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JANUARY 17, 2025

Either way 2025 is kicking off with fire in its belly, the year ahead may have a lot to hold for the industry. Unlike competitors such as Meta, Samsung has a broad hardware ecosystem that can support a dedicated XR wearable, akin to how the Apple Vision Pro works alongside newly released iPhone and iPad models.

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AR Insider

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

ACES 2025, Sharge, a company better known for its sleek power banks, introduced Loomos AI Glasses, an AI-first wearable designed to compete with Metas Ray-Ban smart glasses. Can it outmaneuver Meta in AI wearables? This post appeared first on AR Insider.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

In a leaked memo, Meta's CTO told staff that 2025 will determine whether its hardware & metaverse division is "the work of visionaries or a legendary misadventure". Here's Bosworth's leaked memo in full: 2025: The Year of Greatness Next year is going to be the most critical year in my 8 years at Reality Labs. 2025 is the year.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

If youre looking for the best smart glasses in 2025, youre in luck. Demand for lightweight, convenient, and versatile wearable tech has exploded to the point that virtual reality headsets almost seem to be taking a backseat. The Best Smart Glasses in 2025: Our Top Picks Ready to take the leap into a new age of wearable technology?

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JANUARY 23, 2025

Samsung brings with it a broader technology ecosystem that can assist in introducing the large-scale Galaxy user base to XR wearables. With support from Google, Samsung, Magic Leap, Lynx, Sony, Qualcomm, and XREAL joining the Android XR journey, the platform is poised for additional support and investment in 2025.

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DECEMBER 2, 2024

Recently, technology leader Bosch entered the XR marketplace; by re-invigorating the development of its AR wearables hardware. Via its Sensortec division, the firm is announcing Light Drive, an AR wearable solution to support smart glasses’ long-term or “all-day” wearability.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Recent leaks suggest that Samsung could enter the “smart wearables” market sooner than we thought. Will customers be able to purchase a set of Samsung smart glasses in 2025? They indicated that the wearables they’d be releasing would be similar in functionality to Meta’s Ray-Ban specs. Here’s what we know so far.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

The AI boom is still going strong in 2025, and AR appears to be deeply involved in that journey. Last week, at CES 2025, MeetKai showcased a collaboration with ThinkAR to highlight how professionals in various sectors are deploying AI-ready AR solutions in a bid to start a wave of new immersive wearable use cases.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

XREAL’s highly anticipated XREAL One Pro glasses debuted at CES 2025, showcasing their cutting-edge AR technology. At an event that was dominated by AI software , XREAL was a real highlight in the wearable hardware space.

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AR Insider

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2020-2025. billion in 2020 to almost $18 billion by 2025. million units in 2025, mostly led by Apple after it enters the market. If we look at that 4 million units in 2025 relative to the smartphone installed base, it’s dwarfed by a magnitude of 879 to 1. By the Numbers.

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JANUARY 13, 2025

Unlike competitors like Meta, Samsung has a broad hardware ecosystem to support a dedicated XR wearable, much like how the Apple Vision Pro works alongside newly released iPhone/iPad models. ” This XR headset is expected to be available for purchase in 2025. This is a massive opportunity for Samsung.

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MARCH 3, 2025

The MWC 2025 gears are already turning. During the event, the NTT will showcase its MiRZA wearable, an XR smart glasses device for enterprise usage, alongside an AR glasses prototype for consumer use. MWC 2025 is already full of AR products, from smart glasses to smart contact lenses.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Over the weekend, another finding from patentlyapple showcased how Samsung is poised to debut the headset in 2025 if an outlook heading is to be believed. The header noted how a Samsung XR device for the Galaxy ecosystem is due in 2025. However, keen eyes will notice that Samsung made the same promise in 2024.

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JANUARY 29, 2025

The leaked memo comes a few weeks after it was revealed that Quest 3S was the top selling games console on Amazon US in 2024 , despite only releasing in October, and the Meta Horizon app needed to set up Quest headsets was the #1 free iPhone app on Christmas Day 2024.

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MARCH 6, 2025

has emerged as a standout innovator at Mobile World Congress 2025 in Barcelona, showcasing their cutting-edge spectacle-type AR glasses that promise to make augmented reality more accessible and practical for everyday use. While still years from mainstream adoption, these prototypes hint at a possible long-term future for AR wearables.

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DECEMBER 20, 2024

However, during a Q3 earnings call , Sundar Pichai (Googles CEO) said that the release timeline has been moved to 2025. He simply said that the company is working on making the solution more intuitive, and that it hopes to start delivering Astra experiences to users in 2025.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

The firm is cementing its modern legacy in the AR smart glasses market by unveiling the XREAL One Series, an XR wearable that the company calls the “biggest leap forward for the consumer AR industry.” XREAL notes that the latest One Series wearables ensure more stable and customizable virtual screens.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Our close collaboration with Mentra will accelerate developer adoption and innovation in the smart glasses industry, positioning Vuzix at the forefront of the AI-enabled wearable revolution. A Busy 2024 for Vuzix Vuzix is launching 2025 with a fresh innovation via the AugmentOS launch.

