⊲ Immersive Wire ⊳ Tom Ffiske argues in Immersive Wire that smart glasses makers are fighting physics, with waveguides delivering under 1% of projector light, batteries of about 250 mAh versus at...
Tag: AR
augmented reality
Military Wearables Set to Double
⊲ Research and Markets ⊳ A new Research and Markets report values the global military wearables market at USD 5.45 billion in 2025, forecasting USD 13.18 billion by 2036 at an 8.3% annual growth...
AI Arrives On Your Face
⊲ TechRepublic ⊳ XREAL is preparing to ship from mid-November its Aura augmented reality glasses, developed for Google's Android XR platform. The 95 gram glasses are expected to combine transparent...
Big Tech Backs 60 Years of XR Heritage
⊲ Meta ⊳ Meta has joined Google and Applied Materials as a founding sponsor of Extended Reality: Visions of the Future at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California, running until 28...
Apple Faces XR Controller Uncertainty
⊲ AppleInsider ⊳ Sony has sold 419 extended reality patents to Meta, raising questions about the future of PlayStation VR2 hardware and its implications for Apple Vision Pro gaming. Apple's headset...
Smart Glasses and AI Transform Deliveries
⊲ Tom's Guide ⊳ Amazon plans to equip its delivery drivers with more than 20,000 pairs of AI smart glasses by the end of 2027 providing hands-free navigation, package identification and delivery...
Norway Proposes Smart Glasses Restrictions
⊲ Los Angeles Times ⊳ Norway is proposing temporary restrictions on smart glasses capable of recording people without their knowledge. The government is considering bans in locations where privacy...
Shutters for Smart Glasses?
⊲ Immersive Wire ⊳ Tom Ffiske at Immersive Wire asks whether privacy concerns over smart glasses are teething friction for a new product category or something deeper. UK pubs, theatres and cinemas...
Snap’s “Wearable Computer”AR Glasses
⊲ Engadget ⊳ Snap has launched Specs, standalone AR glasses priced at $2,195 that replicate much of a mixed reality headset's functionality without a separate puck, controller or tethered...
Meta’s Slimmer Headset Images Leaked
⊲ Road to VR ⊳ Images of Meta's Project Phoenix mixed reality headset have leaked ahead of its expected unveiling at Meta Connect on 23 and 24 September. Serial leaker Luna found firmware footage...
Training and Simulation Get Spatial Audio Standard
⊲ audioXpress ⊳ MPEG-I Immersive Audio brings standardised 6DoF sound to VR, AR and mixed reality through compressed scene metadata and a normative renderer. It models geometry, materials,...
Factories Become AR’s Key Battleground
⊲ Global Sources Sourcing Digest ⊳ AR smart glasses are moving from laboratory breakthroughs towards a manufacturing contest. Advanced waveguides, metaoptics and metalenses offer lighter, capable...