Meta's ambitious metaverse vision hinges on achieving key augmented and virtual reality milestones by 2025, with the company's Ray-Ban AI glasses already generating buzz as a breakthrough product that could shape the market's adoption of its AR/VR offerings.
Defense tech startup Anduril raises $2.5 billion in Series G funding led by Founders Fund, doubling its valuation to $30.5 billion after revenue reached $1 billion and securing the U.S. Army's massive $22 billion AR/VR headset contract from Microsoft.
Google unveils augmented reality glasses powered by its AI assistant Gemini, partnering with Samsung and Warby Parker, while showcasing prototypes like Project Moohan and Project Aura to compete with Apple's Vision Pro.
Google unveiled groundbreaking AI advancements, including enhanced search capabilities, generative AI tools for video and images, and ambitious research projects like a universal assistant, computer control systems, and AI-powered AR glasses, along with new AI subscription plans for expanded access.
Warby Parker shares surged around 16% after Google announced a $150 million partnership to develop stylish smart glasses, with the first line set to launch after 2025 using Google's Android XR operating system and AI assistant.
Google I/O 2025 unveils Android XR glasses integrating Gemini AI assistant, enabling hands-free help with messaging, translation, navigation, and photo capture by understanding your context through shared vision and audio.
Meta's plans for 'super sensing' facial recognition glasses that can identify people by name and track activities have reignited privacy debates, as the tech giant re-evaluates policies after previously scrapping similar technology due to concerns.
Meta soared with 16% revenue growth to $42.3 billion in Q1 2025, fueled by its expanding user base reaching 3.43 billion daily active people and the success of its AI initiatives, including AI glasses and Meta AI with nearly 1 billion monthly active users.
Meta's updated privacy policy for Ray-Ban Meta glasses enables AI features and data collection by default, raising concerns as users' voice recordings, photos, and videos could be used for AI training without explicit consent.
Snap unveils groundbreaking AI-generated Video Lenses for Snapchat, offering premium users immersive augmented reality experiences like 'Raccoon', 'Fox', and 'Spring Flowers', with more weekly releases planned, showcasing the company's cutting-edge generative video capabilities.