Wiggle Room in Toronto has written a smart glasses ban into its house policy, a step its owner frames as a safety measure rather than a verdict on photography.

The club posted the rule publicly and the reaction was overwhelmingly supportive. Takin Nateghi, who owns and also DJs at Wiggle Room, said his real concern is the gap between a guest holding a camera and everybody else knowing about it. Hidden recording is the part that bothered him most, he told CBC News.

He has no plans to bar phones outright, but the club is drawing a line at camera-equipped eyewear.

The move lands as wearable cameras spread through everyday venues. Meta’s Ray-Ban and Oakley frames, plus newer AI glasses from HTC, RayNeo and others, shoot stills and video with little more than a tap, and recording indicators are easy to miss in a dark, loud room.

Toronto’s debate mirrors fights elsewhere. New York nightclubs, Zurich swimming pools, Seoul exam halls, Norwegian regulators and England’s courts have all moved to restrict camera glasses in the past year. What is new is venues acting on their own rather than waiting for legislation.

Not every operator agrees. Some owners told CBC that cameras and social clips remain central to how they promote shows, and that a blanket ban risks cutting off free marketing. The split suggests the dance floor will become one of the first real-world tests of where wearable cameras are allowed to go.

Source: CBC News