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Meta Reveals Oakley Smart Glasses, Promising Better Video Capture & Longer Battery Life at $400

Meta today revealed its next smart glasses built in collaboration with EssilorLuxottica— Oakley Meta Glasses. As a part of the extended collaboration, Meta and EssilorLuxottica today unveiled Oakley Meta HSTN (pronounced HOW-stuhn), the companies’ next smart glasses following the release of Ray-Ban Meta in 2023. Pre-orders are slated to arrive on July 11th for its debut […]

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20. Juni 2025

Japan’s TDK Acquires Smart Glasses Maker SoftEye to Advance Wearable AI Tech

TDK, the Japan-based electronic component and software company, announced it’s acquired SoftEye, the US-based smart glasses hardware and software maker. TDK calls the acquisition of SoftEye a “key milestone in the development of TDK’s contribution to the entire AI ecosystem and reinforces the business portfolio to establish a leadership position in this critical market.” While […]

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Meta-owned Dev Team of ‘Onward’ is Being Dismantled Following Major Game Update

Image courtesy Downpour Interactive, Coatsink

Onward (2020), the tactical mil-sim shooter from Meta-owned Downpour Interactive, got its big 2.0 update in March, bringing improved visuals and a host of new content to the game. Now, Downpour Interactive announced that Meta is shutting down the studio, effectively halting development and moving employees to sister studio Camouflaj. Downpour Interactive announced the news […]

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18. Juni 2025

Vision Pro’s New Personas Are a Big Improvement, But How Will They Scale to Smaller Headsets?

A more compact Vision Pro concept | Photo generated by Road to VR

Apple is bringing a huge visual upgrade to its Persona avatars on Vision Pro in VisionOS 26. After seeing the new system first-hand, it’s hard not to be impressed. But a major question remains—how will Apple overcome the challenge of bringing this level of fidelity to smaller headsets with even less room for the cameras […]

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Vuzix Secures $5M Investment as Veteran Smart Glasses Maker Sets Sights on Consumers

Vuzix Z100 Smart Glasses | Image courtesy Vuzix

Vuzix, the veteran smart glasses maker, announced it’s secured a $5 million investment from Quanta Computer, the Taiwan-based ODM and major Apple assembler. The latest investment was the second tranche following an initial $10 million investment made by Quanta in September 2024, which included the purchase of Vuzix common stock at $1.30 per share. At the […]

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17. Juni 2025

What We Know So Far About Anduril’s ‘Eagle Eye’ Military XR Headset and Founder’s Reunion With Meta

Palmer Luckey’s military tech company Anduril recently announced a partnership with Meta to build “the world’s best AR and VR systems for the US military.” In two recent public conversations, Luckey offered up some details on the XR helmet his company is building for the military and how this unlikely partnership arose years after his VR […]

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16. Juni 2025

Meta Teases Oakley Partnership for Sportier Smart Glasses, Reportedly Releasing This Year

a standard pair of Oakley Sphaera sunglasses | Image courtesy EssilorLuxottica

Meta officially confirmed the expansion of its EssilorLuxottica partnership to include a pair of Oakley smart glasses—possibly arriving soon. Earlier this year, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reported that Meta was looking to expand its line of smart glasses beyond Ray-Ban Meta, which would include two possible new devices: a sportier Oakley-branded model, and a high-end model with built-in display—the […]

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Google’s First ‘Beam’ Videoconferencing Device is ‘HP Dimension’, Coming Late 2025 at $25,000

HP announced last year it was going to be the first to offer hardware based on Google Beam (formerly ‘Project Starline’), the light field-based 3D videoconferencing platform. Now, HP unveiled ‘Dimension’, which is being pitched to enterprise at $25,000 a pop. HP Dimension with Google Beam is said to use six cameras and “state of […]

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13. Juni 2025

Report: Samsung’s Project Moohan XR Headset May Get a Launch Date at Unpacked Next Month

Samsung Project Moohan | Image courtesy Google

Samsung Unpacked is expected to kick off next month with the usual slate of hardware announcements, which this year could include the company’s latest foldable smartphones, Galaxy Z Flip 7 and Fold 7, and its latest Galaxy Watch 8. Rumors suggest though the company is also looking to put its upcoming XR headset, Project Moohan, […]

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12. Juni 2025

Snap Plans to Launch New Consumer ‘Specs’ AR Glasses Next Year

Snap Spectacles '24 | Image courtesy Snap Inc

Snap, the company behind Snapchat, today announced it’s working on the next iteration of its Spectacles AR glasses (aka ‘Specs’), which are slated to release publicly sometime next year. Snap first released its fifth generation of Specs (Spectacles ’24) exclusively to developers in late 2024, later opening up sales to students and teachers in January […]

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10. Juni 2025