A while back, we managed to get a look at the launch of the XREAL AURA, a pair of wired XR glasses which runs on Google’s Android XR platform. Powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite chip, the glasses are now closer than ever to landing in the hands of buyers and early adopters , at a rather hefty sum of $1,099.

Weighing under 95 grams, the glasses feature transparent lenses and a 70-degree field of view, and allow users to arrange multiple resizable app windows around them, connect a laptop via USB-C using Wired Mirroring, and use Gemini to interact with or analyze everything visible in both the real world and digital displays, including live visual context sharing.

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For entertainment, the AURA also functions as a private theater for streaming apps like YouTube and Google TV, adjustable lens dimming, and a new spatial gallery in Google Photos.…