Augmented Reality: Previews of ISMAR 09

Xreal’s long-hyped Aura glasses arrive soon for $1,279. Here’s how they fare against Meta’s recently announced VR Glasses.

Sony has new, spiffy see-through controllers and covers for its PlayStation 5 that let you see the hardware guts inside.

They fit better than they look and stay put when you move, but Snap’s $2,195 Specs still feel like a developer prototype in search of a purpose.

Samsung’s Frame and Frame Pro are both on sale, as well as some of our other favorite art TVs.

Five hauntings from the other side of technology.

Samsung’s The Frame is the leading art TV for a reason. The matte display makes paintings look like museum pieces, not a glossy screensaver.

With customizable “faces,” this 7-inch smart display is a unique hybrid between an iPhone and an Apple Watch.

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT for all users with an “Intelligent UI” that’s more visual—generating interactive elements as part of the chatbot’s outputs.

At Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.

Bridge Neurotech is planning to build a wearable brain-computer interface that uses ultrasound.

Apple’s Mac desktops have become some of the most sought-after computers this year, driven by surging interest in agentic AI. Here’s which model to buy depending on your use case.

Meta’s biggest model rivals the world’s best—and includes new features to keep agents from going off the rails.