Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg's keynote at this year's Connect wasn't exactly smooth—especially if you count two big hiccups that sidetracked live demos for both the latest Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses and the new Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses. Ray-Ban Meta (Gen...

At the Connect developer conference today, Meta officially unveiled its next generation of smart glasses built with Essilor Luxottica, essentially confirming yesterday's big leak, which includes the long-rumored pair with a single heads-up display. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg showed off...

Undoubtedly the smart glasses headliner of Meta Connect this year was the new $800 Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses, which pack in a single display into a familiar Wayfarer-style package. Alongside it though, Meta showed off two new smart glasses:...

VITURE has now launched Luma Ultra AR glasses, which pack in Sony's latest micro-OLED to go along with spatial gesture tracking thanks to onboard sensor array. Priced at $600, and now shipping worldwide, Viture Luma Ultra is targeting prosumers, enterprise...

It seems Meta has a new generation of smart glasses to show off at Connect this week, and it appears we've just got an eye-full of the long-rumored version with a built-in display, previously codenamed 'Hypernova'. As first reported by...

Snapchat creator Snap today released Snap OS 2.0, the XR operating system powering its fifth and upcoming sixth gen Spectacles AR glasses, which are expected to launch next year. Snap's sixth gen Spectacles (aka 'Specs') are looking to appeal to...

Virtualware, the Spain-based XR and 3D simulation software company, announced it's secured a €5 million ($5.8 million) deal to broadly roll out its VIROO platform in vocational training facilities supported by Spain's Ministry of Education. The six-year contract allows Virtualware...

According to Snap's CEO Evan Spiegel, the company behind Snapchat has reached a "crucible moment" as it heads into 2026, which he says rests on the growth and performance of Spectacles, the company's AR glasses, as well as AI,...

San Francisco-based XR glasses company VITURE announced it's secured $100 million in Series B financing, which the company says will aid in global expansion of its consumer XR glasses. Viture initially announced in October 2024 it successfully secured a Series...

Amazon is reportedly developing a pair of consumer smart glasses which is slated to rival Meta's rumored 'Hypernova' smart glasses with display, according to a report by The Information. Citing two people with direct knowledge of the plans, The Information maintains...

Mojo Vision announced it's secured a $75 million Series B Prime investment round, which the company says will support the commercialization of its powerful and flexible micro-LED platform for XR glasses. The round was led by Vanedge Capital, and included...

Rokid, the China and US-based AR startup, launched a Kickstarter campaign last week for Rokid Glasses, frontrunning the competition with a pair of smart glasses housing green monochrome displays. Now, the crowdfunding campaign has surpasses $1 million, doubling the...

Meta's smart glasses with display, codenamed 'Hypernova', are reportedly slated to cost less than initially expected, with Meta allegedly slashing price expectations from the rumored $1,000 - $1,400 range to $800. Now, respected supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says...

Chinese AR startup Rokid launched a Kickstarter campaign yesterday for Rokid Glasses, a new version of the company's smart glasses with green monochrome displays which previously launched in China. Now, after 24 hours, the project has already garnered over...

Brilliant Labs unveiled Halo, its next-gen smart glasses that pack in a full-color micro OLED display, bone conduction speakers, and real-time voice-based AI assistant—priced at a surprisingly reasonable $300. Weighing in at just over 40 grams, Halo builds on the...