AR / VR / XR Hardware
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Zondision ZIMO1 ships a 27-inch glasses-free 3D monitor with an open SDK at $999
Zondision opened the ZIMO1 Kickstarter on April 21 and the AI hardware crowd noticed fast. It’s a 27-inch desktop monitor — not a headset, not a TV — running glasses-free light-field 3D with AI eye-tracking. Pledge tiers start at $999 and cap at $1,399 against a $1,999 MSRP. What the hardware actually is The panel… Continue reading
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Google x Warby Parker Android XR Glasses: $599 smart glasses with Gemini built in, launching Q3 2026
Google is putting $75–150 million behind Warby Parker to build Android XR smart glasses. Two versions: a camera-and-speaker AI pair with no display ($599 range), and a Display model with a transparent in-lens screen for navigation overlays and live translation ($1,399 range). Both run Gemini multimodal AI natively — ask it what you’re looking at,… Continue reading
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DJI Avata 360: $549 Gets You an 8K 360-Degree FPV Drone — Antigravity A1 Costs Triple
DJI’s first 360° FPV drone hit the US market yesterday, April 13th. The Avata 360 shoots 8K/60fps HDR 360° video and 120MP panoramic stills from dual 1/1.1-inch CMOS sensors with f/1.9 aperture. Flip to Single Lens mode and it becomes a classic forward-facing 4K/60fps FPV rig. 455g, 23-minute flight time, O4+ transmission rated to 20km,… Continue reading
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Everysight Maverick AI Pro: 47g Smart Glasses With Eye Tracking at $359
Apple put eye tracking in a $3,500 headset. Everysight just put it in 47-gram glasses for $359. The Maverick AI Pro are the first smart glasses with built-in eye-tracking hardware. A sub-1g sensor module sits inside the frame and powers GazeIntent — Everysight’s gaze-driven interaction system. Look at a menu item, dwell, selected. No hand… Continue reading
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Samsung Galaxy Glasses (Android XR): Two models, 50 grams, and Google’s entire AI stack on your face
Samsung’s COO Seong Cho confirmed it on an earnings call — Galaxy Glasses ship H2 2026. Two models leaked under SM-O200P and SM-O200J: one with a microLED in-lens display for navigation and live translation, one audio-only with mics, speakers, and a camera. Both run Android XR with Gemini baked in. Qualcomm AR1 chip, 12MP autofocal… Continue reading
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Alibaba Qwen Smart Glasses (G1 & S1): $275 AI glasses with swappable batteries and a Qwen API backend
Alibaba shipped AI smart glasses. Not a concept, not a dev kit — retail units on sale in China since March 8, starting at 1,899 yuan ($275) for the G1. That’s $100 less than Meta Ray-Ban. Two models. The G1 is camera-only: Sony IMX681 sensor, 12MP, 109-degree FOV, 3K video at 30fps with AI upscaling… Continue reading
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Snap Specs signs multiyear Qualcomm deal — consumer AR glasses with OpenAI and Gemini ship H2 2026
Snap spun out its AR glasses into a standalone subsidiary (Specs Inc.) in January. Now it locked in the silicon: a multiyear Qualcomm deal to run Snapdragon XR inside consumer Specs shipping second half of this year. Snap stock popped on the news. The Hardware Standalone see-through AR glasses. Dual Snapdragon processors, four cameras (two… Continue reading
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Meta Ray-Ban Blayzer & Scriber Optics: 7 Million Units Sold, Now Chasing the Other 2 Billion
Meta already moved 7 million smart glasses and owns 73% of the market. The gap? None of those frames were designed for prescription wearers. With 2 billion people worldwide needing corrective lenses, Blayzer and Scriber Optics are Meta’s play to turn AI glasses from a niche gadget into everyday eyewear. The Hardware Two new AI… Continue reading
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