Editor's PickRay-Ban Meta (Gen 2)
$379The runaway hit of 2026 smart glasses. Meta AI, open-ear audio, and genuine all-day wearability.
AR / Spatial Computing
Augmented reality news and analysis. Smart glasses, AR wearables, spatial computing, and the technology blending digital content with the physical world. From Apple Vision Pro updates to lightweight AR glasses from Meta and Snap, we track the devices and platforms making AR part of daily life.
Most Popular AR & Smart GlassesEvery AR glasses device compared →
- 1Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2)Best all-rounder
- 2Xreal One ProBest display glasses
- 3Snap SpecsTrue AR
- 4Even Realities G1Everyday, no camera
- 5VITURE BeastBig-screen media
- 6Rokid AI GlassesOpen-platform AI
Editor's Pick
Xreal One Pro
$599120Hz micro-OLED display glasses with on-board spatial anchoring and Bose-tuned audio. The AR sweet spot.
Even Realities G1
$599Everyday frames with a discreet display for navigation, notifications, and live translation. No camera, no bulk.
VR.org OriginalsAll originals →
VR.org OriginalxrBy Evan Marcus
This Week in VR: Samsung Names Its Glasses, Instagram Bans the Creeps, and Four Studios Go Dark
A two week catch up on a fortnight that would not slow down. Samsung Intelligent Eyewear got a name and no price, Meta AI moved into the Quest operating system, Instagram started banning smart glasses harassment accounts, and four VR studios shut down inside a week.
Read article →
VR.org OriginalxrBy Alex Reeves
XR Revenue Hits $60 Billion by 2030 in the New Forecast. The Two Crossovers Underneath It Matter More.
ARtillery Intelligence projects global XR revenue reaching $60.4 billion by 2030. The headline number is the least interesting part. Inside the model, headworn AR passes VR and consumer spending passes enterprise, both on the assumption that 2027 hardware ships on time.
Read article →
VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
xMEMS Put a Silent Solid-State Fan Inside Smart Glasses. The Catch Is a 2027 Timeline.
xMEMS launched the XMC-1200, a solid-state micro fan small enough to fit in a pair of glasses. It targets the thermal wall that caps AI glasses, but production readiness is not until Q4 2027.
Read article →
VR.org OriginalarBy Jordan Kuo
Samsung Named Its Glasses and Almost Nothing Else. Intelligent Eyewear Is a Tease, Not a Launch.
Samsung revealed its Android XR glasses at Galaxy Unpacked with a name, a nine-hour battery, and two fashion partners. No price, no ship date, no developer guidance, and nobody was allowed to wear them.
Read article →
VR.org OriginalhardwareBy Alex Reeves
EssilorLuxottica Bought Lynx for the Software and Left the Headset Behind
EssilorLuxottica acquired Lynx's IP, code and most of its team out of liquidation, and the still-unreleased R2 headset has no announced future. The tracking stack was always the valuable part.
Read article →
VR.org OriginalxrBy Jordan Kuo
OpenXR Is Quietly Becoming a Spatial Computing Platform. SIGGRAPH This Week Is Where the Case Gets Made.
At SIGGRAPH this week, Khronos is presenting OpenXR's evolution from a portability layer into a full spatial computing platform, with Google, Meta, Unity, ByteDance, and Varjo all on board. The Spatial Entity Framework is the part developers should be watching.
Read article →
VR.org OriginalarBy Alex Reeves
Lorde Told a Meta-Sponsored Festival Crowd to Skip the Glasses. The Backlash Is Now a Culture Problem.
Meta sold more than seven million pairs of smart glasses last year, and the cultural mood around them has never been worse. When Lorde tells a Ray-Ban sponsored festival crowd not to buy the glasses, that is a problem no recording LED can fix.
Read article →
VR.org OriginalenterpriseBy Sam Whitfield
The Marine Corps Just Bought a $5.1M VR Trainer Where the Enemy Thinks for Itself. That Is Where XR Money Actually Goes Now.
A Florida XR firm just won a $5.1 million Marine Corps contract to build a VR gunnery trainer whose opposing force is driven by agentic AI. It is a small deal with a large lesson about where XR spending is actually being validated in 2026.
Read article →
Guides
Live Feed
