Apple is accelerating development of AI-powered smart glasses designed to pair with iPhone, with production targeted for late 2026 and a potential launch in 2027.

Smart glasses are the natural future of spatial AI because they fit into everyday life in a way headsets never will. Apple’s pivot toward glasses is a strategic move.

Apple Inc. has hit pause on a planned overhaul to its Vision Pro headset to redirect resources toward a more urgent effort: developing smart glasses that can rival products from Meta Platforms Inc.

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Apple has paused development of a cheaper Vision Pro headset to redirect resources toward smart glasses that could rival Meta’s successful Ray-Ban products. The company is developing two types of ...

Back in June of 2023, I was among one of the first 100 or so non-Apple employees to try the Vision Pro, the much-hyped mixed reality headset by the tech giant. Despite having tried my fair share of AR ...

Why Is This Important: This is basically Apple planting its flag and saying they’re the king of this whole “spatial computing” world. Why Should I Care: So, what’s in it for you? This is still all ...