Top story: Samsung's first Android XR glasses have leaked (more below).

Other stories: The European Data Protection Board has adopted a statement on smart glasses calling for recording indicators that are reliable and hard to ignore, and recommending that recording should be impossible when the indicator is covered, alongside an expert report (more below).

What happened? SammyGuru reports that Samsung's first Android XR glasses are camera equipped smart glasses without a display, weighing from 41g, with a 12MP camera recording 3K video at 30fps, a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chip, 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage and up to nine hours of battery, or 72 hours with the charging case, across 25 styles from Gentle Monster and Warby Parker.

The glasses will reportedly work with both Android phones and iPhones, though some features need a Samsung flagship running One UI 9 and a Galaxy Watch on Wear OS 7, with Gemini handling the AI and Gentle Monster offering prescription lenses.

The glasses are rumoured to launch in November, after a Samsung official told the Korea Herald the company would release them that month, though no date or price has been confirmed.

Apple has released Remnants, the first horror film in the Apple Immersive format, written and directed by Ti West and premiering exclusively on Vision Pro on 16 October in 8K 180 degree video.

The European Data Protection Board has adopted a statement on smart glasses calling for recording indicators that are reliable and hard to ignore, and recommending that recording should be impossible when the indicator is covered, alongside an expert report.

GOLF+ has added Payne's Valley, the first public course designed by Tiger Woods, and will spin its mixed reality Immersive Putting mode out into a separate app targeted for early November.

Kluge Interactive has released its annual free spooky update for Synth Riders on Quest, PS VR2 and Steam, adding Apashe's "Lord & Master" alongside new Neon Bloom and Flash effects for standalone headsets.

Meta has launched Sensing Art with EssilorLuxottica and Milan's Pinacoteca di Brera, a bookable tour where its AI glasses recognise eight artworks and play the museum's audio descriptions for blind and low vision visitors.

Meta has announced Ma Vie World Tour, a 12 minute documentary following Doja Cat on tour that was filmed almost entirely on Ray-Ban Meta glasses, premiering on her YouTube channel on 23 October.

Observatory, the London immersive studio, has directed two climate installations for EarthSonic, with music from Paranoid London and Orbital's Paul Hartnoll, premiering at Amsterdam's Nxt Museum on 22 October during ADE Arts & Culture.

Romain Simon has launched VR Phobia: Birds on Meta Quest, a graded exposure app that takes users from a distant sparrow to a bird resting on their hand, though it has not been clinically evaluated.

Sandbox VR will open its first New York location in Times Square on 23 October, marking its 100th venue worldwide with six private VR rooms.

Sandisk will be the exclusive provider of official Made for Meta microSD Express cards and USB-C flash drives for Meta VR Glasses, which support cards up to 1TB when they launch next spring.

Supernatural Health has confirmed the independent relaunch of Supernatural is coming "soon" in early access on Quest, carrying over users' points, streaks and badges alongside thousands of workouts.

TDK has been demonstrating its 150 nanometre meta optic mirror, a flat alternative to waveguides for retinal projection smart glasses, at CEATEC 2026 from 13 to 16 October.

Valve has discontinued the Index after seven years, cutting remaining headsets by 20% to $399.20 (£367.20) while confirming existing owners remain supported on SteamVR.

Valve may be working on an OLED Steam Frame, after the codename "Plano" appeared in public kernel source code describing a 3,552 × 3,840 per eye panel on the same chipset.

Virtuix has become an official Meta reseller, which it says is a first outside major retailers, and will sell Omni One bundles with Quest 3 and Quest 3S headsets alongside replacement accessories.

XREAL has launched the 1 Pro+ AR glasses at $599, a One Pro refresh with 1,200 nit peak brightness, 60fps 2D to 3D conversion and a redesigned nose pad, plus a UK bundle with XREAL Eye for £599.