Tech company Snap has blended the immersive display style of mixed-reality headsets with the lightweight appearance and functionality of AI glasses in its latest product, the Specs. More about Snap Specs bring rich augmented reality to smart glasses
Google and Samsung have entered the smart glasses market with Intelligent Eyewear – AI-powered wearables made in collaboration with South Korean and American eyewear brands Gentle Monster and Warby Parker. More about Google and Samsung launch AI-powered Intelligent Eyewear
Chinese company Even Realities has launched its latest AI smart glasses, the Even G2s, offering advanced functionality such as real-time conversation enhancement while avoiding the controversial technology of an outward-facing camera. More about Even Realities launches Even G2 smart glasses with camera-free AI functionality
Rumours of the metaverse's demise are greatly exaggerated – particularly when it comes to designing virtual buildings, writes Sarah Housley. More about "The idea of designing for virtual worlds is just getting started"
Technology company Meta has added to its Ray-Ban smart glasses series with the Meta Ray-Ban Display – its first pair to combine AI and augmented reality. More about Meta launches first AI smart glasses with integrated display
Technology company Meta has said "the wrist is the key" to the future of human-computer interaction after its engineers created a gesture-sensing wristband prototype. More about Meta envisions replacing keyboard and mouse with smart wristband
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Technology company Apple has entered the metaverse market with the announcement of its latest product – a mixed-reality headset that is set to go on sale in the US early next year. More about Apple unveils mixed-reality headset Vision Pro in first major product launch for a decade
Architecture studio SOM has worked with Princeton University's Form Finding Lab to create the Angelus Novus Vault – a self-balancing brick arch that was built using augmented-reality goggles. More about SOM and Princeton University use AR to construct self-balancing arch in Venice
Chinese electronics brand TCL has launched a pair of augmented-reality glasses at CES 2023 called RayNeo X2, with features including language translation and GPS navigation. More about TCL unveils AR glasses that overlay the world with digital info
Design firm Crosby Studios has teamed up with augmented reality technology company Zero10 for a pop-up store in Manhattan that aims to provide a virtual retail experience. More about Crosby Studios and Zero10 launch fashion pop-up that lets people "try on" virtual clothes
Japanese digital consultancy Gluon is combining data from laser scanning with 20,000 photographs to create an augmented reality model of the Nakagin Capsule Tower in Tokyo, which is currently being demolished. More about Gluon "using 3D data to save" the Nakagin Capsule Tower
Dezeen promotion: coffee brand Nespresso has enhanced its boutique windows through augmented reality, adding a digital experience to its festive campaign called Gifts of the Forest. More about Nespresso creates "enchanting phygital experience for the senses" with Gifts of the Forest campaign
London-based production studio Unit9 has created a tensegrity structure at this year's Goodwood Festival of Speed that can be transformed into a race track using an augmented reality app. More about Unit9 creates Lotus Aeroad tensegrity structure at Goodwood Festival of Speed
Gucci creative director Alessandro Michele has designed a pair of neon-coloured, digital-only trainers that people can try on using augmented reality and "wear" in photographs for social media. More about Gucci releases first virtual sneaker that can only be worn in digital environments
The Royal Shakespeare Company is set to put on a virtual play called Dream that will be performed by actors in motion capture suits and animated in real-time. More about Royal Shakespeare Company to stage live play in virtual Midsummer Night's Dream forest
Royal College of Art graduate Marcel/a Baltarete has created a series of short animations depicting themselves as otherworldly beings to alleviate and interrogate their feelings of gender dysphoria. More about Marcel/a Baltarete uses 3D animation as therapy for gender dysphoria
London non-profit BLAM has developed an augmented reality (AR) app called History Bites as part of Black History Month, which gives users the chance to see black history memorialised through virtual plaques and sculptures. More about BLAM app lets users erect augmented reality statues of historical black figures
Artist Olafur Eliasson has developed an augmented reality app that allows children to digitally transplant their faces onto their environment to help give them a voice in discussions about the climate crisis. More about Olafur Eliasson's AR Earth Speakr app lets children voice concerns about the climate
Building-technology supplier Jung is showcasing its augmented reality planning tool named AR-Studio alongside five of its latest collections at the VDF products fair. More about Jung introduces augmented reality planning tool at VDF products fair