At Augmented World Exhibition (AWE) 2025, an annual expo for all things AR/XR, Snap said its next-gen spectacles, which are both “lightweight” and “immersive,” will be launching next year.

Google and Open AI have hinted at where they think AI hardware will go — and so far, it looks like Jony Ive and Sam Altman aren’t betting on glasses.

And while smart glasses will be able to run SLMs on their own, that doesn’t mean they won’t work in tandem with a constellation of devices around you, whether it’s your smartphone or PC.