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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AR glasses
Early commercialmomentum 15$215M raised in 12 months25 companies
Glasses that overlay digital images on the real world, and wrist or neural sensors that let you control computers without touch.
Why early commercial: Meta sells Ray-Ban Display glasses with an EMG Neural Band wristband at retail for $799, on sale since September 30, 2025. Sep 17, 2025
Dots under a month: dated events tracked here that month.
Events
All 22 eventsMeta announces 100-gram Meta VR Glasses for spring 2027
The glasses-style VR device will sell for $1,299.99.
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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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Funding
Morphotonics
$47MSource ↗
Even Realities
Led by Meituan, Tencent
$150MSource ↗
LetinAR
Led by Korea Development Bank, Lotte Ventures
$19MSource ↗
Mojo Vision
$75MSource ↗
Swave Photonics
Led by IAG Capital Partners
$6.97MSource ↗
Swave Photonics
Led by imec.xpand, SFPIM Relaunch
$28MSource ↗
Companies
All 26 companies
Meta
Sells Ray-Ban Display glasses with the EMG Neural Band and develops Orion AR glasses.
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Samsung Electronics
Makes the Galaxy XR headset and partners on Android XR glasses.
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Google
Builds the Android XR platform for headsets and glasses with Samsung and Qualcomm.
google.com
EssilorLuxottica
Eyewear maker that co-develops and makes Meta's AI glasses.
essilorluxottica.com
Qualcomm
Makes Snapdragon chips that power XR headsets and smart glasses.
qualcomm.com
Snap
Builds Spectacles and SPECS AR glasses through its Specs Inc. subsidiary.
snap.com
Researchers and labs
All 62 researchers and labsMaria A. Gorlatova
Publishes on AR glasses at Duke University: 16 papers in 2 years.
Jung Hyup Kim
Publishes on AR glasses at University of Missouri: 14 papers in 2 years.
Adrien Bartoli
Publishes on AR glasses at Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique: 13 papers in 2 years.
Lúcia Pombo
Publishes on AR glasses at Centro de Investigação Didática e Tecnologia na Formação de Formadores: 12 papers in 2 years.
imec
Nanoelectronics R&D hub running the EU NanoIC pilot line for beyond-2nm chips.
CTRL-labs at Reality Labs
Developed the surface EMG wristband interface published in Nature in 2025.
Most cited papers
All 60 papersVirtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and Mixed Reality in Experiential Learning: Transforming Educational Paradigms
Horace T. Crogman, Victor D. Cano, Edlyn Pacheco et al. · Education Sciences
Virtual reality and augmented reality-supported K-12 STEM learning: trends, advantages and challenges
Haozhe Jiang, Deqi Zhu, Ritesh Chugh et al. · Education and Information Technologies
The Integration of AI and Metaverse in Education: A Systematic Literature Review
Khalid Almeman, Faycel El Ayeb, Mouhebeddine Berrima et al. · Applied Sciences
The use of augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) in dental surgery education and practice: A narrative review
Ping-Yi Lin, Ting-Chen Chen, Chan Pei Lin et al. · Journal of Dental Sciences
Augmented Object Intelligence with XR-Objects
Mustafa Doga Dogan, Eric J. Gonzalez, Karan Ahuja et al.
Patents
Current drain reduction in AR/VR display systems
Magic Leap Inc
Electronic device with adjustable compensation frequency
Apple Inc
Display non-uniformity correction
Meta Platforms Technologies LLC
Display non-uniformity correction
Meta Platforms Technologies LLC
Virtual and augmented reality systems and methods
Magic Leap Inc
Dynamic uniformity correction
Facebook Technologies LLC
About ar glasses here
- Sub-areas
- AR display glassesAI glassesWaveguides and opticsMicroLED and microdisplaysEMG neural wristbandsMixed reality headsetsHolographic displaysXR platforms and chips
- Stage evidence
- Early commercial, Sep 17, 2025: Meta sells Ray-Ban Display glasses with an EMG Neural Band wristband at retail for $799, on sale since September 30, 2025. about.fb.com
- Momentum
- 15 of 100: the mean of its ranks among the tracked fields for paper growth (3), funding in 12 months (19) and events in 90 days (22). Method
- Papers
- 0 in the 12 months ending two months ago, n/a against the 12 before (OpenAlex topics, journal and conference papers).
- Tracked here since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Weekly snapshots
- 5 weeks stored; latest Nov 2, 2026. JSON
Changes to this field
AR glasses
Renamed from AR glasses and neural interfaces for computing.