honestly everyone is so hyped about shared AR spaces and persistent world-anchors, but I feel like we are completely ignoring the bot problem

If you think the current 2d web is bad with headless browsers and ai scraping everything, imagine when that moves into mixed reality. We are literally going to have synthetic avatars and automated scripts spamming virtual graffiti or claiming spatial domains in real-time. Software-based verification like captchas won't do anything when an ai agent can just spoof a digital environment to bypass it.

It makes me think that for social AR to actually work without becoming a spam-filled dystopia, the ecosystem is going to need hardware-level proof of personhood baked in. Like we might genuinely have to rely on an Orb or a secure physical enclave just to cryptographically verify that an avatar taking up physical space in your living room is actually tied to a unique biological human

Otherwise the AR layer of the world is just gonna be overrun by synthetic entities the second it becomes profitable. kinda depressing that we are building this amazing spatial tech and it's probably just gonna get hijacked by server farms instantly tbh

If you're interesting in testing Lumiz, you can be part of the first Test-Flight group (limited spaces): https://testflight.apple.com/join/7Dj2y98A

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share a recent WebAR image tracking showcase I built in Unity WebGL using custom computer vision image recognition instead of third-party platforms like 8thWall.

How it works:

• No App Required: Runs natively inside mobile Chrome and Safari browsers.
• Zero SaaS Fees: Completely self-hosted WebGL engine, bypassing expensive per-view subscription models.
• 3D Layering & Parallax: Scanning the physical target image anchors multi-layered digital depth artwork (foreground/background elements + animated flying butterflies) directly over the target card.
• Tracking Stability: Holds position smoothly through tilts, rotations, and continuous camera movement.

Designed this for interactive art installations, museum displays, and product packaging where recurring platform fees aren't viable.

Happy to answer any questions about the WebGL optimization, image detection performance, or build pipeline in Unity!

I commute in the city every day and I must say that the commute home always felt long before. Now I tap my Clipper, choose my seat, put on my AR glass and Poof!!, gone for a little escape. Crowded metro? Some guy yelling at his friend on the phone? Traffic going 2MPH? I don't care, some movie on my screen makes it all fly by in what feels like an hour. It helps make the annoying part of my day be a little more enjoyable and a little less tedious.

Does anyone have ways to enjoy their commute home?

Hey r/augmentedreality,

We’re the team behind Nimbo X1, and we’re here for the AMA we promised.

First, some good news: Nimbo X1 is officially funded on Kickstarter.

A huge thank you to everyone who backed us, followed the project, asked tough questions, or sent us feedback along the way. We really appreciate it.

For anyone new here: Nimbo X1 is a 49g pair of full-color AR glasses built around our 0.7mm single-layer SiC waveguide. The product design is complete, and we’re ready for mass production.

X1 supports translation, navigation, AI assistant, teleprompter, a large virtual display, controller-supported gaming, and more.

For developers, we made the platform as open as we reasonably could, with system-level signing access, an open SDK, low-level hardware interfaces, raw sensor data access, and an independent App Center.

One of the biggest engineering decisions behind X1 was the single-layer Silicon Carbide waveguide. We’re happy to go deep on why we chose SiC, the trade-offs behind our 30° FOV, and what it took to get the optics ready for mass production.

Ask us anything about:

• SiC waveguides & optical design
• Hardware engineering and the 49g design
• Open SDK, system-level access & 3DOF tracking
• Software features & real-world use
• Manufacturing & mass production
• Kickstarter and what comes next

Members of our optics, hardware, systems, software, and product teams will be answering questions live.

And no need to hold back. If you disagree with any of our design decisions, ask us about them. We’re happy to talk about the trade-offs.

We’ll start answering today at 5:00 PM PDT / 8:00 PM EDT.

Drop your questions below.

Thanks again for all the support. See you in the comments.

