Xgimi launched a Kickstarter for its MemoMind One smart glasses, which lack cameras for a discreet design but feature a green micro-LED display. Priced at $599, the glasses offer AI-powered informatio…
Meta holds 84% of the global smart glasses market in Q1 2026, shipping 7.4 million units in 2025—a 281% year-over-year increase—driven by AI-powered Ray-Ban glasses starting at $299, while competitors…
Students in East Asia are using AI-powered smart glasses to cheat on high-stakes exams, with recent incidents reported in South Korea and Taiwan. Educators and authorities are scrambling to update exa…
Rapper Tyler, the Creator called for a ban on Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses, citing privacy and consent concerns after a Wired article documented nefarious uses of the wearable cameras. Tyler criticized …
China's government issued a voluntary code of conduct for smart glasses manufacturers, urging them to obtain explicit consent before recording and to include LED recording indicators. The guidelines a…
Meta announced a new line of AI glasses starting at $299, including a Kylie Jenner edition for $399, featuring the Muse Spark model, live translation in 20 languages, and a 3K camera. The move marks M…
Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses lead the market but lack a killer feature, risking their position to rivals like Samsung, Google, and Apple due to limited apps and mediocre AI, according to Gizmodo. With…
Meta launched its own-brand AI glasses, the Meta Adventurer and Meta Fury, at $299 each on June 23, stripping the Ray-Ban logo and dropping the price by $80 while keeping the same internal hardware as…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company's new AI glasses must balance fashion with function to gain consumer adoption. Meta unveiled a $299 smart glasses line developed with EssilorLuxottica, as riv…
Meta has released new smart glasses without Ray-Ban branding, but its CTO Andrew Bosworth argues that privacy concerns will be resolved through 'social learning' rather than new safeguards. Critics no…
Meta launched Meta Glasses on June 23, 2026, a $299 AI smart glasses line made with EssilorLuxottica but sold without the Ray-Ban or Oakley name, signaling the company's belief that smart glasses no l…
Amazon walked away from an OpenAI movie deal, likely due to the $50 billion valuation gap versus a $50 million budget and concerns the film could be anti-AI. Meta launched $299 AI glasses without the …
Meta launched its own $299 smart glasses, the Adventurer and Fury, undercutting its Ray-Ban lineup ahead of Apple's expected 2027 debut. The glasses, manufactured by EssilorLuxottica, feature a 12-meg…
Meta launched new smart glasses starting at $299, dropping the Ray-Ban and Oakley branding while maintaining the same features. The glasses include a Kylie Jenner collaboration model at $399. Meta lea…
EssilorLuxottica and Applied Materials have signed a long-term joint development agreement to accelerate the commercialization of next-generation optical systems for augmented reality and AI-powered s…
Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated Meta's decade-long effort to replace smartphones with holographic glasses, including the Orion prototype with a 70-degree field of view. The glasses aim to combat declinin…
At the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, companies including Meta and Snap showcased smart glasses that resemble regular eyewear but feature advanced augmented reality capabilities, such as heads-up…
Snap unveiled its long-awaited consumer AR glasses, Specs, at a spatial AI convention in Long Beach, priced at $2,195. The glasses feature on-device computing, contextual AI, and multiplayer gaming, b…
Illinois could become the first U.S. state to make driving while wearing AI smart glasses a felony, after the General Assembly approved a bill updating distracted-driving law with no hands-free or sto…
Qualcomm unveiled the Snapdragon Reality Elite chip at the Augmented World Expo, promising 60% better graphics and 160% more AI processing power for augmented and mixed reality glasses. The chip aims …