Brilliant Labs to Launch Next-gen Smart Glasses on July 31st

Brilliant Labs to Launch Next-gen Smart Glasses on July 31st

Brilliant Labs announced it’s getting ready to launch its next generation of smart glasses at the end of the month, making it the company’s third device since it was founded in 2019. In 2023, Brilliant Labs released Monocle, a developer kit which included a single heads-up display that was meant to be clipped onto existing

Sharp Unveils Prototype VR Controller, Combining Haptic Gloves & Standard Buttons

Sharp Unveils Prototype VR Controller, Combining Haptic Gloves & Standard Buttons

Sharp announced it’s releasing a prototype VR haptic controller in Japan, which aims to reproduce the sense of touch in VR while serving a familiar button layout. Japan-based Sharp says its VR haptic controllers can let users sense texture thanks to “multi-segmented tactile elements” placed on the device’s fingertips. Various vibration patterns on the surface are meant

Meta Researchers Reveal Compact Ultra-wide Field-of-View VR & MR Headsets

Meta Researchers Reveal Compact Ultra-wide Field-of-View VR & MR Headsets

Ahead of an upcoming technical conference, researchers from Meta’s Reality Labs Research group published details on their work toward creating ultra-wide field-of-view VR & MR headsets that use novel optics to maintain a compact goggles-style form-factor. Published in advance of the ACM SIGGRAPH 2025 Emerging Technologies conference, the research article details two headsets, each achieving a