Wired · Boone Ashworth ·

Xreal's Aura and Meta's VR Glasses hands-on: both have a compute puck and are light, but Aura's arrive in 2026 and have passthrough lenses suitable for walking

Xreal's long-hyped Aura glasses arrive soon for $1,279. Here's how they fare against Meta's recently announced VR Glasses.

In this story Aura Meta Xreal

Xreal's Aura and Meta's VR Glasses hands-on: both have a compute puck and are light, but Aura's arrive in 2026 and have passthrough lenses suitable for walking

Lead Source

Wired — Xreal's Aura and Meta's VR Glasses hands-on: both have a compute puck and are light, but Aura's arrive in 2026 and have passthrough lenses suitable for walking ↗

How this story grew

Coverage · 0 Discussion · 0

Oct 7Oct 8

More

The Verge: The Verge

Discussion

@barrsm @android @metro_xr @anigrin @skarredghost

Related stories

Bloomberg: Hands-on with Snap's Specs: more advanced than Meta's top-end glasses, fully untethered, mostly comfortable, navigation works well, but design has compromises

UploadVR: A look at Holograms, Meta's take on Apple Vision Pro's Personas, launching with a shoulders-up version this fall for WhatsApp calls on Ray-Ban Display glasses

Engadget: Meta previews hologram avatars for Meta VR Glasses and Ray-Ban Display that feel more natural than Apple's persona avatars, available in early access this fall

Engadget: HTC Vive Eagle smart glasses review: useful controls, lightweight, and focused on privacy, but inessential, too expensive at $499+, and imaging needs to improve

Bloomberg: Meta's VR Glasses are the product Vision Pro should have been; sources say Apple Vision team is working on a revamped headset, but the work is on "life support"

Discuss with AI

ChatGPT ↗ Claude ↗

← Back to TechSnif