⊲ BBC News ⊳ Snap has unveiled Specs, augmented reality glasses priced at £1,995 in the UK and $2,195 in the US, marking the company's return to consumer hardware a decade after its original...
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Neural Interface Expands XR Capabilities
⊲ UploadVR ⊳ PiEEG XR is a Quest 3 facial interface replacement that uses biosignal sensors rather than cameras to add expression and control options in VR. Designed for developers, researchers and...
XR in Support of Human-Machine Teaming
⊲ Tech Xplore ⊳ Researchers at Bowling Green State University and NYU Tandon have found that augmented reality can help people better anticipate robot behaviour in shared spaces. By displaying a...
AR That Thinks Ahead
⊲ Tech Xplore ⊳ Fiona Ryan, a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech, is advancing AR technology by developing a method to predict user gaze in 3D environments. Unlike current AR devices that react to gaze,...
Air Force Trials Treadmill-Based Trainer
⊲ VR.org ⊳ Virtuix, maker of omnidirectional VR treadmills, has secured a US Air Force AFWERX SBIR Phase I award for its Virtual Terrain Walk platform, a feasibility study rather than a fielded...
Hands On Android XR Glasses
⊲ Android Central ⊳ Writer Derrek Lee tried two Android XR display glasses at Google I/O 2026: Xreal's Project Aura and Google's monocular prototype used as the reference design for Samsung's...
XR Powers “The Human as a Weapons System”
⊲ MIT Technology Review ⊳ Anduril and Meta are prototyping augmented-reality smart glasses for the US Army under a $159 million contract, aiming to optimise "the human as a weapons system." Two...
Samsung’s Smaller Mixed Reality Patent Emerges
⊲ Samsung Magazine ⊳ Samsung is reportedly exploring a smaller and lower-cost mixed reality headset, informally referred to as Galaxy XR Lite. A newly uncovered patent points to a compact design...
AI Glasses May Go Mainstream
⊲ Fortune ⊳ Qualcomm chief executive Cristiano Amon says AI-enabled smart glasses are moving closer to mainstream use as chipmakers race to support lighter devices with stronger processing and...
Tiny Batteries for AR Contact Lens
⊲ Road to VR ⊳ XPANCEO is working with French battery firm ITEN on a proof-of-concept AR contact lens powered by a tiny solid-state microbattery. The company says the approach could help address...
A New Dimension in 3D World Capture
⊲ Digital Camera World ⊳ Ouster's REV8 Color LiDAR chip captures colour and depth simultaneously using a single lens and chip, abandoning the traditional pixel grid in favour of a point cloud of up...
Vision Pro’s Surgery World First
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Apple's Vision Pro has been used in the world's first cataract surgery assisted by a mixed reality headset, with Dr Eric Rosenberg completing the procedure at SightMD in New England...
Survey Finds Over 37% Deploy XR in Training
⊲ Varjo ⊳ Varjo's State of XR in Simulation Training 2026 report, drawing on survey responses from over 100 defence and training professionals, finds that extended reality has shifted firmly from...
The Future of Phygital
⊲ The Drum ⊳ With Meta's metaverse set to close in June, The Drum gathered industry perspectives on the future of phygital. Experts largely agree the concept survives, but must evolve beyond...
US Army Publishes XR Maintenance and Training Photos
⊲ DVIDS ⊳ A set of photos illustrating how the US Army are using XR in various forms to improve its maintenance and training. Soldiers from the 1st Field Artillery Regiment are among those...
China’s Smart Glasses Industry Matures
⊲ Immersive Wire ⊳ Sylvan Shen reports on China's rapidly maturing smart glasses industry. Brands such as RayNeo, XREAL, Rokid and Alibaba's Qwen Glasses are competing across three product...