The Aura glasses are expected to launch for consumers between the end of this year and early next year, likely costing thousands of dollars.

We told you Google would be gunning for Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses with its Android XR “spatial computing” platform that was announced last year. At its I/O developer conference today, the tech giant said it’s teaming up with Xreal for a pair of next-gen augmented reality smart glasses called Project Aura.

Project Aura is the second project confirmed for Google's AI-powered Android XR family of products. The first is a mixed-reality VR headset made by Samsung called Project Moohan, which might be released later in 2025.