Following the debut of Apple's first foldable phone, the iPhone Duo, under-display cameras are back in the spotlight. Red Magic has also announced plans to introduce its ninth-generation under-display camera technology, sticking with a true full-screen design. The article looks back at how, six years after under-display cameras entered mass production, most manufacturers returned to punch-hole designs.
An article by VR Tuoluo notes that the Qwen AI Glasses N1 Pro, unveiled on September 22, adds high-precision eye tracking for visual question answering, object recognition and iris payment. Wigain Flow, a full-color AI glasses model that Qiuguo plans to release later, also places an iris camera in the nose pads for identity verification. Eye data is emerging as a new data source for AI glasses to understand users.
After shooting Victoria Harbour fireworks with the iPhone 18 Pro Max, Leikeji concluded that Apple adjusted its imaging approach on the 18 Pro series launched on September 10, and the camera capabilities are worth watching.
Wuhan Yuanxi Photonics has closed an angel funding round worth tens of millions of yuan, with investors including CASSTAR and Hongshan Capital. Founded in late 2025, the company will focus on metasurface optical chip R&D and product introduction, targeting two major markets: intelligent 3D sensing and data center optical interconnects.
An article by VR Tuoluo uses Apple's iPhone Duo and the configuration trade-offs of its foldable form factor as an example to analyze how AI glasses are shifting from adding features to subtracting them: for hardware worn close to the body for long periods, removing cameras can mean a lighter device and fewer privacy concerns.
The article argues that optical technology is the core breakthrough for the XR industry, with wafer-level optics reaching million-unit volumes and major players entering the field simultaneously.