UK practice Heatherwick Studio has designed its first eyewear collection for Japanese brand Jins, comprising asymmetric frames with playful rippling surfaces. More about Heatherwick Studio designs glasses for Jins informed by movement of liquid
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
Finnish company Ixi has revealed what it describes as the world's first "auto-focus glasses", which change their optical power depending on where the wearer is looking. More about Ixi introduces "auto-focus glasses" that switch from reading to long-distance prescriptions
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
Glasses are displayed on cornstarch shelves and "pixelated" display cases for our most recent lookbook, which features ten eyewear stores with bold design. More about Ten contemporary eyewear shops with eye-catching designs
Eyewear brand Cubitts has collaborated with nine artists to create unusual spectacles including a model with different-sized lenses by David Shrigley, which will be exhibited during London Design Festival. More about David Shrigley and Faye Toogood create quirky glasses for Cubitts auction
A person can change the prescription of their eyewear with a quick swipe with the 32°N sunglasses by technology company DeepOptics. More about 32°N adaptive focus sunglasses can switch from distance to reading mode
The latest edition of our weekly Dezeen Agenda newsletter features Apple's unveiling of Vision Pro, a mixed-reality headset. Subscribe to Dezeen Agenda now. More about Dezeen Agenda features Apple's mixed-reality headset
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
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
Benjamin Hubert's studio Layer has designed a pair of smart glasses for tech company Viture that puts a virtual screen in the wearer's line of sight so they can play games or stream media. More about Layer designs Viture One smart glasses to stream immersive video anywhere
Berlin-based eyewear brand Reframd has designed a range of 3D-printed sunglasses specifically for people with low and wide noses. More about Reframd creates "Afropolitan" sunglasses designed to fit black faces
Austrian eyewear manufacturer Rolf has designed a collection of glasses that are 3D printed from a mixture of water and powdered castor beans. More about Rolf designs 3D-printed glasses made from castor beans
Apple is developing an augmented reality wearable headset called Apple Glass, according to rumours circulating online. More about Apple Glass details discussed online amid rumours of forthcoming AR headset
Corn husks, wool and yoghurt pots are some of the materials used in a series of experimental spectacles by British eyewear brand Cubitts. More about Cubitts makes Redux glasses from waste materials including human hair and potatoes
London-based designer Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of periscope glasses that allow the wearer to see over the top of people at music events. More about Dominic Wilcox's periscope glasses grant shorter people a height advantage
New York-based designer Nikolas Bentel and his brother Lukas took cues from Instagram face filters when creating these undulated red glasses. More about Bentel Brothers design red glasses as "squiggle for your face"
London-based eyewear brand Kite has teamed up with Benjamin Hubert's design agency Layer to launch a service that takes 3D scans of customers' faces, then uses them to produce perfectly fitting frames. More about Kite offers eyewear that is 3D-printed to fit exact measurements of any face
Spacon & X designed the interior for Ace & Tate's new glasses store in Copenhagen using geometric shapes and primary colours to evoke the experience of entering an artist's studio. More about Ace & Tate's Copenhagen eyewear store features blocks of primary colours
Highly personalised frames, glasses that block out screens and lenses that put a filter on the world are among the eyewear concepts proposed by contemporary Israeli designers for the Design Museum Holon. More about 15 radical concepts for the future of eyewear