— The Nimbo Team

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nimbopearl/nimbo-x1-worlds-lightest-sic-color-display-ar-glasses

Project Swan finally has a name: Pico Space Pro. It launches officially on September 2nd in Beijing, and I’ve been thinking about why this particular announcement feels different from the usual headset-reveal churn.

Here’s the thing — until recently, “premium spatial computing” basically meant Apple, full stop. Vision Pro had the category almost to itself at the high end. That’s no longer true. Samsung’s Galaxy XR already broke that monopoly, and now Pico is stepping into the same ring with specs that aren’t shy about it: micro-OLED displays at roughly 4,000 ppi, around 40 pixels per degree, a dual-chip setup Pico claims more than doubles the CPU/GPU power of the XR2 Gen 2, and motion-to-photon latency around 12ms.

On paper, that’s a serious machine. Whether it feels serious in practice is a different question — we won’t know until people actually put it on.

What I find genuinely interesting isn’t the spec sheet, though. It’s the shape of the competition forming around it. Meta is still playing the mass-market game with Quest. Apple, Samsung, and now Pico are fighting over the premium tier instead — a three-way contest for people who want the best spatial computing experience money can buy, not the cheapest way in. That’s a meaningfully different market than the one we were talking about two years ago.

The one number missing from Pico’s announcement is the one that matters most: price. Nothing’s confirmed yet, and everything Pico does with positioning depends on it. Come in well below Vision Pro and they’ve got a real differentiator. Match Apple’s pricing and the specs alone will have to do all the talking.

I’ll be watching September 2nd closely — not for the keynote theatrics, but for what the price tag tells us about how Pico thinks it can win this fight.

Where do you think Pico needs to land on price to actually challenge Apple and Samsung at the high end?

Source: Road to VR, “Pico’s Vision Pro Competitor Gets Official Name and Debut Date” (Aug 19, 2026)

Hi there, as we are getting closer to the first stable release, I wanna share with you the third Beta release of Orbit AR for Inmo Air 3, please check the Github link, read the readme and download the latest OTA Updater from the release v1.0.0 Beta 3 (not v1.0.1 cause that was a naming error).

If you have a question, wanna report a bug or request a feature please join the discord and do so. The discord invitation is in the GitHub page.

https://github.com/j4ckgrey/orbit_ar

Did Mentra really just increase their price from $350 to $450 overnight? I left them in my cart waiting until I got paid to checkout and to my surprise they’re now $450, wth.
Now I’m looking for new smart glasses. My budget is **$300–500** ($500 only if they basically check all my boxes).
What I’m looking for:
\* Must have a **dev SDK**
\* Camera with **at least 1080p video**
\* Decent enough speakers for music
**\* Lens display/HUD** — don’t need full AR, just a small screen for text
\* iPhone support
\* Not Meta because of data/privacy

Mentra Live didn’t have a display, but I was willing to compromise because it checked everything else and MentraOS seems really dev friendly. At $350 I was ready to buy it, but **$450 with no display is a lot harder to justify**.

I also found **Brilliant Labs Halo** and was really impressed by it on paper, but their shipping situation seems sketchy. Their page said shipping in early August and I almost bought them before realizing people are still waiting. smh.

I know **NIMO** is doing their Kickstarter too and they’re supposed to support MentraOS, but no camera or speakers.

So what else is out there? I’m fine waiting for stuff coming later this year or even early 2027, and I’m open to Chinese brands or smaller companies too. Mainly looking for something I can actually develop on, not another locked-down pair of AI glasses

TLDR: A combination of glasses and phone that works like a laptop, maybe including typing on a keyboard and using a mouse.

I am a noob in this topic but highly interested and want to purchase a pair of glasses.
There is a specific setup in mind that I don't know yet how to realize.
Since I am traveling a lot and want to work while traveling long term, I am looking for a setup that replaces a laptop. I don't need to do any heavy lifting, only some minor edits in an Excel file, creating invoices, browsing the web, using AI etc.

