Emergingby GlyphMeta expands Ray-Ban Display to five more countries with new features
Adds hands-free navigation, online ordering and launches in the UK, Canada, France, Italy and Germany.
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Sep 2026
Jun 2026
Meta and EssilorLuxottica launch the Meta Glasses line
Meta-branded AI glasses start at $299 with 26 styles and prescription support.
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Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Reality Elite for mixed reality glasses
The platform claims up to 60% better GPU performance than its previous XR chip.
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Reservations open for XREAL AURA Android XR glasses
XREAL's first wired Android XR glasses use the Snapdragon Reality Elite platform.
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Snap opens pre-orders for SPECS AR glasses at $2,195
SPECS are expected to ship in fall 2026 in the US, UK and France.
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May 2026
Google previews Android XR intelligent eyewear from Warby Parker and Gentle Monster
Audio glasses with Gemini launch first in fall 2026, display glasses later.
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Mar 2026
Meta launches Ray-Ban Meta glasses built for prescriptions
New styles designed for prescription wearers start at $499.
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Jan 2026
Snap sets up Specs Inc. as a separate AR glasses subsidiary
Snap moved its AR glasses business into a distinct subsidiary.
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Oct 2025
Samsung Galaxy XR launches as the first Android XR headset
Galaxy XR went on sale for $1,799 in the US and Korea.
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Apple upgrades Vision Pro with the M5 chip
The updated Vision Pro starts at $3,499 with a new Dual Knit Band.
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Sep 2025
Meta launches Ray-Ban Display glasses with Neural Band
First Meta glasses with an in-lens display, controlled by an EMG wristband, priced at $799.
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Jul 2025
Brilliant Labs launches Halo AI glasses
The second-generation glasses from Brilliant Labs center on an AI assistant.
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Meta publishes a generic EMG wristband interface in Nature
A surface EMG wristband decoded gestures and handwriting across people without per-user calibration.
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Jun 2025
Meta and Oakley announce Oakley Meta smart glasses
Meta's second eyewear brand line targets athletes.
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Snap says it will sell consumer AR glasses called Specs in 2026
Snap announced lightweight consumer AR glasses for a 2026 launch.
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Jan 2025
Halliday shows $489 glasses that beam a tiny screen to the eye
Halliday's display AI glasses were shown at CES 2025.
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Dec 2024
Google announces Android XR for headsets and glasses
Android XR was built with Samsung and Qualcomm and puts Gemini at the center.
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Sep 2024
Meta unveils Orion AR glasses prototype
Meta showed Orion, a product prototype with the largest field of view in AR glasses its size, not for sale.
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Snap unveils fifth-generation Spectacles and Snap OS
Standalone see-through AR glasses offered to developers for $99 per month.
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May 2024
Stanford shows full-colour 3D holographic AR glasses with metasurface waveguides
A Nature paper describes a compact holographic AR display prototype using metasurface waveguides and AI.
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Feb 2024
Apple Vision Pro goes on sale in the US
Apple's spatial computer reached US Apple Stores and online on February 2, 2024.
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