Finally, the Vanguard has both voice control with the Meta AI assistant and button controls, with two buttons and a volume slider on the arm (positioned on the underside for anyone wearing a helmet). The glasses also have two over-ear speakers and a 5-mic array for calls.

Jay Kim, Head of Customer Experience at Samsung, said, “We’re working with two of the most forward thinking brands in eyewear, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, to introduce new devices that fit into your lifestyle. We brought mobile AI to millions of people, and we will continue with Android XR."

Meta Platforms is the global leader when it comes to smart glasses. More than two million pairs of Ray-Ban Meta have been sold since their launch in 2023, according to Meta’s eyewear-manufacturing partner EssilorLuxottica. Last month, Meta launched a $799 version of the smart glasses with a small built-in display.

ZDNET's key takeaways At Samsung's Galaxy XR event, the company teased upcoming smart glasses.Samsung is partnering with Warby Parker and Gentle Monster to design them.The glasses will likely be released over the next year with Android XR at its core.

As part of its Galaxy XR headset presentation, Samsung also briefly teased another wearable product. It's working in collaboration with two eyewear companies, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster, on AI-powered smart glasses to go up against Meta's Ray-Ban models,

Patients wore camera-equipped smart glasses, which transmitted zoomed-in images of the world to the retinal implant using near infrared light. The retinal implant then pulsed small electrical signals into the optic nerve,

After 10 long months of rumors, teases, and hype, Samsung finally delivered on the Project Moohan promise with the launch of the Galaxy XR headset. The new VR headset (or is it AR? Or XR?) is priced at $1,