Vuzix signs CommsPlus as a Pacific value-added distributor, ships a six-figure smart glasses order, and pushes M400 and LX1 into Australia, New Zealand, and selected Pacific frontline markets.
At Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm showcased PrismML’s 1-bit Bonsai LLM (~2B params, vision+language) running locally on Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 smart glasses — open-weight on-device AI, with no shipping frames announced yet.
CPSC and Health Canada flag INMO’s Air3 AR glasses for left-temple overheating. About 1,643 U.S. units and 120 in Canada; stop use and install firmware 3.16.
At Snapdragon Summit on September 23–24, Qualcomm and Inspecs unveiled the Enterprise Frame for industrial safety eyewear on Snapdragon AR1+, plus a Personal AI Health Alliance for clinics — with price and ship dates still unannounced.
At Meta Connect 2026, Mark Zuckerberg largely sidestepped the privacy backlash against always-on AI glasses while pitching Muse Confidential VM and Private Processing. Mashable, LA Times, NBC, and Meta Engineering set the record.
Meta unveils Ray-Ban Meta Audio at Connect 2026: camera-free AI glasses from $349, 43 grams, up to 12 hours battery—plus Ray-Ban Meta Gen 3 with cameras.
MIT Technology Review details viral non-consensual filming, police Meta glasses at Delhi protests, and Reliance Jio’s planned sub-$105 challenger—while crackdown odds stay slim.
Zuckerberg unveils Meta VR Glasses at Connect 2026: about 100 grams, controller-free hand and eye tracking, Muse in the OS. Gen 3 Ray-Ban Meta starts at $449.
Qualcomm unveiled Snapdragon Sound Elite Gen 2 at Snapdragon Summit on September 23: up to 2x on-device AI, Wi-Fi 6E without a phone, and a roadmap for audio glasses and hearables aiming at 2027.
WA bars wearing, using, storing, and charging smart glasses on public school sites from October 12. Parents, visitors, and contractors are included. No brand named.