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With technology such as cameras, displays, and sensors built into their frames, smart glasses can provide augmented reality (AR) views, AI assistants, and Instagrammable snapshots directly on your face. I’ve been covering smart glasses since they first hit the market and have seen them evolve from basic phone-tethered wearable displays into wireless mixed-reality marvels. They’re…

ASUS is one of the leading brands in gaming hardware with its ROG line of products, and XREAL is a leading brand specialising in augmented reality (AR) smart glasses that serve as wearable, portable big screens.

Xreal first introduced the new R1 Gaming AR Glasses, part of a partnership with Asus ROG, at CES 2026, and they’re now available to pre-order globally.

The promoter behind some of the biggest comic and entertainment conventions in the UK has banned Meta glasses from its events to stop “secret filming” of guests and attendees.

The AR glasses market in 2026 is in a genuinely interesting place. Ray-Ban Meta has proven that millions of people will wear a camera and a microphone on their face if you hide the tech inside a pair of Wayfarers. Rokid’s 49-gram display glasses just hit number one globally in the display-AI category. Xreal and…