AR Glasses Have a Massive Size Problem

According to io9, augmented reality glasses remain trapped by a design paradox: they need enough power to be useful, but that bulk makes them unwearable. Snap CEO Evan Spiegel's new Spectacles exemplify the challenge. The industry has chased AR for years, but no one has cracked the equation of fitting computing power into a form factor that looks like actual glasses. Until that changes, AR glasses will stay a niche gadget, not a mainstream device.

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