Magic Leap SVP Scott Carden says consumer AR display glasses need the full display system to reach $100 or less per device before the market can scale. The company told The XR Beat its J-FIL waveguide...
The XR Beat can reveal that in April, Lenovo took the decision to lay off its Commercial XR Solutions team, part of the wider Intelligent Commercial Solutions Group. The layoffs come as Lenovo is R...
Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI lands shortly after senior Vision Pro and smart glasses executive Paul Meade reportedly joined OpenAI’s hardware team. OpenAI were quick to downplay the lawsuit, but the...
Magic Leap is stepping back from building its own headsets to focus on waveguides and device integration for other AR and AI glasses companies. In an increasingly crowded market, the move suggests spe...
Caterpillar has acquired Skycatch to bring high-frequency spatial capture closer to mine planning and operations. As digital twins become more operational, buyers may pay closer attention to how recen...
Even Realities has reached a $1 billion valuation with a camera-free, display-first smart glasses model, as the company expands in the US and bets on optics, information display and privacy. Even Real...
Apple’s reported loss of a senior Vision Pro and smart glasses executive Paul Meade to OpenAI shows how quickly wearable computing talent is being pulled into the AI hardware race. Smart glasses are n...
AWE 2026 brought more than 5,000 attendees, 250 exhibitors and 400 speakers to Long Beach, with the event framed around “I, Spatial: Humans Empowered by Spatial AI.” The show floor covered smart glass...
AWE USA 2026 is already giving enterprise buyers a useful list to scan before Long Beach. The Auggie Awards finalists and Startup Pitch contenders include XR work across training, enterprise infrastru...
Google I/O and NVIDIA’s earnings call put AI back under the spotlight this week, but XR has plenty riding on both. Google can give Android XR glasses more shape, while NVIDIA’s numbers will say plenty...
Austrian semiconductor behemoth ams OSRAM has sold its CMOS Image Sensor business to indie Semiconductor, freeing uo more focus for AI photonics, digital light and the component layer behind AR smart ...
Snap returned to revenue growth in Q1, while CEO Evan Spiegel pointed investors back towards Specs, intelligent eyewear and the company’s upcoming AWE keynote. Snap’s smart glasses push is gaining mom...
