available for $675 and up.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...In the run-up to this year’s [Burning Man](https://www.mercurynews.com/tag/burning-man/), the event’s official guide has been tweaked to make clear that wearers of AI glasses can’t record video without the permission of everyone in view.\n\n“Before using any device — including cellphones, cameras, or smart eyewear — you must ask and receive permission from anyone who may appear in your frame, whether they are the main subject or in the background,” says the [survival guide](https://survival.burningman.org/culture/temple/) for the 2026 event, Aug. 31-Sept. 7 in Nevada’s Black Rock Desert.\n\nIt has long been the policy at Burning Man that participants can’t take photos or video of other people without their consent.\n\nOn the [Burning Man subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/BurningMan/comments/1vpkxl3/how_do_we_ban_meta_glasses_at_bm/), suggestions for dealing with wearers of Meta glasses and similar devices ranged from education (“Did you know you have to ask permission?”) to public shaming (“‘Perv glasses’ with a megaphone”) and into more confrontational tactics.\n\nIn recent years, Burning Man has drawn about 70,000 people to the playa 100 miles north of Reno. [Tickets](https://here.burningman.org/event/burning-man-2026-101620geauokkq5uxsrjs49z4piob1n4qh?_gl=1*ltkwho*_ga*MTk3ODI2MTk1NS4xNzg3NzU0NjE0*_ga_411YJ8ZFDE*czE3ODc3NTQ2MTQkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODc3NTc0OTAkajU0JGwwJGgw*_gcl_aw*R0NMLjE3ODc3NTU0MDMuQ2owS0NRanduYnJVQmhET0FSSXNBS0toUHBkRUdFcXJQQWhqSGM4ZU1LXzd2ekpBVmxnQzBmTmkxeFhFd3pJOVVKaWhoY3JfQWVjcks0a2FBZ1hwRUFMd193Y0I.*_ga_FWW1ZLL84X*czE3ODc3NTQ2MTQkbzEkZzEkdDE3ODc3NTc0OTEkajUzJGwwJGgw) are still available on the event’s website, for $675 and up.\n\n[The recent wildfires](https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/08/24/map-hawk-fire-evacuation-reno/) in Washoe County have not affected the immediate area of Black Rock Desert, but those traveling to the event have been asked to [be mindful of the fires’ impact](https://www.facebook.com/burningman/posts/pfbid027m8CBDT84MLyQNdjaT79WbbrLbwSrvJauz1Z2xFkCdSe36Ngw3G34E33exYzn5v8l) on Reno’s infrastructure and its residents.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/burning-man-hot-topic-how-to-deal-with-ai-glasses-on-the-playa", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/08/26/burning-man-ai-glasses/", "published_at": "2026-08-26 15:27:57+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-08-26 15:44:26.487963+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-ethics", "ai-products"], "entities": ["Burning Man", "Meta", "Black Rock Desert", "Reno"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/burning-man-hot-topic-how-to-deal-with-ai-glasses-on-the-playa", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/burning-man-hot-topic-how-to-deal-with-ai-glasses-on-the-playa.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/burning-man-hot-topic-how-to-deal-with-ai-glasses-on-the-playa.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/burning-man-hot-topic-how-to-deal-with-ai-glasses-on-the-playa.jsonld"}}