Meta announced it's tapped six external teams to receive a research grant in order to advance work on its surface electromyography (sEMG) based wristband controller. Meta revealed in a blog post it's launched a research funding initiative focused on improving how...

Scott Myers, Snap's top executive in charge of Specs, has left the company ahead of the planned release of its consumer AR glasses. The News Myers reportedly left his six-year tenure at the company due to a dispute with Snap CEO...

Apple is reportedly accelerating the development of smart glasses, as the company is ostensibly making a shift toward AI-centric hardware. According to a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple is ramping up development of its forthcoming smart glasses, which are slated to head...

EssilorLuxottica reported its Q4 2025 financial results, revealing the company sold over seven million smart glasses last year. The French-Italian eyewear conglomerate has been making smart glasses in partnership with Meta since the launch of the original Ray-Ban Stories in...

If you're comfortable mucking around with a new open source project, you could be shopping on Amazon just by looking at an object with your Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses are pretty useful out of the box,...

XREAL has rolled out a real-time 3D conversion feature to its flagship AR glasses, which the company says converts any 2D content to 3D. Xreal initially launched its 'Real 3D' software on Xreal 1S AR glasses earlier this month, however now...

Distance Technologies has unveiled the Field Operator HUD (FOH), an AI-enhanced AR system designed for military vehicles ranging from light utility platforms to main battle tanks. FOH is said to combine Distance’s own optics with AI-assisted data processing, which the...

Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses seem to be selling too well, as the company announced it's delaying the international rollout of its first display-clad smart glasses. The News Initially released in the US back in September, Meta said it was hoping to...

While the long-awaited Quest-style VR headset from Asus has been put on ice, the Taiwanese tech giant announced it has now partnered with XREAL on a pair of AR glasses for traditional gaming, which boast an impressive 240Hz refresh...

Alibaba released a pair of display-clad smart glasses, ostensibly looking to go toe-to-toe with Meta Ray-Ban Display, which launched in the US for $800 back in September. The News China's Alibaba, one the world's largest retailers and e-commerce companies, just released its...

Trace, a startup founded by former Magic Leap engineers, today announced the launch of a new augmented reality creation platform the company hopes will become the "Canva of AR". The News Trace says it's targeting everyone from global brands to independent...

It's been a long-held assumption that the human eye is capable of detecting a maximum of 60 pixels per degree (PPD), which is commonly called 'retinal' resolution. Any more than that, and you'd be wasting pixels. Now, a recent...

Magic Leap announced this week at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia its latest AR hardware plans along with a renewed partnership with Google. The News Google and Magic Leap announced in May 2024 a “strategic technology partnership”...

Meta announced it’s shipping out Project Aria Gen 2 to third-party researchers next year, which the company hopes will accelerate development of machine perception and AI technologies needed for future AR glasses and personal AI assistants. The News Meta debuted Project...

A group of Sweden-based researchers proposed a novel e-ink display solution that could make way for super compact, retina-level VR headsets and AR glasses in the future. The News Traditional emissive displays are shrinking, but they face physical limits; smaller pixels...