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How smart glasses and wearables got here, from Google Glass to today.
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Augmented World Expo USA 2026 ran June 15 to 18 in Long Beach, California. Snap and XREAL each unveiled glasses there on June 16. Snap priced Specs that day, and XREAL set Aura's price on Oct. 7.
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Orion is the AR glasses prototype Meta unveiled on Sept. 25, 2024 and has never sold. This explainer covers what Meta has said about its display, puck and wristband, why it stays in the lab and what Meta and the press say about consumer AR glasses.
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Humane stopped selling its AI Pin on Feb. 18, 2025, cut off its service 10 days later and sold most of the company to HP for $116 million. Rabbit's $199 R1 still works and is still sold, but Rabbit's new focus is software that runs on other devices.
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Snap's first AR glasses for consumers cost $2,195 and are due to ship this fall in the US, the UK and France. They fit a 51-degree display, two Snapdragon chips and the battery into a frame of 132 to 136 grams, after a decade of Spectacles.
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Google Glass went from a skydiving stunt in 2012 to a $1,500 prototype, a backlash over privacy and looks, a second life in factories and a final shutdown in 2023. Google is now back with Android XR glasses, made with Samsung and eyewear brands and due this fall.
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Smart glasses went from a $1,500 developer gadget that some bars banned to millions of Ray-Bans a year. Here are the launches that shaped the category, with dates, prices and sources, from Google Glass to Meta Ray-Ban Display and Snap Specs.
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