Meta's AR glasses are probably not here until 2027

Executive summary

Welcome to your weekly briefing on the metaverse and spatial computing. Here are your snippets to sound smarter in meetings this week:

• Top story: Meta's AR glasses are probably not here until 2027 (analysis below).

• Event: The Immersive Wire and City, University of London is hosting a free networking and drinks event in London. Come along if you wish!

• Tangents series: Why I hate cucumbers.

• Other stories: Samsung's XR headset might have leaked on Geekbench, TechUK is hosting a Spatial LDN Vision Pro meetup in London, on 10 October, and the Peabody Awards are accepting submissions for the interactive and immersive category (more stories below).

Top story

Meta's AR glasses are probably not here until 2027.

• Why does this matter? A few pundits spat takes in 2020 that we would have full AR by 2025. That has not happened. If I were to guess why, the engineering and software considerations for making a computer on your face, while being slick enough to be as stylish as a watch, is taking some time. 

• How much could it weigh? The Information reckons it'll be 100g, which would be exceptionally light. 

Other stories:

• The Envision Smart Binoculars, which uses AR, is now on Kickstarter. 

• Exercise Your Demons!, a fitness game by developer Vyersoft, is coming soon. 

• HTC introduced VIVERSE Create, where people can create their own spaces with no-code tools.

• The Peabody Awards are accepting submissions for the interactive and immersive category.

• Meta is closing its Spark platform. 

  • also, Meta will allow 10 to 12-year-olds into the Horizon Worlds platform. 

• The Metaverse: A Critical Introduction is out 24 September. 

• Samsung's XR headset might have leaked on Geekbench. 

• TechUK is hosting a Spatial LDN Vision Pro meetup in London, on 10 October. 

• Virtuleap published a new paper on how VR can help with working memory and inhibitory control in young adults with intellectual developmental disabilities.

• V-Nova unveils its new V-Nova Studios business unit to focus on XR entertainment. 

Note: The Immersive Wire is run by Tom Ffiske, who also works within Accenture’s metaverse group. The contents of the newsletter should not be regarded as Accenture’s views.