Meta’s Orion AR glasses are still being prototyped, while Baidu's take on the technology ships next year. Is Meta... Unready Player Two?

When the glasses start shipping sometime next year, they could become the Chinese consumers' alternative to Meta's and Snap's devices. Meta teamed up with Ray Ban a few years ago to release a pair of smart sunglasses that can livestream and send photos hands-free.

Baidu is gunning for the AI-powered smart glasses market, going head-to-head with giants like Meta, Snap, and others. On Tuesday, during a Shanghai event, Baidu’s hardware brand Xiaodu’s head, Li Ying,