Google to release development tools for Android XR glasses later this year

At AWE 2025, Google made some interesting announcements about the development for Android XR glasses, and I would like to share them with you. Development for smartglasses Smartglasses are the most hyped technology of the moment in XR. Everyone is excited about their possibilities, and especially by how they could be the interface that lets […]

AWE Day 1: Snap announces new glasses for 2026, Qualcomm announces AR1+ chipset

Today has been my first day at AWE US 2025 in Long Beach (California): I have tried various interesting pieces of hardware, and I will tell about my experiences on this blog. However, I would like to dedicate my first article not to some hands-on content, but to some interesting announcements that occurred during the […]

The XR Week Peek (2025.06.09): Apple announces a lot of visionOS updates, Meta may release a lightweight headset, and more!

Hello everyone from the Los Angeles area! I’m back in the US for AWE, and I’m very excited to start this new adventure today! As usual, I will be your eyes there and I will report to you everything interesting that I see there. If there is something you are curious about, let me know, […]

The XR Week Peek (2025.06.02): Anduril and Meta become partners, MIXED magazine closes, and much more!

Today is the day we celebrate the Italian Republic, so theoretically I should be on holiday, but actually I’m here, writing this article to inform you about the most interesting things that have happened in XR in the past week!  As usual, I will be very informative for you all, my human readers, but it seems […]

The XR Week Peek (2025.05.27): Meta overhauls the Quest UI, Apple may launch its glasses in 2026, and more!

I’m back in Italy, after my two-week trip to China (where I had a troubled story with my Quest). I’m happy to be back eating pasta, but I will miss the small restaurants with delicious Asian food that I had close to my place in Shenzhen. Now I’m staying a bit here, and then, as […]

The XR Week Peek (2025.05.21): Google teases its smartglasses, Valve Deckard gets an unexpected leak, and more!

Hello from Shenzhen, China! This is the last city of my Chinese trip, and together with some very interesting discussions I’m having with people here and some new great friends I’m making, I’m also enjoying a lot of Chinese food, since my B&B is in a part of the city full of small local restaurants. […]