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At $1,279, Google’s Xreal Aura will go head-to-head with Meta’s VR Glasses - The Verge
Publisher description: Xreal has just opened Aura pre-orders starting at $1,279, making its Android XR device just $20 less than the Meta VR Glasses.
NewsAPI | Oct 7, 2026 | Sean Hollister
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Two weeks ago, journalists in the San Francisco Bay Area got to try two hot new wearables that weigh only around 100 grams: the just-revealed Meta VR Glasses, and the long-awaited transparent Google XR glasses built in partnership with Xreal. Xreal has just opened Aura pre-orders starting at $1,279, $20 less than the Meta VR Glasses. That’s for the Xreal Aura with 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage; there’ll also be a 16GB / 512GB config for $1,499. (Xreal couldn’t tell us whether the 16GB of RAM would be important for some apps by publish time.
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