The Xreal-made hardware is one element of a three-part launch next year with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, and lots of upgrades coming to Galaxy XR. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009.

Google's Android XR platform is still in its early development stages, but it's full of potential. Designed to bring consistency to mixed reality (XR) headsets and smart glasses—essentially an ...

Google, in collaboration with Samsung, is transforming the landscape of augmented reality (AR) and artificial intelligence (AI) with the introduction of the Android XR platform. Powered by the Gemini ...

Android XR head Shahram Izadi talked to CNET about Google's big next steps for AI, AR and VR, and the company's partnerships with Samsung, Warby Parker and Xreal. I started with CNET reviewing laptops ...

A few months ago, Meta held one of the most disastrous launch events in recent memory, at which it unveiled the Meta Ray-Ban Display Glasses. Despite the wave of technical issues that flat-out ruined ...

In brief: Google introduced Android XR, its answer to Apple's visionOS, in 2024. In October of this year, Samsung released the first headset for Google's platform, which undercut the Apple Vision Pro ...

Forward-looking: The race to define the future of wearable technology is heating up, with smart glasses emerging as the next major frontier. While Meta's Ray-Ban collaboration has already made waves, ...

With its upcoming AI glasses, will Google factor in what it learned from Google Glass? Or will we see the return of the glassholes? Silicon Valley is abuzz with chatter about Google’s upcoming AI ...

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What if I told you that, just a couple months after Google and Samsung released the AI-infused, immersive Galaxy XR headset, I got to wear a pair of display glasses that can do almost the same thing?