TechCrunch
Meta Connect was wall-to-wall smart glasses, including a camera-free pair and $150 hearing aids, because nothing says 'future' like talking to your sunglasses in public.
BBC Business
Meta launches camera-free smart glasses, insists it's not because everyone called the last ones 'pervert glasses' - but the pregnant pause from its product head says otherwise.
TechCrunch
Dutch startup Morphotonics secures €40M to scale up nanoimprint lithography for smart glasses and data center optics, because apparently your AR glasses and server farms have more in common than you thought.
TechCrunch
TechCrunch's movie buff straps on XREAL's $300 a01 glasses, gets a decent picture, a warm nose, and a burning question: why watch a movie on your face when your laptop is right there?
The Guardian Europe
Meta's smartglasses are earning creators dirty looks and 'pervert glasses' labels, proving that even a flat white can't escape the surveillance backlash.
The Verge
Apple's smart glasses won't be creepy, promise - they're just taking three years to ensure they don't accidentally become a surveillance tool.
ZDNet
After six weeks with Meta's $499 prescription Ray-Bans, our reviewer finds them stylish but not worth the premium - especially when the nearly identical Wayfarers are $100 less.
The Guardian Europe
Meta's AI glasses are a privacy nightmare, and Kylie Jenner is here to make them trendy. Because nothing says 'safety' like a flashing LED that nobody sees.
TechCrunch
Even Realities G2 smart glasses skip cameras for productivity, but still depend on your phone and a healthy dose of patience.
TechCrunch
Xreal's CEO says the smart glasses industry is finally turning a corner - because after years of losing money, there's nowhere to go but up.
The Verge
Meta's Summer Sale cuts up to $74 off its Ray-Ban smart glasses, making them almost reasonable - if you can stand the idea of talking to your sunglasses.
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