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With attention shifting to AI smart glasses, VR faces another reality check

Despite a burst of popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, the AR/VR industry now seems adrift as companies try to decide how best to use the range of devices available.

By Matthew Finnegan

Feb 25, 20269 mins

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Send in the clones

People are making AI copies of themselves and putting them to work. Finally, your digital twin can do your job (so you don’t have to!)

By Mike Elgan

Jul 11, 2025 8 mins

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Gazing into the future of eye contact

All business meetings once involved eye contact. And what technology has taken away, technology is bringing back.

By Mike Elgan

Jun 13, 2025 8 mins

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At WWDC, Apple infuses AI into the Vision Pro

The company’s slow-selling spatial computing headset could get a boost from new AI-based features to improve usability and 3D computing experiences.

By Agam Shah

Jun 9, 2025 4 mins

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Who needs real things when everything can be a hologram?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg envisions a world where AR glasses enable most physical possessions to become virtual. Is he for real?

By Mike Elgan

Jun 6, 2025 8 mins

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The future will be subtitled

The No. 1 use case for the coming smart glasses revolution will be…subtitles. Here’s why.

By Mike Elgan

May 2, 2025 6 mins

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Apple and Google eye the future of AI glasses

Can they beat Meta? In the short term, probably not.

By Mike Elgan

Apr 18, 2025 5 mins

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Demand for VR headsets remains low

Sales declined in 2024 for the third year in a row, according to Counterpoint.

By Mikael Markander

Mar 19, 2025 1 min

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Google reportedly looking at smart glasses — again

A potential deal to acquire AdHawk Microsystems would buy the company advanced eye-tracking capabilities.

By Lynn Greiner

Mar 12, 2025 5 mins

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Apple's Vision Pro enters Industry 4.0 with Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systemes unveiled a new 3DLive visionOS app designed for the company’s customers in manufacturing and product design.

By Jonny Evans

Feb 26, 2025 4 mins

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Virginia Tech researchers raise red flags about mixed-reality security

They found that extended reality systems could be manipulated in ways that could endanger users and make collaboration difficult.

By Agam Shah

Feb 18, 2025 4 mins

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Why enterprises are choosing smart glasses that talk — not overwhelm

Meta’s audio-first smart glasses are quietly succeeding where AR headsets failed — by keeping it simple.

By Gyana Swain

Feb 17, 2025 7 mins

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Hands-on with the Windows answer to Apple's Vision Pro

I wrote this with a headset strapped to my face. Is this really the future of productivity?

By Chris Hoffman

Feb 5, 2025 8 mins

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Articles

Send in the clones

Gazing into the future of eye contact

At WWDC, Apple infuses AI into the Vision Pro

Who needs real things when everything can be a hologram?

The future will be subtitled

Apple and Google eye the future of AI glasses

Demand for VR headsets remains low

Google reportedly looking at smart glasses — again

Apple's Vision Pro enters Industry 4.0 with Dassault Systèmes

Virginia Tech researchers raise red flags about mixed-reality security

Why enterprises are choosing smart glasses that talk — not overwhelm

Hands-on with the Windows answer to Apple's Vision Pro

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