Grouped by publication date. Weeks run Sunday through Saturday.
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Holger Becker puts the L’Atitude 52°N BERLIN to practical use, trying fit, phone pairing, and its camera and translation features. The article contains affiliate links.
Smartzone · Holger Becker
Australia’s privacy regulator OAIC has opened an investigation into the Chinese developer of HeyCyan, the app used with Kmart’s Anko camera glasses. CNA reports on the background.
CNA · Chang Hsiao-wen (translated)
Yuriika wore the VITURE Pro 2 for long stretches of movie watching and PC work and tried its diopter adjustment for nearsightedness, comparing it with other XR glasses at a similar price.
MoguLive
Norway’s government has proposed a temporary ban on smart glasses in public places. It is still a proposal; Road to VR reports on its scope and next steps.
Road to VR · Scott Hayden
Covers the tax-inclusive prices of XREAL AURA’s two Japanese configurations and how much each reservation pass credits toward the price, separating balance payments for pass holders from orders by new buyers.
Dream Seed
XREAL Aura with Android XR starts at $1,279 in two memory and storage configurations. 9to5Google also explains how the deposit counts toward the price and how Aura differs from XREAL’s earlier display glasses.
9to5Google
XREAL Aura is weeks from release and coming to Canada. The author tried Gemini and 3D brain-scan demos at Snapdragon Summit and writes that the compute puck got quite hot during the demanding demo.
MobileSyrup
XREAL Aura is priced at $1,279, with general orders opening in the coming weeks. Tom’s Guide covers the two configurations and the early invitation sent to existing reservation holders.
Tom's Guide
XREAL announced AURA pricing for the US, Canada, Japan and South Korea and opened purchasing to reservation holders. Japanese prices are ¥229,800 and ¥269,800, with other regions to follow in phases.
XREAL / PR Newswire
The Verge compares the similarly priced Xreal Aura and Meta’s VR Glasses on how each shows the real world and how you control them. At publication, XREAL had not said which apps benefit from the higher-end model’s extra RAM.
The Verge
XREAL opened limited Aura orders for reservation holders, starting at $1,279. The GamesBeat author briefly watched a Netflix show during a demo.
GamesBeat
CGMagazine reports AURA pricing and preorders alongside impressions from tabletop-game, laptop-display and Gemini demos. The author attended at Qualcomm’s invitation and says everyday use needs more testing.
CGMagazine
Gizmodo's James Pero reviews Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3, covering changes from the previous generation, calls and audio, the camera and how privacy is handled.
Gizmodo · James Pero
T3's Chris Hall used Ray-Ban Meta's voice walking navigation in the UK and tried the updated audio settings. The article contains affiliate links.
T3 · Chris Hall
A WIRED writer used Meta’s glasses for 30–45 minutes and XREAL Aura in a separate demo, comparing virtual-keyboard input and see-through approaches. Some Android apps did not fit well on Aura.
WIRED
Jio showed two AI glasses prototypes at IMC, an audio model and a camera model, and demonstrated UPI payments from the glasses. Authentication, transaction limits and pricing have not been announced.
TelecomTalk