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Snap teases its sixth-gen AR glasses, called Specs, with a brief Instagram glimpse and a June 16 reveal at the Augmented World Expo in Long Beach, where CEO Evan Spiegel will keynote. Specs Inc, the XR unit, markets the consumer-focused device around built‑in AI and privacy protections, following Snap’s Illumix acquisition and amid broader company layoffs.
Meta is spinning out Supernatural as an independent company called Supernatural Health. The current Supernatural app will wind down on December 3, and a new app is expected later this fall in Quest's Horizon Store, built by a smaller team with some of the original coaches back on board. Pricing is returning to the original $20/month ($200/year) after a Founding Member rate of $180 for the first year. Founders and coaches are departing from Meta, and the updated app will bring fresh workouts and features. The move follows Meta's 2021 $400 million acquisition of Within and a subsequent FTC antitrust case that was dropped in 2023.
Acer returns to the XR scene with two new wearables: the tethered AR Vision GR0 glasses, offering dual microOLED displays and a claimed 172-inch virtual screen from 6 meters, launching in North America at $500 (EU €600 in Q4 2026, Australia AU$1,000 in Q3 2026); and the GI0 AI Glasses, a Meta Ray‑Ban–style model powered by Google Gemini for AI queries, with a 12 MP camera (3,024×4,032 stills; 1,920×1,080 video at 30 FPS) and an AspireSync companion app, priced around NA $300 with EU €400 and AU$600 launches planned in 2026.