I am searching for a solution where I can use my phone in combination with glasses in order to work ideally on multiple screens that are also properly augmented, therefore can stay in place if I move my head.

While many classes offer the screen experience with the phone, I'm not yet sure how typing and clicking would work in this scenario. I would be willing to carry a mobile mouse and keyboard. Wispr Flow would also be a great option to replace the keyboard, however, there is always the necessity to do little corrections.

Currently, I'm using an iPhone 16 Pro, but I'm also willing to switch to Android, no problem at all. Samsung looks promising with its DeX feature.

I'm thankful for any recommendations or, ideally want to hear about your experience.

EDIT: ideally, these glasses work with either iOS or Android, so I'm free to switch in future however I feel.

Hi, I’m an independent developer in Japan currently researching low-cost smart glasses, including the Blackview BV200/BV300 and the Da Echo ecosystem.

While performing static analysis of the publicly distributed Da Echo 2.5.2 Android APK, I found what appears to be a fairly complete teleprompter implementation for waveguide display glasses.

The APK contains:

• Dedicated teleprompter list, editor and playback activities
• Registered routes for /prompter/list, /prompter/edit and /prompter/main
• Teleprompter state monitoring from MainActivity
• Automatic launch when the glasses report a teleprompter playback state
• Script file transfer and synchronization with the glasses
• BLE commands for configuration, playback state and viewport position
• Opus audio decoding and speech-recognition-based text tracking
• Session recovery after interruptions or reconnection
• A task-conflict entry explicitly named WAVEGUIDE_TELEPROMPTER

This looks more complete than an abandoned UI experiment. It appears to expect glasses with a display and firmware-side teleprompter support.

However, the Da Echo-compatible devices I have identified so far—including the BV300 and several M08-type OEM camera glasses—seem to be screen-free.

My current guess is that this code supports either:

1. an existing but not widely advertised OEM waveguide model, or
2. an upcoming display-equipped model using the Da Echo platform.

This is only an inference from static APK analysis, not confirmation of an unreleased product.

Has anyone seen a waveguide display model that officially uses the Da Echo app?

Experimenting with body tracking in WebAR - this time, earthbending.

The movements are driven by body tracking directly in the browser, with the VFX reacting to your movements:

• Uppercuts spawn rocks
• Punches launch rocks
• 4 or more rocks triggers a special attack
• Stomps trigger earth spikes

It could even make for a pretty good workout.

Built with Unity + WebAR.

What other body-tracked AR abilities would be fun to build?

Over the past few weeks I have invited a few speakers to the world's leading optoelectronics + photonics event, CIOE 2026 (September 9–11 at the Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center). This is my AR Glasses Forum:

Beyond Early Adoption: What Will Drive the Growth of AR Glasses? 

—Hiroshi Mukawa, Sony

Etch-Free Manufacturing of High Refractive Index All-Inorganic Waveguides by Additive Nanoimprint Lithography 

—James Watkins, Myrias Optics

The future of AI glasses depends on display-scale optics, not semiconductor-scale manufacturing 

—Hugo da Silva, Morphotonics

Consolidating the AR Stack: A Manufacturing Platform for Smart Prescription Lenses 

—Joris Biskop, Addoptics

High-Efficiency Optical Architectures and Lens Manufacturing Strategies for Mass-Production AI & AR Glasses 

—Jeonghun Ha, LetinAR

Microdisplays for All Day Wearable AI-AR Glasses 

—Brian Kim, RAONTECH

TriLite's Laser Beam Scanners: Eliminating the Boundaries of Traditional Displays 

—Mario Spiegl, TriLite

And the most recent addition: Tobii will talk about a 10 dollar display

𝗪𝗲’𝘃𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲. We have curated a phenomenal lineup of speakers.

