Xreal prices Aura glasses at $1,279, $20 below Meta's VR glasses

Gizmodo reports Xreal priced its upcoming Aura glasses at $1,279, $20 below Meta's VR glasses, and opened preorders for people who had put down a deposit. Both pairs support mixed reality, use a Snapdragon Reality Elite-powered compute puck and have a 70-degree field of view. In its October 7 report, Gizmodo said Xreal expected Aura to ship “soon” in the U.S., Canada, Japan and South Korea; Meta's release window was spring 2027.