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The topics the wire covered most, Oct 26 to Nov 1 — ranked by stories and outletsXreal
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The next dates on the calendar — the full list holds the restConferenceXR Kaigi 2026Japan's largest XR conference, three days at Port City Takeshiba. The 2026 programme puts smart-glasses and on-device AI case studies on the main stage. Sessions are Japanese-first.Tokyo, Japan
ConferenceSIGGRAPH Asia 2026The graphics research conference's Asian edition, in Kuala Lumpur for the first time. Waveguide, display and hand-tracking work turns up in these papers a year or two before it reaches a shipping pair.Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Competitions & grants
The next application deadlines — hackathons, contests and funding to enterHackathon
Junction
Junction 2026Europe's largest hackathon — 48 hours outside Helsinki, with challenges set by sponsors. Snap's Spectacles team has brought hardware to past editions. The track list goes up with the challenges.
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MIT Reality Hack
Reality Hack at MIT 2027The student-run XR hackathon. Hardware is lent out on site and past years have run glasses tracks. Exact dates are not published yet.
VisitHow glasses are used
Real deployments and daily use, as an accessibility aid, and where they are restrictedAt work44 articles
Logistics and deliveryAmazon Delivery Driver Smart Glasses Will Snap Pictures of… Everything?CNETLogistics and deliveryAmazon’s delivery driver smart glasses will reportedly take photos ‘almost constantly’The VergeLogistics and deliveryAmazon customers can't opt out of driver camera glasses, Bloomberg reportsThe Next WebLogistics and deliveryAmazon expanding use of smart glasses for delivery driversRetail Customer Experience
All 44 articles →In daily life41 articles
Museums and exhibitionsAI Glasses for Blind Museum Visitors: How Milan’s Brera Pilot Works, and What It Can’t DoIntNewsMuseums and exhibitionsMeta, Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera, and EssilorLuxottica Expand Access to Art Through AI Glassesabout.fb.comMuseums and exhibitionsComputer History Museum × Meta's Project Aria: Building an AI-Guided Tour for EveryoneComputer History MuseumSports and fitnessENGO Launches engo Titanium, 28.9-Gram AR Smart Glasses for Runners and CyclistsAuganix
All 41 articles →Accessibility23 articles
VisionMeta, Pinacoteca di Brera and EssilorLuxottica Launch AI Glasses Trial for Blind and Visually Impaired Museum VisitorsINVISIONVisionAt the Pinacoteca di Brera, art is experienced through smart glasses: Introducing “Sensing Art – Masterpieces Beyond the Gaze”Finestre sull'ArteVisionMeta Donates 1,000 AI Glasses to Singapore’s Disability Communityabout.fb.comVision'AI glasses give me independence as a blind farmer'BBC
All 23 articles →Where they are restricted44 articles
GovernmentNorway Proposes Temporary Ban on Smart Glasses in Public PlacesRoad to VRGovernmentNorway becomes first country to propose temporary ban on smart glassesTechRadarGovernmentThe first national ban on smart glasses could happen soonAndroid AuthorityGovernmentNorway plans temporary ban on smart glassesNotebookcheck
All 44 articles →Patent watch
Coverage of what the makers are filing patents for, newest firstAcross the makers
Latest from each maker's press desk and coverageMetaMeta glasses
CoverageSenators are looking into 'serious privacy risks' with Meta's AI glassesEngadgetCoverageMeta Files Patent for Glasses Batteries Shaped to Fit Inside Slimmer FramesPatentlyzeCoverageMeta Files Patent for AI That Tells You Which Smart Clothing to Put OnPatentlyzeCoverageMeta Files Patent to Have Smart Glasses Build a Custom Control Panel on the SpotPatentlyze
All Meta →GoogleAndroid XR
CoverageGoogle’s new Android XR tools let developers test apps without needing to buy expensive smart glassesDigital TrendsNewsroomXREAL AURA: Wired XR glasses to watch, work, and playblog.googleCoverageGoogle’s next Gemini trick could change how you use Android XR glassesAndroid AuthorityCoverageGoogle Files Patent for AR Glasses That Warn You Before a Coffee Cup Meets Your Hard DrivePatentlyze
All Google →AppleApple glasses
CoverageApple Files Patent to Tuck Eye-Tracking Cameras Into the Nose Bridge of Smart GlassesPatentlyzeCoverageApple Files Patent for a Barrier That Shields Glasses Electronics From Hot PlasticPatentlyzeCoverageApple Files Patent for AR Glasses Tint That Darkens Faster and Uses Less PowerPatentlyzeCoverageMy experience suggests Apple Glasses will only sell to existing eyeglasses wearers9to5Mac
All Apple →SnapSpecs
CoverageI Did Push-Ups With Snap’s Chunky AR GlassesWIREDCoverageSnap Appoints Robert Downey Jr. as Honorary CCEO of SPECSAuganixCoverageSnap Enlists Iron Man Star Robert Downey Jr. to Develop SPECS ExperiencesRoad to VRCoverageIron Man himself now officially endorses Snap’s latest smart glasses9to5Google
All Snap →ChallengersXreal · Rokid · Samsung
SamsungSamsung’s first AI glasses could arrive in December, but only in two countriesDigital TrendsSamsungSamsung’s Intelligent Eyewear AI glasses may go on sale in the US and Korea this DecemberSamMobileVitureThe official Phantom Blade Zero smart glasses from Viture are here9to5GoogleRaven ResonanceLinux PC in a pair of glasses: New AR glasses work without a smartphoneNotebookcheck
All Challengers →Release dates, upcoming models and the release clock now live in the buying guide.Buying guide →