China: Chinese tech firms push smart‑glasses worldwide, reshaping consumer AI experience.

Shotlist Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent 1. Various of visitors experiencing smart glasses at exhibition, exhibitors 2. Exterior of Rokid office building 3. SOUNDBITE (English) Zhu Mingming, founder and CEO, Rokid (starting with shot 2/partially overlaid with shot 4): "Smart glasses or AI glasses will be the most popular AI terminal devices to the end user in the AI era. So, I think it's going to get more popular, so maybe in the coming three to five years everybody will put AI glasses on." SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE 4. Interview in progress SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE FILE: Location and Date Unknown 5. Various of users experiencing VR equipment Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, east China - Recent 6. Various of marketing director of Xreal Yang Shiqi introducing smart glasses to reporter, reporter wearing smart glasses 7. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Yang Shiqi, marketing director, Xreal (starting with shot 6): "This product is our current high-end Xreal One Pro series, and below it there is the Xreal One S. Both products are based on our self-developed optical engine technology and also incorporate the spatial computing chip we just mentioned." 8. Smart glasses on display 9. Tech influencer Wang Hongcheng introducing products to reporter 10. SOUNDBITE (English) Wang Hongcheng, tech influencer (starting with shot 9/partially overlaid with shot 11/ending with shot 12): "There are like XR glasses, AR glasses, AI glasses, MR (Mixed Reality) glasses. So these are completely different types of glasses and I will use them in different scenarios. I think AI definitely pushed a lot of buttons for a lot of brands, that's the future." SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE 11. Various of smart glasses on display SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE 12. Wang introducing products 13. Various of visitors experiencing smart glasses at exhibition, exhibitors Storyline Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) smart‑glasses are breaking into the global mainstream, reshaping how consumers interact with AI in daily life and signaling the country's growing edge in wearable AI hardware. China shipped 2.46 million smart glasses in 2025, up 87.1 percent year on year. Chinese brands accounted for 23 percent of global shipments, according to International Data Corporation (IDC). Industry leaders see the surge as more than numbers, with Rokid's founder predicting smart glasses will become the defining AI device for everyday users. "Smart glasses or AI glasses will be the most popular AI terminal devices to the end user in the AI era. So, I think it's going to get more popular, so maybe in the coming three to five years everybody will put AI glasses on," said Zhu Mingming, founder and CEO of Rokid, a Hangzhou-based technology company specializing in Augmented Reality（AR）and AI hardware. The rise of multimodal AI is giving smart glasses new momentum. They have become tools for translation, navigation, note-taking, photography, entertainment, and even real-time assistance. And in scenarios that demand richer visual experiences, AR glasses or AI-powered AR glasses are becoming portals for work, entertainment, communication, and spatial computing. "This product is our current high-end Xreal One Pro series, and below it there is the Xreal One S. Both products are based on our self-developed optical engine technology and also incorporate the spatial computing chip we just mentioned," said Yang Shiqi, marketing director of Xreal. China's smart-glasses industry has built a strong hardware foundation, with lighter designs and AI now standard. The diversity of smart glasses is shaping the future of the industry, according to a tech influencer. "There are like XR glasses, AR glasses, AI glasses, MR (Mixed Reality) glasses. So these are completely different types of glasses and I will use them in different scenarios. I think AI definitely pushed a lot of buttons for a lot of brands, that's the future," said Wang Hongcheng, a tech influencer. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]