A lot of smart glasses are flooding into 2026, and another company is joining the fray. Acer, the computer-maker, on Friday announced two models coming later in the year. Based on their descriptions, expect one to be like the Meta Ray-Ban glasses and the other more like what TCL, Xreal and Viture offer for plug-in display glasses .

Acer's $500 AR Vision GR0 glasses promise "augmented reality," but sound exactly like other display-enabled plug-in glasses on the market: more like headphones for your eyes. They have 1080p micro-OLED displays and built-in speakers, weigh 69 grams (2.4 ounces; about average for the landscape), but there's no mention of other display customizations like Xreal and Viture offer.…