Xreal's Project Aura is the second official Android XR headset

Late last year Google announced its new extended reality ecosystem, Android XR, designed to go up against Meta Quest and Apple's Vision Pro. Along with that it introduced the first device, Samsung's Project Moohan, a virtual reality-style headset. Now as part of Google I/O, Xreal has unveiled Project Aura, the second official Android XR device. Rather than being a full headset, it's a pair of lightweight see-through "tethered" glasses powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor. It incorporates Google's Gemini AI and will deliver both optical see-through (OST) and virtual see-through (VST) cinematic experiences, according to Google and Xreal. The new XR glasses are a "call to action" for developers, the companies said. They invited that community to "begin envisioning new applications and use cases for this next generation of XR," adding that developers already building for headsets on the platform will be able to easily bring their apps to Project Aura. Xreal and Google didn't relea ... Read full article.