Five platforms, five different bargains: what you write in, what you have to buy, how you ship, and what the assistant on the frame can do for you. Compare them below, or answer the questions and let the guide narrow it down.
Developer news
SDK releases, programmes to apply to, and who to talk to
Application windows and costs change without notice — each link goes to the company's own programme page, which is the only authority on status and on whether an application is needed at all.
Events, conferences and hackathons
Where glasses developers meet — soonest first, past dates drop off automatically
ConferenceSPECS Launch 2026Announced in newsroom.snap.com: “See for Yourself: Watch the SPECS Launch on September 16”. Programme and registration are on the organiser's page.Los Angeles, USA · Online
ConferenceMeta Connect 2026Meta's own developer conference, streamed free — the keynote and the wearables sessions are where the glasses toolkits get their yearly reset.Menlo Park, USA
HackathonReality 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.Cambridge, USA
ConferenceCES 2027Trade-only, but the January show floor is where the challenger makers put their next frames in front of developers first.Las Vegas, USA
ConferenceAWE USA 2027The largest independent AR gathering — vendor-neutral, so it is the one week where every glasses platform is demonstrated side by side.Long Beach, USA