Wearable screens, heads-up displays, color-changing lenses, and automatic caption glasses stood out at the Consumer Electronics Show.

CES 2025 was the year of the smart glasses. AR / VR headsets were everywhere. Just when we thought we covered them all – check out our coverage so far on the XREAL One Pro and Chamelo – we'd come across yet another new pair of smart glasses.

The first bucket is the simple and stylish glasses. The more stylish and comfortable smart glasses are, the fewer features they tend to have. But for this group, that’s often a good thing.

Rokid has announced its latest pair of smart glasses at CES 2025, the AR Spatial, which can project a massive 300-inch display.

CES 2025 has been a significant one for smart glasses — so much so that I’m confident at least a couple of these will adorn our list of the best smart glasses (provided they play their cards right). You see,

Fortunately, some of the best smart glasses we saw at the show will, making the product category one of the most exciting ones going into the rest of 2025. Over the past week, ZDNET has been scouring the show floor to select the best of the best.