The Aura glasses are expected to launch for consumers between the end of this year and early next year, likely costing thousands of dollars.

We told you Google would be gunning for Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses with its Android XR “spatial computing” platform that was announced last year. At its I/O developer conference today, the tech giant said it’s teaming up with Xreal for a pair of next-gen augmented reality smart glasses called Project Aura.

Project Aura is made to be tethered, not standalone, and is much more compact than recent glasses from Samsung and Apple.