One potentially dodgy and slightly ambiguous Faultline prediction was that 2025 would be the year of smart glasses—ranging from mixed reality glasses without displays, to extended reality (XR) passthrough glasses, and even AI-only glasses with displays. While innovation is still needed before smart glasses achieve mainstream status, namely to improve limited on-device processing power, there were signs at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 that our smart glasses prophecy might be on point. A stack of smart glasses were wheeled out in Barcelona this week, all claiming to be groundbreaking and revolutionary in their own right. Firstly, RayNeo announced its Air 3s, the company’s latest lightweight XR glasses. Owned by Chinese giant TCL, RayNeo is the dedicated brand for miscellaneous headset…