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Meta Employees Reportedly Working Weekends To Ship HUD Glasses In October

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Some Meta employees are working weekends to ship the company's smart glasses with a HUD in October, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports. The Verge, The Information, The Financial Times, and Bloomberg's Mark Gurman have all previously reported that Meta intends to release smart glasses with a small heads-up display (HUD) in late 2025, codenamed Hypernova.

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Bigscreen Beyond 2 Shipping Delayed To June Due To PCB Design Flaw

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Bigscreen Beyond 2's first shipping batches have been delayed to June, or late May if things go well. Beyond 2 and Beyond 2e were announced and went on sale in March. The first orders were supposed to ship in April and May, respectively, but the headsets are now set to ship in June. Due to what the company described as far greater than expected demand, the April and May batches of Beyond 2 had already sold out within a few hours of orders opening, so this delay will only affect those initial buy

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Everything We Saw At NewImages Festival 2025

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NewImages Festival recently returned for its eighth edition, and we checked out the latest in XR filmmaking. I'll often joke that I have one of media's more unique jobs, which largely comes down to the sheer breadth of experiences I face. Covering the XR industry full-time sometimes means there's overlap with films, with many big events now hosting a dedicated XR segment.

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