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MagicLeap reveals prices and availability of ML 2. Finally, MagicLeap has revealed information about the price and availability of MagicLeap 2. These are all right considerations, but it is also true that MagicLeap has much better visuals. Top news of the week.
billion in 2026, an 80.7 Entitled Headworn AR Global Revenue Forecast, 2020–2026 , the report examines glasses-based AR revenue totals and subsegments?—?including Meanwhile, MagicLeap has accomplished a notable turnaround, including a pivot to enterprise and the upcoming launch of its much-improved 2nd generation hardware.
Meta is in talks with MagicLeap over a potential "multiyear agreement", the Financial Times reports. The original MagicLeap One launched in 2018 as the first AR headset available to consumers, priced at $2300. That IP could include some of the company's augmented reality (AR) waveguide patents.
billion in 2026, an 80.7 million in 2026. million units in market by 2026. million units projected in 2026. million installed base in 2026 is dwarfed by the global smartphone installed base by almost 200 to 1. Meanwhile, the previously-beleaguered MagicLeap has quite a turnaround underway.
billion in 2026. Enterprise spending is 95 percent of that today but will retract to 62 percent by 2026 and continue to decline until consumer/enterprise trendlines intersect. One of the most notable events of the past year in the world of headworn AR was the return of MagicLeap… this time with an enterprise focus.
1, 2026 for consumers and Nov. After 1 November 2026, you'll no longer be able to download the Mixed Reality Portal app required to use Windows MR headsets, nor the SteamVR driver, so if you have the late 2024 Windows 11 update or newer you won't be able to set up the headset. UploadVR reached out to Microsoft officially for answers.
billion in 2026. million units in 2026. For example, Microsoft is down and MagicLeap is up, which flips their previous positioning. Meanwhile, MagicLeap has accomplished quite a turnaround in its organizational restructuring and the impressive MagicLeap 2. billion dollars last year to $35.1
Long story short… Samsung is copying from Apple, again More info Other relevant news (Image by Apple) Apple Vision headset delayed to 2026 Apple is having its share of problems with the XR headset it is building, which is its most complicated product ever to assemble.
Intel believes that intersection will happen for AR glasses around 2026, per the below graph. Header image credit: MagicLeap. Because the ceiling is higher for consumer markets, they’ll keep growing as that enterprise saturation point is reached and growth matures. Disclosure and ethics policy can be seen here.
The rumors from Mark Gurman talk about a new cheaper version, which can have a more mass market appeal, forecasted for 2025-2026. MagicLeap flopped, HoloLens is dead, and even Nreal, with its affordable Light glasses, has not taken off. This information shows us that Apple is playing a long-term game.
Meanwhile, Microsoft and MagicLeap have opted for a bulkier goggles form factor targeted at businesses and government entities, hoping to eventually miniaturize the tech for consumers. They’re unsuitable for the most appealing outdoor use cases AR glasses eventually promise.
Nreal, Meta, MagicLeap, and RealWear produce AR devices that suit consumer, enterprise, or industrial environments. Fresh Developments from Meta Meta is trying to finish the Nazare device in time for a release in 2026. MagicLeapMagicLeap’s most recent AR smart glasses market offering is the MagicLeap 2 device.
In any case, even if you do that, you’ll still be able to play SteamVR content only through November 2026. They had some hype a few years ago, also because MagicLeap, in the beginning, hinted at the fact that it would have used them, but then they revealed themselves to be too unpractical for AR.
Only the second edition in 2026 will be actually released to the market. A report this week shows how these changes have been quite important: The first version of the “Project Nazare” glasses will be still released in 2024 as originally planned, but it will be targeted only at developers (a bit like today’s Snap Spectacles).
Microsoft is stopping development on MR functions on Windows 11, and according to reports, Microsoft is stopping compatibility on 1 November 2026 for Windows Home and Pro users and 1 November 2027 for Windows Commercial. Still, currently, MR support appears to have been dropped.
Microsoft is stopping development on MR functions on Windows 11, and according to reports, Microsoft is stopping compatibility on 1 November 2026 for Windows Home and Pro users and 1 November 2027 for Windows Commercial. Still, currently, MR support appears to have been dropped.
Apple Vision Pro 2 reportedly targets a late 2026 launch, over 50% of Fortune 100 companies are using Vision Pro, Tilt Five is on sale, and Quest 3 is nearly tied with Valve Index on SteamVR. Trace is a new AR startup founded by three former MagicLeap developers that aims to create location-based AR experiences.
billion USD by 2026. Smart glass manufacturers and solution providers like Vuzix, Google, Nreal, RealWear, Lenovo, MagicLeap, and others offer full-spectrum devices capable of agile use cases. Simply put, AR allows its users to supply digital overlays of data, creative content, or holographic images with unlimited potential.
billion USD by 2026 and $99.76 This is due to several “false starts” with Google Glass , Microsoft HoloLens2, and MagicLeap, although the companies remain potential customers. Augmented Reality (AR) technology is set to become one of the fastest-growing and most promising technologies among extended reality.
That’s why its greatest bet is AR glasses that are coming from 2024 or 2026. Do you remember when everyone was criticizing Magicleap because it got $2.5B So, MagicLeap was even cheap in comparison. So, MagicLeap was even cheap in comparison.
The next versions of the glasses are expected for 2026 and 2028. If the rumor is true, Meta by 2024 is going to basically release the Nreal glasses or a mix of Nreal Light and MagicLeap 2. The expected FOV is around 70° but probably it won’t be met.
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