⊲ 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...
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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...
XR Turns Fingertips Into Microphones
⊲ Hackster.io ⊳ Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed SoundBubble, a system that uses XR headset microphones and hand tracking to create virtual microphones that follow users’...
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...
Android XR Glasses Promise Lightweight Design
⊲ PhoneArena ⊳ Leaked specifications reveal Samsung’s forthcoming Android XR smart glasses could weigh just 41 grams, featuring a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 processor, 12MP camera, 2GB RAM and 64GB...
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...
Meta’s Camera-Free Smart Glasses?
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Meta is reportedly developing camera-free smart glasses, codenamed Luna, in two styles called Clubmaster and Burbank, according to The Information. Lacking cameras, the wearables...
Gemini AI Coaching Arrives In Mixed Reality
⊲ TechRadar ⊳Xreal’s Aura smart glasses combine see-through 2K displays, a 70-degree field of view and Android XR in a lightweight design. Processing and battery duties sit in an external puck,...
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...