I Tried All 3: Meta VR Glasses vs XREAL AURA vs Snap SPECS
Five rounds, three very different glasses: comfort, display, controls, software, AI, price, and the one I'd save for.
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We're Cas and Chary. We test XR and tech on camera, then write up what it's really like to live with.
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Latest articles and videos
Halliday G2 First Impressions: AI Glasses With No Camera
Halliday's second smart glasses skip the camera and focus on meetings. Here's what works, what doesn't and what it costs.
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Steam Frame: 10 Things To Do FIRST
Won't turn on, looks blurry or won't stream? The ten things I'd do first on a new Steam Frame, from IPD to desktop mode.
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VR Was Step One. This Is What Comes Next.
From smart glasses and a dive mask with a HUD to exoskeletons and home robots, this is what we tried at IFA 2026.
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I Tried Meta’s New VR Glasses (It’s Not a Quest 4 But…)
A full VR headset in 100 g glasses that plays your Quest library. It's not a Quest 4, and the field of view is the catch.
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I TRIED Snap SPECS: AR Glasses Are Finally Real
We finally wore Snap's $2,195 AR glasses. Can you wear them, are they useful, and are they worth the money?
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RayNeo iO: The Smart Glasses With No Camera
RayNeo's light, camera-free smart glasses with a spinning crown, live captions and Life Log. Who they suit, and what they leave out.
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The topics we cover most, though we often go further. Our focus is new tech that makes everyday life better, and gaming for the fun stuff.
01XR & VR1,158 articlesEvery headset we can get our hands on, and how to get more out of the one you own.
02Smart glasses105 articlesGlasses with screens, cameras or AI inside, and whether you'd wear them outside.
03Wearables38 articlesWatches, rings, earbuds and everything else you wear that has a battery.
04Phones & gadgets46 articlesThe rest of our desk. Yes, that includes a diving mask with a screen in it.
05AI24 articlesThe AI in glasses and headsets, tried in real life instead of on a stage.
06Robots & exoskeletons1 articleMachines that move: robots, exoskeletons and the actuators that power them.
07Gaming & Streaming739 articlesGames on every screen, not only in VR, plus the gear and setups behind streaming them.
08Guides125 articlesStep by step fixes for setup, fit and settings.
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We make videos about XR and tech from our two studios, in the US and the Netherlands, and have done since 2016. Every year you'll find us at the big tech shows, trying whatever's new on the show floor: CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin, and AWE in both the US and Europe.
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2016the year we started making videos
2studios, in the US and the Netherlands
Every year at CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and AWE in the US and Europe.
