Vuzix has started shipping evaluation units of Shrike, a configurable waveguide display aimed at defense and security buyers.
ThrillSeeker spent most of Meta Connect trying the VR Glasses and came away impressed by the form factor. The video argues the slim build pushes headset manufacturing forward while forcing a set of real compromises.
Source: ThrillSeeker
The organizer behind ICE Barcelona has widened its code of conduct to bar wearable recorders, naming Meta glasses outright.
Meta and EssilorLuxottica will widen the Ray-Ban Meta range into ten new markets, with LISA-designed frames among the additions.
BirdiLens has put course maps, yardages and an AI putting line into the GV1, a 43-gram pair of AR glasses aimed at golfers.
Even Realities devotes the eighth episode of its Even Journal series to privacy, arguing that a camera-free pair sidesteps the surveillance questions hanging over the category. The company walks through how data handling and regulation shaped the design of its G2 frames.
Source: Even Realities
Qualcomm’s XR chief says an always-sensing camera can detect and obscure faces on the device, so no face data leaves the glasses.
Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is weighing four concepts for a headset that follows Meta’s VR Glasses, with no guarantee it ships.
Meta’s developer documentation puts a DisplayPort input on the VR Glasses puck, something the consumer announcement never mentions.