AR/VR & Wearables - News Articles

Apple Unveils 'Liquid Glass' UI: Shiny, Reflective, and Dynamic

Jun 09, 2025

TechCrunch

Apple unveiled 'Liquid Glass', a shiny, reflective UI with transparent elements and dynamic animations, inspired by its Vision Pro VR headset, aiming to unify the interface across devices for a fluid, glassy experience.

Consumer Products AR/VR & Wearables

Meta's AI Surge: 500M Users, Ad Boost, and Metaverse Dreams

Jun 09, 2025

Marketing Dive

Meta's AI tools like Meta AI and Image Generator are gaining popularity, boosting ad conversions, while the company pursues AI advancements like an AI-powered search engine to fuel its metaverse ambitions, contributing to a 19% revenue surge in Q3.

Business Marketing Consumer Products AR/VR & Wearables

Meta's Metaverse Future Hinges on 2025 AR/VR Milestones

Jun 06, 2025

TechCrunch

Meta's ambitious metaverse vision hinges on achieving key augmented and virtual reality milestones by 2025, with the company's Ray-Ban AI glasses already generating buzz as a breakthrough product that could shape the market's adoption of its AR/VR offerings.

AR/VR & Wearables Business

Google Launches AR Glasses, Teams Up with Samsung and Warby Parker

May 28, 2025

Axios

Google unveils augmented reality glasses powered by its AI assistant Gemini, partnering with Samsung and Warby Parker, while showcasing prototypes like Project Moohan and Project Aura to compete with Apple's Vision Pro.

AR/VR & Wearables Consumer Products Business

Warby Parker Shares Soar on $150 Million Google Smart Glasses Deal

May 20, 2025

CNBC

Warby Parker shares surged around 16% after Google announced a $150 million partnership to develop stylish smart glasses, with the first line set to launch after 2025 using Google's Android XR operating system and AI assistant.

AR/VR & Wearables Funding Business

Google I/O 2025: Gemini AI Assistant Coming to Android XR Glasses and Headsets

May 20, 2025

Google

Google I/O 2025 unveils Android XR glasses integrating Gemini AI assistant, enabling hands-free help with messaging, translation, navigation, and photo capture by understanding your context through shared vision and audio.

AR/VR & Wearables Consumer Products Audio & Voice

Google Beam: The AI-Powered 3D Video Communication Platform of the Future

May 20, 2025

Google

Google unveils Beam, an AI-powered 3D video communication platform that creates lifelike remote connections, featuring volumetric video, speech translation, and enterprise partnerships for seamless global collaboration.

Enterprise AR/VR & Wearables Audio & Voice

SiFli's Chip Powers Upcoming Core Time 2 Smartwatch

May 16, 2025

ericmigi

SiFli's SF32LB52J chip with 512K SRAM, 16M PSRAM, and a dedicated display peripheral powers the upcoming Core Time 2 smartwatch, with SiFli offering an open-source SDK and support for porting PebbleOS.

Hardware Open Source AR/VR & Wearables

Huawei Watch 5 Boasts Innovative Fingertip Sensor for Health Tracking

May 15, 2025

The Verge

Huawei's Watch 5 boasts a unique fingertip sensor that enables advanced health tracking features like EKGs, blood oxygen, and arterial stiffness detection, but the company's claim of an 'exact purple' color option appears questionable based on promotional images.

AR/VR & Wearables Healthcare

Meta's Facial Recognition 'Super Sensing' Glasses Spark Privacy Debates

May 09, 2025

CNET

Meta's plans for 'super sensing' facial recognition glasses that can identify people by name and track activities have reignited privacy debates, as the tech giant re-evaluates policies after previously scrapping similar technology due to concerns.

AR/VR & Wearables Privacy Surveillance