XR Face-Off: The Top Smart Glasses & Mixed Reality Headsets of 2025–26
Apple Vision Pro shipped in early 2024 at $3,499 with dual 4K micro-OLED displays and M2/R1 chips. Meta Quest 3 launched in October 2023 at $499, offering standalone VR/MR with 2064×2208 LCD per eye. Microsoft ended HoloLens 2 production in 2024, with software support until 2027. Samsung, Sony, and Google plan new XR devices for 2025–2026, with prices ranging from $1,000 to $4,750.