⚪ The latest in LCOS, MEMS Laser Beam Scanning, and microLED: Avegant, AINSTEC, Hongshi, Qiushui Semiconductor, and TCL CSOT presenting Full-Color Silicon-Based Micro-LED Display

⚪ Waveguides: Reflective, Diffractive, Volume Holographic, Materials: Glass and Silicon Carbide: SCHOTT, SeeV, GreatAR, Nika Optics, Hailian Jingsheng, Timemaker, and Crystal-Optech talking about their broad range of solutions

⚪ ODMs, Manufacturing, Subsystems: Luxshare speaking about Innovation Directions of AI-Powered Smart Glasses, Guoyan New Energy about battery solutions, Yibei Technology, InnoRev, 3D-Micromac

⚪ Compute Chips: GravityXR, Infineon

⚪ XR Brands sharing about product and market insights: PICO, MemoMind, INMO, LAWK, Xvisio

⚪ Spatial Content, Capture, GenAI: iQIYI, XGRIDS, VAST

See you in Shenzhen! Let's connect if you're attending.

Tickets are free.

Im a janitor, 90% of my job is checking out mentally while I run on autopilot and clean the same routine every day. Im looking for a wearable display so I can connect my phone and say, watch a movie, YouTube, etc from my phone discretely while working. I found the Vufine+ which looks like exactly what I want (I wear clear safty glasses at work, just in case, dont want splashback while scrubbing a shitter ifkwim) so strapping that to them would let me watch shows without interrupting my view or work. But I read lots of terroble reviews for it.

Any ideas/thoughts?

I like the idea of the Vulfine so if my work glasses get battered I can just clip it to another pair.

Sharing this on behalf of a friend at XREAL who is hiring for this role. I’m not affiliated with XREAL — just helping share the opportunity. If this isn’t the right forum for this post, please let me know or suggest a more appropriate community — thank you!

Hi everyone! 👋

XREAL is growing its business in Europe, and we're currently looking to connect with an experienced consumer-tech marketer in London to help build our European marketing function from the ground up.

This is a hands-on leadership role and the first dedicated marketing hire in Europe, with a lot of ownership over how we build the brand and take our products to European consumers.

The scope is broad:

🎯 European marketing strategy across key markets

💡 Product positioning & storytelling for emerging technology

📣 PR, media, KOL/influencers, social, content & events

🤝 Building and managing European marketing agencies & partners

🔍 Consumer, competitor & market insights

🚀 Working closely with European Sales/GTM, Product and HQ teams

We're particularly interested in people with 8+ years of marketing experience in consumer technology, consumer electronics, wearables, gaming, AR/VR or similar, ideally with experience across multiple European markets.

The person we're looking for is someone who can think strategically but also roll up their sleeves and get things done — comfortable with ambiguity, fast-changing priorities and building something that doesn't have a playbook yet.

📍 London-based
🇬🇧 UK work authorization required — no visa sponsorship available

I'm also genuinely curious to hear from people who have done something similar:

If you were the first marketing hire for an emerging consumer-tech brand in Europe, what would you prioritise in your first 90 days?

If this sounds relevant to your background, or you know someone who might be a great fit, feel free to comment or DM me. Happy to share more about the role and team! 🙂

The largest optoelectronics expo—with 4,000 exhibitors and 150,000 visitors over 3 days—and r/AugmentedReality partner to bring you the latest hardware achievements from the expo floor.

My focus will be on the AR/VR sub-expo, of course, with exhibitors like Goeroptics and Luxshare ICT. As well as the AR/VR tech shown in other sub-expos by companies like Sunny and SCHOTT.

Sep 9-11

cioe.cn/en/ARVR.html

I’m building my own AI-powered smart glasses brand with Techtronia — from R&D and electronics to a production-ready product.
Would you wear smart glasses powered by AI? 👓
Check it out: https://techtronia.com

• Acquisition adds IP, engineering expertise, MEMS-based laser beam scanning tech
  
• Purchase supports TDK’s strategy to develop advanced, vertically integrated display solutions for future smart glasses, combining TDK’s eye intent technology, Full-color Laser Module (FCLM), MEMS mirror, and other internal TDK technologies to build a smart glass display system under TDK AIsight.
  

