Google Taps Xreal for ‘Optical See-Through’ Smart Glasses That Could Beat Meta’s Orion AR Glasses

We told you Google would be gunning for Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses with its Android XR “spatial computing” platform that was announced last year. At its I/O developer conference today, the tech giant said it’s teaming up with Xreal for a pair of next-gen augmented reality smart glasses called Project Aura. Details are light right now, and Xreal told Gizmodo it won’t be demoing Project Aura at the show, but we do know a few things that should get your gears turning on where things are headed. According to Xreal, Project Aura is an “optical-see-through (OST) device” that’s “lightweight and tethered, cinematic, and Gemini-AI-powered.” It has a “large field-of-view experience.” How wide? Xreal hasn’t said. The company’s current top-of-the-line One Pro smart glasses have a 57-degree FOV. Each new iteration has brought a wider viewing experience—the One have a 50-degree FOV and the Air 2 Pro have a 46-degree FOV. A wider FOV means looking at the built-in virtual displays feels less like p ... Read full article.