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  Qualcomm’s Big Showcase at IMC 2025: Drones, AR Glasses, Royal Enfield’s First EV, and More

  At India Mobile Congress 2025, Qualcomm showcased innovations across smartphones, AI PCs, vehicles, and drones. Highlights included Royal Enfield’s Flying Flea C6 electric bike powered by Snapdragon chips, TechEagle’s Vertiplane X3 drone, and Snapdragon-powered AR glasses. The company also displayed its AI-enabled X85 5G Modem-RF system and sea...

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  Apple Smart Glasses Codename Leaked; Said to Arrive With Support for Apple Intelligence

  Apple is reportedly developing smart glasses resembling regular spectacles, according to reports. This follows the company's June 2023 launch of the high-end Apple Vision Pro headset, priced at $3,499 (roughly Rs. 2,98,600). The upcoming wearable is anticipated to be similar to Meta's Project Orion or the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which retail fo...

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  Snapchat Spectacles Get GPS-Powered AR Lenses and New Hand Tracking Capabilities

  Snapchat on Monday commemorated six months since the launch of the new fifth generation Snapchat Spectacles by announcing new AR effects and platform features for the augmented reality (AR) glasses. Lenses, which is what the company calls its AR effects, can now be built using GPS, GNSS, compass heading, and custom locations to provide real-time wa...

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  ‘Simple’ Snapchat App to Launch in Q1 2025, Says CEO; Announces Expansion of Spectacles to More Countries

  Snap Inc. is planning to introduce a “Simple” Snapchat app next year, the company CEO announced at the quarterly investors call on Tuesday. The multimedia instant messaging app revealed that it added 37 million users daily active users globally in the third quarter (Q3) of 2024, taking the total to 443 million.

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  Video: Bengaluru Woman Finds Live Cobra In Amazon Package, Company Responds

  The snake has been identified as a possible Spectacled Cobra, a highly venomous snake species indigenous to Karnataka.

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  Apple Patent Application Describes Dual-Axis Hinge Mechanism That Could Arrive on Apple's Smartglasses

  Apple's latest patent application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) describes the use of a redesigned component that could arrive on the company's purported smart glasses. A new hinge mechanism could debut on augmented reality (AR) glasses that appear similar to regular spectacles, and are eventually tipped to replace the iPho...

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  Google Cancelled Its 'Project Iris' AR Smart Glasses, Will Build AR Technology for OEM Partners: Report

  Google has reportedly killed Project Iris, after years of working on developing a pair of AR smart glasses that resembled regular spectacles, unlike the recently announced Apple Vision Pro mixed reality headset. The company plans to continue developing AR software and services while OEM partners, such as Samsung, work on launching AR hardware, acco...

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  Zeiss Reveals Apple Vision Pro Prescription Optical Inserts Ahead of 2024 Debut: Details

  Apple Vision Pro won't be available until next year, but Zeiss has already teased the arrival of its prescription lenses for the mixed reality headset. During the WWDC 2023 keynote event, Apple announced that the Vision Pro would also support optical inserts from Zeiss, which can be magnetically attached to the headset to provide vision correction ...

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  Apple Vision Pro Zeiss Prescription Lenses Could Cost Up to $600 a Pair: Mark Gurman

  Apple Vision Pro comes with a hefty $3,499 (roughly Rs. 2,88,600) price tag, but users who wear spectacles might have to spend more for prescription lenses. Here's what we can expect the upcoming Zeiss inserts for the Apple Vision Pro will cost when the headset is available in the US next year.

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  Snap to Buy Augmented Reality Company WaveOptics for Over $500 Million

  Snapchat parent company Snap announced on Friday that it will acquire WaveOptics, a British augmented reality (AR) technology company, for over $500 million (roughly Rs. 3,645 crores).

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  Snap to Introduce New Version of Spectacles Augmented Reality Glasses to Aid Artists and Developers

  Snap, owner of photo messaging app Snapchat, is developing new augmented reality (AR) glasses. The first to feature AR, Spectacles is a part of a push to create ways for users to interact with their environment.

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  Facebook Chief Scientist Says 'True AR Glasses' at Least Five Years Away

  Facebook is about five to 10 years away from being able to bring to market "true" augmented reality glasses, its chief scientist told Reuters, as the company released plans to launch a first generation product next year.

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  Spectacles 2, Spectacles 3 Smartglasses by Snap to Launch in India on July 4 for Starting Rs. 14,999

  Spectacles 2 and Spectacles 3 smartglasses by Snap, the parent company of social media platform Snapchat, are finally going to launch in India in July. The Snap's smartglasses made their debut in 2018 and 2019, respectively.

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  Snapchat Parent Said to Acquire Drone Manufacturing Firm for $1 Million

  According to a report in Buzzfeed on Sunday, Snap's interest in drone manufacturers means it has more than just a passing interest in hardware.

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  Snapchat Spectacles Get Customised Prescription Lenses Starting From $99

  In order to get the lenses, users are required to ship their Spectacles to the address provided by the company.