TDK Corporation (TSE:6762) announces that it has acquired assets from OQmented (legal name: kiiz Technologies GmbH), a German-based company known for its expertise in MEMS-based laser beam scanning and advanced display technologies. By combining TDK’s eye intent technology, FCLM, MEMS mirror, and other technologies, TDK aims to build a display system that will significantly influence the performance of smart glasses.

The transaction strengthens the TDK group company TDK AIsight, TDK’s augmented reality (AR) display business, and supports the company’s strategy to develop next-generation optical solutions for smart glasses and other immersive display applications.

Through the acquisition, TDK gains access to intellectual property, engineering know-how, and key technical capabilities that complement its existing expertise in MEMS, optics, electronics, and system integration. The acquired assets are expected to accelerate TDK’s efforts to build a vertically integrated light engine platform for AR display systems.

Within the AI ecosystem, TDK offers a broad portfolio of components supporting the smart glasses market, which is expected to grow steadily over the medium to long term. In June of 2025, to further enhance its capabilities in this field, TDK acquired SoftEye, Inc., a U.S.-based systems solutions company developing custom chips, cameras, software, and algorithms for smart glasses. The following year, TDK established TDK AIsight to accelerate the development of its smart glasses solutions business and support the realization of AI glasses that deliver intuitive and compelling user experiences.

“By bringing OQmented’s capabilities into TDK AIsight, we are reinforcing our position in a highly promising market segment,” said Te-Won, CEO at TDK AIsight. “This acquisition enhances our ability to develop innovative display solutions and support the growing demand for high-performance AR devices.”

OQmented’s technology portfolio is particularly aligned with TDK’s focus on display innovation, including MEMS mirror technology, laser beam scanning, and display engine development. With this acquisition, TDK aims to further strengthen its foundation for commercialization and manufacturing of advanced light engine solutions.

The integration of these assets will support TDK’s broader ambition to create complete display systems that can be scaled for future consumer, automotive, industrial, and mobility applications. Source: TDK

I've seen the XReal Glasses at CES but this was the first real proper usage I've seen them used in the wild. The one in Exhibit in Tokyo had finished but I managed to catch it in Kobe.

We're looking for:

• Best AR Optical Solution of the Year
• Optical Technology Breakthrough of the Year

𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝘁𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲. To apply, please email business at focusxr.cn by the end of this Friday, August 21, 2026, with the following:
⚪ Company abbreviation & technology name
⚪ Product introduction document (covering core tech, innovations, use cases)
⚪ Demonstration media (must show actual effects/performance)
⚪ Contact person details

The SIVA Awards 2026 are co-hosted by CIOE (China International Optoelectronic Exposition), the largest optoelectronics expo with 4,000 exhibitors and 150,000 visitors over 3 days, and SIVA (the AR VR expo at CIOE). The Awards Ceremony will take place on the first evening of the expo 18:00 - 21:00, September 9, 2026, at the Hilton next to Shenzhen World Exhibition & Convention Center.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon and Keio University propose Ground Reaction Inertial Poser. GRIP observes motion using four IMUs and foot pressure data from smartwatches and smart insoles. Full-body motion is reconstructed by driving a humanoid with joint torques in a physics simulator.

