Overview: The XR & Smart Glasses Market Intelligence Tracker provides Counterpoint’s perspective on a curated selection of recent news and articles about AR, VR/MR, and smart glasses that shape the ecosystem, spanning OEMs, supply chain players, content providers, and more. It offers readers insights into the current state of the sector and its potential implications, helping them connect the dots.
In this report, we analyze key developments in the XR and smart glasses ecosystem from August 2025. Highlights include the launch of the vivo Vision MR headset, HTC’s first smart glasses—the VIVE Edge, DPVR’s debut smart glasses—the VisionRay AI Glasses, the acquisition of Plessey Semiconductors by Haylo Labs, and Sunny Optics’ strategic cooperation with Goertek Optical Technology on XR optical technologies.