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Immersive displays, headsets, smart glasses, virtual worlds, and applications of VR, AR, and mixed reality.

6,384 stories · 63 in 30 days · Updated Sep 28, 2026

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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

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2026474 stories
Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta↗ reddit.com · HN · 393 comments · 631 points · Sep 24, 2026
Meta VR Glasses↗ meta.com · HN · 478 comments · 495 points · Sep 23, 2026
The coolest use for the Vision Pro↗ christianselig.com · HN · 320 comments · 849 points · Jul 29, 2026
Show HN: Hallucinate – Massively Multiplayer Online Rave↗ hallucinate.site · HN · 201 comments · 442 points · May 28, 2026
Meta’s AI smart glasses and data privacy concerns↗ svd.se · HN · 809 comments · 1448 points · Mar 02, 2026
2025562 stories
Gemini 3 Pro: the frontier of vision AI↗ blog.google · HN · 295 comments · 566 points · Dec 05, 2025
Show HN: Glasses to detect smart-glasses that have cameras↗ github.com · HN · 193 comments · 509 points · Nov 28, 2025
The Chrome VRP Panel has decided to award $250k for this report↗ issues.chromium.org · HN · 270 comments · 514 points · Aug 11, 2025
New colors without shooting lasers into your eyes↗ dynomight.net · HN · 173 comments · 568 points · Jul 17, 2025
I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses↗ tomsguide.com · HN · 222 comments · 348 points · Apr 12, 2025
2024821 stories
Orion, our first true augmented reality glasses↗ about.fb.com · HN · 1045 comments · 1227 points · Sep 25, 2024
AI headphones let wearer listen to a single person in a crowd by looking at them↗ washington.edu · HN · 428 comments · 956 points · May 29, 2024
Vision Pro: What we got wrong at Oculus that Apple got right↗ hugo.blog · HN · 829 comments · 873 points · Mar 15, 2024
LED Matrix Earrings↗ mitxela.com · HN · 84 comments · 615 points · Feb 20, 2024
Disney unveils the HoloTile floor↗ ign.com · HN · 294 comments · 823 points · Jan 27, 2024
20231,002 stories
Freeaim VR Shoes↗ freeaim.com · HN · 47 comments · 78 points · Dec 30, 2023
PHOLED Will Transform Displays↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 191 comments · 220 points · Dec 21, 2023
Apple Vision Pro developer kit↗ developer.apple.com · HN · 90 comments · 100 points · Jul 24, 2023
Apple Vision Pro: Apple’s first spatial computer↗ apple.com · HN · 261 comments · 329 points · Jun 05, 2023
Apple Vision Pro Is Apple's New VR Headset↗ theverge.com · HN · 100 comments · 146 points · Jun 05, 2023
20221,351 stories
Zuckerberg's leaked email on VR strategy (2015)↗ scribd.com · HN · 445 comments · 294 points · Nov 09, 2022
Why are glasses so expensive? The industry prefers to keep that blurry (2019)↗ latimes.com · HN · 316 comments · 375 points · Nov 08, 2022
Meta VR prototypes aim to make VR 'indistinguishable from reality'↗ roadtovr.com · HN · 571 comments · 328 points · Jun 20, 2022
Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer↗ shop.simulavr.com · HN · 397 comments · 463 points · Feb 23, 2022
Second Sight left users of its retinal implants in the dark↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 85 comments · 276 points · Feb 15, 2022
20211,095 stories
The metaverse is already here – it's Minecraft↗ clivethompson.medium.com · HN · 364 comments · 567 points · Nov 02, 2021
The metaverse is bullshit↗ outline.com · HN · 747 comments · 1031 points · Oct 30, 2021
Simula One: an office-focused, standalone VR headset built on top of Linux↗ simulavr.com · HN · 219 comments · 567 points · Sep 29, 2021
What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week↗ blog.immersed.team · HN · 447 comments · 1028 points · Sep 28, 2021
Myopia treatment 'smart glasses' from Japan to be sold in Asia↗ asia.nikkei.com · HN · 319 comments · 541 points · Jan 25, 2021
20201,079 stories
I now have an Oculus paperweight↗ reddit.com · HN · 207 comments · 567 points · Nov 09, 2020
Oculus Quest 2↗ oculus.com · HN · 578 comments · 351 points · Sep 16, 2020
Relativty – An open-source VR headset↗ relativty.com · HN · 221 comments · 819 points · Sep 10, 2020
Holographic optics for thin and lightweight virtual reality↗ research.fb.com · HN · 104 comments · 344 points · Jun 30, 2020
Bosch Smart glasses: A tiny laser array paints images directly onto your retina↗ spectrum.ieee.org · HN · 265 comments · 400 points · Feb 04, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta↗ reddit.com · HN · 393 comments · 631 points · Sep 24, 2026
Meta VR Glasses↗ meta.com · HN · 478 comments · 495 points · Sep 23, 2026
ZuckOff is a free app that sees Meta glasses before they see you↗ wired.me · HN · 351 comments · 400 points · Sep 21, 2026
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 97 comments · 131 points · Sep 15, 2026
The Rise of Audio AR (2024)↗ dbreunig.com · HN · 22 comments · 34 points · Sep 24, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

Meta takes down a critical video about meta AI Glasses after filming at Meta↗ reddit.com · HN · 393 comments · 631 points · Sep 24, 2026
Meta VR Glasses↗ meta.com · HN · 478 comments · 495 points · Sep 23, 2026
ZuckOff is a free app that sees Meta glasses before they see you↗ wired.me · HN · 351 comments · 400 points · Sep 21, 2026
OpenAI buys smartphone camera maker Glass Imaging for $300M↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 97 comments · 131 points · Sep 15, 2026
Oslo bans smart glasses in schools↗ thelocal.no · HN · 10 comments · 41 points · Sep 14, 2026
The Rise of Audio AR (2024)↗ dbreunig.com · HN · 22 comments · 34 points · Sep 24, 2026
ZuckOff Is a Free App That Sees Meta Glasses Before They See You↗ wired.com · HN · 5 comments · 24 points · Sep 16, 2026
Developer created an app to detect nearby Meta glasses↗ businessinsider.com · HN · 2 comments · 9 points · Sep 11, 2026
Oslo bans smart glasses in schools↗ thelocal.no · HN · 0 comments · 8 points · Sep 10, 2026
Meta deletes this satirical video about its smart glasses from Instagram↗ youtube.com · HN · 0 comments · 7 points · Sep 24, 2026

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