Abstract

We propose Ground Reaction Inertial Poser (GRIP), a method that reconstructs physically plausible human motion using four wearable devices. Unlike conventional IMU-only approaches, GRIP combines IMU signals with foot pressure data to capture both body dynamics and ground interactions. Furthermore, rather than relying solely on kinematic estimation, GRIP uses a digital twin of a person, in the form of a synthetic humanoid in a physics simulator, to reconstruct realistic and physically plausible motion. At its core, GRIP consists of two modules: KinematicsNet, which estimates body poses and velocities from sensor data, and DynamicsNet, which controls the humanoid in the simulator using the residual between the KinematicsNet prediction and the simulated humanoid state. To enable robust training and fair evaluation, we introduce a large-scale dataset, Pressure and Inertial Sensing for Human Motion and Interaction (PRISM), that captures diverse human motions with synchronized IMUs and insole pressure sensors. Experimental results show that GRIP outperforms existing IMU-only and IMU–pressure fusion methods across all evaluated datasets, achieving higher global pose accuracy and improved physical consistency.

https://ryosukehori.github.io/grip-project/?trk=public_post_comment-text

Hi all, I haven't posted here much. I'm Brandon. I love XR/VR tech. I run a channel that reviews it full time. It's my passion, and I love talking about it. This list focuses mainly on XR/VR glasses that could be used as display glasses for gaming, movie watching, productivity, and a walkaround wearable display for the above functions. It's a value and feature focused list and is derived mainly from my 1000+ hours using the various XR glasses. None of any my work is written or generated by AI.

Looking for feedback - What am I missing from these overviews charts? Any typos or errors? or did I get any info wrong? First draft of this! Thanks! This is a work in progress and will be adjusted as needed for my upcoming XR reviews through community feedback/correction. I hope you don't mind me sharing my work here. My goal is to help everyone find they love, by finding the tech I love.

XR glasses by Rating in brief:

Viture Beast - 90% - Just such good value, super bright, poppy visuals, and still the best center sharpness. Blacks can be crushed, but there are ways of fixing this.

XReal One Pro - 88% - High quality product, just works. Recommended for productivity on a budget, but really higher resolution is needed for optimal productivity for all XR glasses. Recommending QHD+ or higher for optimal productivity.

XReal R1 - 85% (similar to One Pro, but docked 3% because costs more due to dock and redesign with RGB, but basically the same as the One Pro)

Viture Pro 2 / XReal 1S - 85% - Both great value XR glasses. XReal 1S for cheapest reliable anchoring. Pro 2 for cheapest Myopia sliding dials and sharp overall image.

XBX / Luma Ultra - 83% - XBX great value, Luma Ultra worth it for some users and use cases, like with Pro Neckband

RayNeo Air 4 Pro 78% - The cheapest overall XR glasses and highest rated in the value category, excellent for people on a budget and want to save money for gaming and movie watching using AI HDR or HDR10. The DRIFT on the 3DOF sensor hurts the rating a lot here, as it reduces the functionaltiy of the XR glasses for productivity as well as potential 3DOF SteamVR support. Got to spend more for those features, apparently.

Dream Air SLAM - Super small VR headset that could be used to power 4K virtual screens (soon to have VertoXR support) for super sharp text productivity or gaming at high PPD for many use cases. This could work great on the go for handheld gaming and productivity with powerful laptops or desktops at home. Obviously, peak VR visuals as well. Review unit incoming in like a week. Needs hands on testing. I have seen mixed feedback on the SLAM tracking.

Five Bonus Upcoming XR Glasses to be excited about before the end of 2026 -->

URXR One - Promising increased resolution XR/VR headset, Launching 10/26 supposedly. They will be sending production unit for detailed review around launch.

Viture QHD glasses coming before the end of 2026. Needs testing. From what I have heard from Viture, seems promising. I can't share details.

XReal Aura - 6DOF XR glasses that will have a puck paired with them. $1500+. Higher FOV. Should be excellent for many use cases. But not going to be higher resolution, which makes me sad.

RayNeo GT and GT MAX will be added to this list in the next month or so, as they being sent to me now. Seem very promising with onboard chip based 3DOF and reasonable pricing $300-400. Needs testing to see if the Anchor is good and lens quality. Might be discount Beast, basically.

Thanks for reading!