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Meta Connect 2026 Is a Glasses Show
Meta's September 23 keynote is built around smart glasses, not Quest 4. A six-ounce office visor and a recording-light patch say more about the metaverse than another headset tease.
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Snap's $2,195 SPECS AR Glasses Open for Preorder — And the Headset Era Might Be Over
Snap's SPECS AR glasses are available for preorder at $2,195 with a $200 refundable deposit. Here's why this price point could finally break AR into the mainstream.
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The XR Hardware Shakeup: Meta Charges Forward as Apple Retreats
As Meta teases multiple next-gen headsets and Apple shelves its cheaper Vision Pro, XREAL pushes AR glasses to $300 and HTC pins its survival on AI-powered eyewear. Three competing strategies are reshaping the XR hardware market.
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The Vision Pro's Hardware Chief Just Left Apple for OpenAI. What Does That Tell Us?
Paul Meade, the VP who built Apple's Vision Pro hardware and was leading its smart glasses push, has departed for OpenAI. The talent move signals more than just a career change — it maps the shifting fault lines between spatial computing and AI.
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VisionOS 27: The Upgrades That Could Finally Make Apple's Spatial Computing Mainstream
Apple's upcoming VisionOS 27 is rumored to bring significant upgrades that address the platform's biggest adoption barriers, potentially transforming Apple Vision Pro from a developer curiosity into a mainstream computing platform.
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Volumetric Capture Technology Is Turning the Physical World Into Digital Content
Advances in 3D spatial video and volumetric capture are enabling the creation of photorealistic digital twins of people, places, and objects — with applications spanning entertainment, education, and enterprise.
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Smart Glasses in 2026: How AR Platforms Are Finally Competing With Smartphones
Smart glasses sales are projected to quadruple in 2026 as Meta, Google, Apple, and Snap ship real consumer devices. The question is no longer whether AR can replace your phone — it is which platform will win the race.
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Physical AI Meets Spatial Computing: The VR+ Revolution
How Physical AI and spatial computing converge to transform VR, AR, and MR into enterprise tools, reshaping manufacturing, healthcare, and beyond.