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Magic Leap and Google showcase what's next for AI smart glasses

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Magic Leap extended its partnership with Google.

The companies showed a prototype of AR/AI smart glasses.

The collaboration merges strong features from each company.

Magic Leap plans to bring its over 15 years of experience in the AR space to the booming AI smart glasses market through a continued partnership with Google XR.

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On Wednesday, Magic Leap published a blog post detailing its plan for its next-generation AR glasses. In its collaboration with Google, the company said that it is focused on developing AR glasses prototypes that "balance visual quality, comfort, and manufacturability."

A prototype showing the progress made by the two companies in developing the AR glasses was on display at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) stage. The glasses maintained the standard look of black-rimmed glasses, similar to those of the Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarers or the Android XR glasses prototype shown at Google I/O.

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