Month: June 2026
Qualcomm’s latest chip hints that more powerful smart glasses could be on the way
Smart glasses are still a nascent category, but chipmaker Qualcomm is hard at work upgrading the silicon to power the next wave of XR devices: the Snapdragon Reality Elite. Although Qualcomm is announcing the chip today at Augmented World Expo, we’ve technically already gotten a hands-on with a device powered…
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Qualcomm unveils its Snapdragon Reality Elite chip for next-gen AR headsets
Qualcomm's new Snapdragon Reality Elite promises a boost for AR and mixed reality devices. Source
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One Climate Change Innovation: Just Look Up
To build one family’s dream house on a flood-prone Mississippi bayou, AD100 architect Tom Kundig decided the sky’s the limit. Source
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You Can Finally Buy Snap’s New AR Specs—for $2,195
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel lays out the company’s vision for its augmented-reality smart glasses, arriving later this year. Source
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Snap is finally about to ship AR glasses — and they cost a fortune
Snap is finally launching augmented glasses for the public. Specs, which Snap describes as “a wearable computer built into see-through augmented reality glasses,” will cost $2,195. You can preorder a pair of Specs now at specs.com with a $200 refundable deposit, and Snap says they’re expected to ship “this fall”…
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‘We are building a global movement’ — UK’s teen social media ban sparks a campaign to defend the open internet
UK digital rights advocates join the newly formed Stop Killing the Internet movement The group was launched a day after the UK announced an upcoming social media ban for under-16s A petition urging the UK government to scrap its plan is also now live Just 24 hours after the British…
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