Not the same.

Internet and recipe websites solve a real problem: accessing recipes was expensive and not easy

AR headsets don't solve any problems. If anything, they make up a nonexistent problem, attempts but fails to solve the problem, during which the experience becomes even worse.

I mean, depends on how you describe it. One could easily say:

Phone method:

* Find phone

* Search for the right app, before finding the right recipe

* Leave my phone on counter, constantly having to move it as I move plates, pans etc.

* Wash and dry hands after each step, before unlocking phone

* Clean it every time gunk gets to it

Meta glasses:

* They're already on, just ask for recipe

* No need to ever wash/dry hands, move a device around, or clean it since one can easily unlock it without touching it

Right? Similarly with cookbooks, the best case is great and the worst case is terrible. There's a reason there's a market for recipe websites, cookbooks, etc.