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JANUARY 15, 2025

Play For Dream MR, the high-end standalone headset from China, was the big surprise of CES 2025. And after trying it, I found Play For Dream MR to be the most impressive XR hardware of any kind at CES 2025.

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The Ghost Howls

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Boz states that 2025 is the make it or break it year for XR at Meta , but I personally dont think it is true. Boz also said that Meta is going to launch half a dozen wearables: hes probably referring to the upcoming smartglasses, smartwatches, and neural smartbands. There are a few passages worth a comment.

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MARCH 3, 2025

This week at Mobile World Congress 2025, XPANCEO continues its legacy of drip-feeding details about its emerging AR smart contact lens portfolio at leading industry events. At MWC 2025, XPANCEO updated the status of its emerging technology promise by unveiling three new smart contact lens prototypes.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

OCTOBER 30, 2024

PICO plans to launch Business Device Manager globally soon, offering a 12-month free trial only to device owners enrolling in a product before June 1st, 2025. However, hardware and wearables are not the only part of the XR deployment story.

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JANUARY 22, 2025

A device at CES 2025 called Mudra Link claims to offer similar functionality to Meta's upcoming neural wristband. At CES 2025, a representative wore TCL's RayNeo X3 Pro AR glasses while showing the basic concept for controlling menus with the wristband.

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DECEMBER 6, 2024

Reacting to this newfound interest, existing AR smart glasses vendors are working tirelessly to upgrade their product roadmaps and keep a lead as 2025 emerges. The company expects to ship the One Series device in mid-December, while the Pro model is anticipated to ship in early 2025.

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AR Insider

JUNE 8, 2021

billion by 2025. This is why it simultaneously fuels mobile AR lens initiatives and wearable hardware. Snap’s Spectacles mostly represent an R&D effort to get a feel for the social dynamics of wearable tech. “We ARtillery projects spending on AR ad placements to reach $6.8 But the question is, what’s Apple’s strategy?

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Paul Travers, CEO, said in the second quarter of 2024: Vuzix underpinned key end-customer and strategic relationships within the enterprise, consumer, and defence markets centred around business opportunities that are expected to have a meaningful impact on both our balance sheet and top-line revenue growth over the back half of 2024 and into 2025.

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OCTOBER 28, 2024

On that note, leading into 2025, the XR market is looking to shift, with interest shifting towards emerging technologies such as AR and MR, with accessible products debuting from firms like Meta and Apple. WEART looks to join this XR product shift with its wearable haptic product.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond, the XR industry is expected to expand into everyday working life, with hardware and software evolving to meet the growing demand. Professionals worldwide, particularly in the US (25%), India (19%), and the UK (16%), are embracing AR/VR/MR technologies.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Notably, Google is developing the XR OS alongside Samsung; during the announcement, Samsung also highlighted how it is poised to release a headset in 2025. The Future of Android XR With Google, Samsung, Magic Leap, Lynx, Sony, Qualcomm, and XREAL joining the AndroidXR journey, the platform will gain additional support and investment in 2025.

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Road to VR

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The device, codenamed “Project Moohan,” is planned for consumer release in 2025. Samsung is the first partner to formally announce a new MR headset based on the newly announced Android XR. We went hands on with an early version. How long Google can maintain the lead here remains to be seen.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024

However, as the market determines the holiday foothold, Apple and OpenAI appear to be pushing for a lead for advanced AR smart glasses leading into 2025 and beyond. Zuckerberg stated last month: We also had several milestones around Reality Labs and the integration of AI in wearables.

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Road to VR

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

Now, a CNBC report contends that Facebook has struck a deal with Luxottica, the Italian parent company to Ray-Ban and many others, to help design some form of immersive wearable. The report mixes both terminologies, so it’s unclear exactly which end of the spectrum the proposed device should fall on.

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MARCH 4, 2025

MWC 2025 is proving itself to be a hotbed for XR innovation. At MWC 2025, Samsung showcased many products, from its mobile AI suite to new smartphones. While MWC 2025 only gave attendees a glimpse of the upcoming headset, here is everything readers need to know about the upcoming device.

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ARVR

MAY 2, 2022

billion in 2025. Enterprise spending is 99 percent of that, but will retract to 89 percent by 2025 and continue to decline until consumer/enterprise trendlines intersect. An iPhone succession plan is meanwhile accomplished through a suite of wearables that joins the suite of iThings at the center of our computing lives.

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MAY 14, 2024

Now, HP is helping Google to commercialize the product fully so that it is ready for a 2025 market debut. Project Starline’s XR solution offers an easy transition from video conferencing without the need for complex or inaccessible wearable AR or VR hardware.

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JANUARY 30, 2025

In a storyline that mirrors the rise of Apple’s Vision Pro, the Moohan headset was finally publicly revealed following years of speculation at the tail end of 2024with further reveal coming in the first month of 2025. Samsung brings a broader technology ecosystem that can help introduce its large Galaxy user base to XR wearables.

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APRIL 21, 2025

When wearing Vision Pro, this is essentially a compact soft-shell wearable case for hiding away Apples dangerously heavy swinging metal battery. The VR backpack of the 2010s is reborn in 2025 as Belkins Apple Vision Travel Bag. I imagine more people wearing bags roughly the same size as this one will rewire some brains.

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