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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Glasses with screens, cameras or AI inside, and whether you'd wear them outside.
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I Finally Got the AR Dive Computer Mask – AREX
I finally got the AREX AR dive computer mask 🤿 Part 2 of the one I tried at IFA, by AREX Kickstarter: Part 1:…
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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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Unboxing the Rarest ROG Xbox Ally + XREAL Glasses: X20 Edition
Unboxing the ASUS ROG Xbox Ally X20 bundle, the 20th anniversary edition of the 7.4" 120 Hz OLED handheld, with ROG XREAL R1 Edition…
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XREAL’s Best Video Glasses Just Got BETTER
XREAL 1 Pro+ AR glasses are out today for $599, with 1200 nits peak brightness, AI HDR and 60Hz 2D to 3D conversion. It's…
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Is $2,195 too much for AR glasses? Snap’s CEO answers
Our full interview with Evan Spiegel, Snap’s CEO, about the new Specs is up. It feels like our first real look at a consumer…
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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 100 Gram VR Glasses
Hands-on with the Meta VR Glasses (codenamed Phoenix), Meta's 100 gram VR headset with a separate compute puck, tried at Meta Connect 2026. It…
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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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Snap SPECS Hands-On: The Future Is Here
Snap SPECS hands on: we wore the $2,195 consumer AR glasses at the Los Angeles launch, 51 degree field of view, 132g, see-through waveguide…
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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 world’s first AR dive mask! AREX at IFA 2026
AREX brought the world's first AI-powered AR dive computer mask to IFA 2026 – depth, time, gas and decompression projected into your natural line…
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