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Meta and Google made big promises at AWE, but AR glasses' future is still messy


Reps from Google, Meta, XREAL, Qualcomm, and other industry titans all debated when and how augmented reality would "go mainstream."

Meta's Kelly Ingham, Lenovo's Jason McGuigan, and XREAL's Ralph Jodice at AWE 2025 (Image credit: Michael Hicks / Android Central)"Displays are still heavy, right? XREAL's Ralph Jodice, whose company recently made Android XR-powered AR glasses, noted that while they've successfully grown FoV from 30º to 57º in the last couple years and will soon hit 70º, their customers aren't satisfied. So while bigger developers can join Android XR at the ground floor, the smaller devs might wait for Samsung to make an actual smart glasses product first.

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