Google and Xreal’s ‘Project Aura’ XR Smart Glasses Are Legit
Google and Xreal have unveiled their new XR smart glasses, Project Aura, at Google I/O 2026. These glasses aim to provide a spatial computing experience while remaining lightweight and comfortable. Although specific pricing and release dates are not yet available, early demos suggest a promising user interface and functionality.
- ▪Project Aura smart glasses run on Google's Android XR spatial platform.
- ▪The glasses feature three cameras for photos, videos, and hand tracking.
- ▪They offer a wide field of view, allowing users to see multiple app windows simultaneously.
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I came to Google I/O 2026 to try out Google and Xreal’s “Project Aura” XR smart glasses and I’m happy to report that I got more than 90 seconds with them. Launching globally this year, Project Aura is a pair of XR smart glasses that run on Google’s Android XR spatial platform. While neither company shared details on pricing or a specific release date yet, media like myself did get to demo them to get a taste of what to expect. They’re exactly as I expected them to be: a halfway point between the displayless smart glasses like Ray-Ban Meta AI glasses (and Google’s and Samsung’s new “audio glasses”) and a more immersive headset like the Vision Pro or Galaxy XR. You get “spatial computing” experience in a pair of compact frames.
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