Counterpoint’s first-half tracker puts AI glasses shipments up 263%, with Meta holding 94% of the display-free tier.
INMO’s Magic AI Glasses J bring an 8MP camera and voice AI to US and Canadian buyers in a 40-gram frame designed by Jackson Wang.
Chinese storefronts more than doubled smart glasses sales in eight months, and local brands are doing it on price.
HTC’s $499 VIVE Eagle arrives in the US with a camera that quits when the recording light is covered and a stop command anyone nearby can use.
Skarredghost delivers a full video review of RayNeo's iO, the camera-free display glasses that landed this month at 479 dollars. The review weighs build quality, the optics and how the featherweight frame wears across a long session.
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Cas and Chary put the RayNeo $479 iO frames through their paces, and the headline is a camera-free pair that stays light on the face. The review digs into what a premium pair gives up when the camera comes off.
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Meta walks through the accessories sold alongside Ray-Ban Meta glasses and picks out the ones that earn their price. It is a short buying guide for anyone kitting out a pair.
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Nathie spent a hands-on session with Snap's SPECS and argues they show where Apple's own glasses are heading. The review works through the waveguide displays, electrochromic lenses, hand tracking and the cellular charging case, and asks whether mainstream augmented reality has finally arrived.
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Cas and Chary got hands-on with Snap's $2,195 SPECS and came away convinced the see-through waveguide display is finally good enough to wear. Their walkthrough covers a work session, outdoor use and multiplayer gaming, plus everything Snap announced at launch, from SPECS Intelligence to the cellular charging case.
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CNET takes Snap's new augmented reality glasses out of the demo room and into everyday life. The hands-on looks at how the chunky frame performs once strangers start watching.
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