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Smart glasses makers are promising lightweight, stylish frames with limited features that should offer an alternative to bulkier mixed-reality headsets now on the market.
Though Apple's expensive headset was been praised for its cutting-edge technology, the device is expensive and hasn't yet been widely embraced at either home or work.
Microsoft is scaling back its own mixed-reality headset ambitions, but continues to partner with Meta to make its software accessible on Quest devices.
2025 will be an important year for visionOS and for the Vision Pro headset itself.
Mainstream desktop and laptop PCs should fully support AR screens and hand gestures right out of the box.
The AR/VR baton is now being passed to competitors like Apple and Meta.
Two recent events tell us there’s plenty going on behind the scenes in terms of visionOS development.
Never mind that recent project by two Harvard students showing how face-recognition glasses are a huge invasion of privacy. The glasses aren’t where danger lies!
Microsoft ceases production of the units but indicates in a statement it remains ‘fully committed’ to its IVAS program with the US DOD.
At least, that's what it looks like on the surface — I'd better explain this.
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