Bailenson and other Stanford researchers tested out the Meta Quest 3, a “mixed reality” headset that lets people blend physical and virtual worlds. While the headset is different from AR glasses, the gadget can display real-time video of a user’s surroundings in the physical world.

The new 5th Gen Snap Spectacles have been announced at the Snap Partner Summit 2024. This new generation of Spectacles is seeking to one day replace people’s smartphones with their built-in AR capabilities and portability.

Snap revealed its fifth generation of Spectacles, an augmented reality headset, powered by Snap OS, on Tuesday. Read more here.

Snap, the company behind the social media platform Snapchat, has launched its fifth-generation Spectacles AR glasses.

The fifth-gen Snap AR Spectacles are expected to see a limited release for developers who are willing to pay to build on it.

I spoke with Snap CEO Evan Spiegel about what the company announced at its annual Partner Summit on Tuesday.   This story is exclusively for subscribers of Command Line, our newsletter about the tech industry’s inside conversation.

Snap, the company behind Snapchat, has today announced the fifth generation of its ‘Spectacles’ AR glasses. These new see-through, standalone AR glasses are designed to enable users to interact with ‘Lenses’ and experience the world in novel ways alongside friends.