The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has published a Google patent application for a smartglasses design that seeks to reduce the amount of light lost from the microdisplay. The Apple IP news blog Patently Apple, which shared the news, described the innovative smartglasses design as centring around a curved thin see-through lightguide with large eyebox. […]
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The 2025 Samsung/Meta Ray-Ban AR Smart Glasses Competition Begins
Last year was a busy year for XR. Avid XR Today readers will be more than familiar with the big XR moments in 2024, including the likes of MR headsets, digital twins, Apple Vision Pro, Orion, and others; those moments are becoming history, however, and tomorrow’s innovations will take a stride. In 2024, the AI […]
Valve Deckard: Leaks Suggest a New Valve Headset is Near
It feels like a lifetime since Valve released the Index headset – a high-powered (relatively expensive) VR headset initially introduced in 2019. The Index remains an extremely popular headset today. But it’s quickly becoming pretty outdated – that’s where the Valve Deckard comes in. Rumors started circulating about a successor to the Valve Index way […]
Bluesky Adds Trending Topics, Exceeds 25M Users
Bluesky continues to gain traction and add new features.
Threads Experiments with Custom Display Names, Cover Images for Profiles
Some important updates incoming for your Threads presence.
Meta Now Gives US Students A 10% Discount On Quest Headsets
Meta is now offering a 10% education discount on Quest headsets and Ray-Ban smart glasses for university students and educators in the US.
Noun Town: Home Wants To Teach You New Languages In Mixed Reality
Noun Town: Home is a standalone mixed reality version of the VR language learning game, and it’s out now on Quest.
Pimax Says Dream Air Has 4K Per Eye & Eye Tracking At Less Than 200g
Pimax announced and opened preorders for Dream Air, a tethered PC VR headset it says has 4K micro-OLED panels, eye tracking, inside-out tracking, and a weight of less than 200g.
Augmented Reality Devices: Easy Ways to Experience AR
In the past, the number of “augmented reality devices” available to users was limited. If you wanted to experience AR, you had to choose between downloading an app for your smartphone or spending a fortune on a headset with basic AR capabilities. Now, however, the augmented reality market is growing – and the hardware sector […]