Archives for AR Headsets
Newsom Vetoes California Bill Requiring Recording Lights on Smart Glasses
Photo: Henri Sivonen, CC BY via Wikimedia Commons California Governor Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have imposed new rules on recording with smart glasses and other wearable…
Samsung Shows New Android XR Smart Glasses Designs With Google and Eyewear Partners
Image: Samsung Newsroom Samsung has taken another step into everyday smart glasses, using its Galaxy Unpacked event in London on July 22 to present more designs for its upcoming Intelligent…
Lenovo Reportedly Cuts US Enterprise XR Unit as Focus Shifts Toward AI Wearables
Image: Lenovo logo (public domain, via Wikimedia Commons) Lenovo is changing the direction of its extended reality business, and a report published July 13 suggests the shift has come with…
Even Realities Reaches $1 Billion Valuation With $150 Million Smart Glasses Funding
Image: Even Realities Smart glasses startup Even Realities has joined the billion-dollar club without embracing the camera-first design favored by many of its larger rivals. The Shenzhen-based company raised $150…
Snap Opens Preorders for $2,195 Standalone Specs AR Glasses at AWE 2026
Image: Snap Inc. (official SPECS press photo) After years of treating augmented reality glasses as a developer experiment, Snap is putting an actual consumer price on its ambitions. At Augmented…
Report: Apple’s First Smart Glasses Slip to Late 2027, Cheaper Vision Headset Years Away
Image: Apple Apple's answer to Ray-Ban Meta may be further off than expected. The company's first smart glasses are now aimed at a launch in late 2027, according to Bloomberg's…
Google and Samsung Show Gemini Smart Glasses at I/O, With Audio Models Due This Fall
Image: Google Google used its I/O developer conference on Tuesday, May 19, to give the clearest picture yet of its return to smart glasses. Working with Samsung and Qualcomm, the…
ROG XREAL R1 Gaming Glasses Open for Preorder at $849.99 With 240Hz Micro-OLED Displays
Image: ASUS Republic of Gamers Asus's Republic of Gamers brand and XREAL are now taking orders for the ROG XREAL R1, a pair of display glasses built specifically for gaming.…
Report: Kenyan Contractors Reviewed Private Footage From Meta’s Smart Glasses
Image: Meta People who wear Meta's camera glasses may not be the only ones who see what those glasses capture. A joint investigation published Friday by Swedish newspapers Svenska Dagbladet…
EssilorLuxottica Sold More Than 7 Million Meta Smart Glasses in 2025
Image: Meta Smart glasses are no longer a niche experiment for the world's largest eyewear company. EssilorLuxottica, which makes the Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta lines with Meta, said on…