The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR
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- Comments60
–Rank now
#16Peak rank
1Days on list
–Score · 7d
Oct 29, 2026First seen
On Hacker News
- Points
- 72
- Comments
- 60
- Submitted by
- yincrash
- Posted
- Oct 28, 2026
- Site
- blog.google
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Trending history
The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 29, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 28 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #16 of 30, reached on Oct 29, 18:37 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 29, 19:37 UTC.
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It's going to be interesting to see this compete with the Meta VR glasses. They are essentially identical for productivity except the Aura has physical light pass through while the VR glasses use external cameras to provide pass through. The Meta VR glasses will have better resolution I think, but then the Aura has…
One thing I learned recently is that some manufacturers list horizontal FOV, some list diagonal. And... yeah, they don't say which it is here.
I actually don't see any reason why I would use this instead of my Xreal Air (released like 3 years ago) + Samsung Dex. The phone is a perfect "compute puck" for wired AR glasses and Google even makes them, so why the heck are they selling separate compute pucks with these glasses and making them unaffordable?? Just…
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Is The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR trending on Hacker News right now?
Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 29, 19:37 UTC, after 1 day of trending.
What is the highest rank The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR reached?
#16 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 29, 18:37 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.
How long has The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR been trending?
It was first seen on Oct 29, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (28 checks) since.
How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?
72 points and 60 comments; submitted by yincrash on Oct 28, 2026.