After the announcement of the Snap Specs at AWE, I saw a lot of criticism around the latest glasses released by Snap, and this triggered me a bit. Let me rant with you a bit about that. The critics about Snap Right after Snap announced Specs at AWE, the press and the online tech community […]
It’s the last day of June, and I’m writing this newsletter across airports during my trip to Berlin to be a mentor at the XRCC hackathon. It’s a pretty busy period of the year… Top news of the week Valve launches Steam Machine starting at $1,050 In the end, the rumor from last week was true, and […]
I just went back from the United States, where I had a very hectic AWE. I will publish some interesting articles about it in the upcoming weeks, so stay tuned (Actually, I have already published some: check out my hands on with Lumus and bHaptics!). And you will recognize that most of the news in […]
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to try a private demo by Lumus, the company producing waveguides for smartglasses and AR glasses. And they finally showed me the path to 70° FOV AR glasses. Lumus Lumus is a company focused on creating waveguides for glasses (AR glasses or smartglasses). They don’t produce the glasses themselves, but […]
Today was the big day: Snap finally announced on the stage of AWE the Specs glasses, the first consumer-oriented AR glasses. I guess you’ve already read the news somewhere else, but let me give you some insights I got about it directly from AWE, plus show you an interview I had with the head of […]
I’m here in Long Beach, California, and I can’t wait for AWE to start tomorrow! It’s going to be a great event, with the Snap Specs announcement, the public demos of XREAL Aura glasses, and a lot more! I will report to you as much as I can… stay tuned on my blog and my […]
In my latest trip to China, I tried a lot of smart glasses. Often, people ask me which one was the best, which is a question that is very hard to answer, because every glass has its pros and cons. So what I’m going to do here is list the features I loved most for […]
Hello everyone from Silicon Valley! Today I had a very pleasant meeting with some VR folks here… I had a really nice time, with the exception of the moment when someone took some pineapple and put it on his pizza. I had to wash my eyes with bleach to unsee what I just saw. Anyway, apart […]
Last week, I wrote a post for you describing my first-hand impressions of Huawei AI Glasses. In the article, I describe some special features of the glasses, such as their being waterproof, but then I add that, of course, I couldn’t try them during a store demo. Well, in an expected turn of events, I […]
I’m back in Italy… but just for one week. I have 6 days to eat the most pasta and gelato that I can before going to the US, both to have meetings and to attend AWE in Long Beach! My trip to China has been one of the most interesting I have ever had in […]
Thanks to the amazing team at AWE, I’ve been given the exclusive opportunity to preview five interesting companies that will exhibit at the AWE USA event taking place in Long Beach (LA) from the 15th to the 18th of June, 2026. These companies had pretty cool stuff to show me… and I can show it […]
