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

Gizmodo reports Xreal priced its Aura glasses at $1,279, $20 less than Meta's VR Glasses, and opened preorders for people who had placed deposits. Both pairs support mixed reality, use tethered compute pucks and have a 70-degree field of view. As of October 7, Xreal said Aura would ship “soon” in the U.S., Canada, Japan and South Korea; Meta's glasses were slated for spring 2027.