I recently flew out to Long Beach, California, for the AWE augmented and virtual reality conference, but I left my mixed reality VR devices — the Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest 3 — back in New Jersey. Instead I took two pairs of smart glasses: Meta's Ray-Bans and Xreal's Air 2 Pro. I took photos and made calls with the Ray-Bans. I watched movies on the plane with Xreal. And I didn't miss those chunky VR goggles one bit.VR headsets have never really caught on as massive mainstream devices, thoug...