In a UC Today interview, Hololight’s Florian Haspinger praised the $2,195 SPECS display but said the glasses suit a few hours of enterprise work a day, not an eight-hour shift, with streaming doing the heavy rendering.
The open-source iPhone app for Ray-Ban Meta glasses now accepts ChatGPT Plus/Pro and SuperGrok sign-ins through CLI login surfaces it calls undocumented, and on October 4 it moved eight API keys and tokens out of a plain-text settings file.
Norway’s government will propose a temporary ban on AI glasses in selected public, child-focused and privacy-sensitive places, with exemptions and an expert group to draft permanent rules. Which devices count is still undecided.
Chinese reports say Insta360’s prototype smart glasses prioritize hands-free capture over a voice assistant, with a swappable front frame, a patented body-worn battery and Alibaba’s Qwen likely on board. No price or date yet.
Boston startup Legato opens U.S. sales of Legato Frames, FDA-regulated OTC AI hearing glasses from $999 with on-device SpeechSense processing and prescription lenses.
Counterpoint Research puts Rokid at No. 1 in the display-enabled AR and AI glasses segment with 41% H1 2026 shipment share, as that category jumps 449% YoY.
Vuzix introduces Shrike, a configurable waveguide AR display platform for defense and first responders, with evaluation units shipping as of September 29, 2026.
Information Age (ACS) says Meta is still expanding VR Glasses, Ray-Ban Meta Audio, and Muse Charm while Australia’s privacy commissioner and prime minister weigh tougher rules on surveillance wearables.
Korean outlets report Meta will bring Naver Map real-time walking directions to Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley Meta AI glasses by year-end, with open-ear audio and nearby-place voice queries.
UploadVR reports Meta is bringing its Muse personal AI agent to AI glasses, with voice-first actions, glance-aware tasks, and near-term timing still split between weeks and months.