Xreal sues Viture over AR glasses patent

You know a gadget class is beginning to go mainstream when patent lawsuits begin cropping up. Today, Xreal filed a lawsuit within the US towards Viture, alleging the agency is infringing on a patent for its AR glasses know-how.

According to Xreal’s press launch, the go well with was filed within the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and entails US Patent No. 11,988,839. In a nutshell, the patent outlines optical tech that helps improve picture high quality and field-of-view in a light-weight kind issue. Xreal argues Viture has a number of merchandise, together with the Viture Pro, Luma Pro, and Luma Ultra, that infringe on its know-how.

In November, a German court ruled in favor of Xreal in an identical go well with. The consequence was a preliminary injunction towards Viture promoting, advertising, or importing their merchandise in 9 EU international locations.

Patent battles have gotten extra widespread amongst sensible glasses makers. Meta was hit with two instances in late 2025. The first concerned the electromyography tech in its Neural Band, which permits folks to make use of gestures to regulate the show in its Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses. The second entails AI and recording tech in its Ray-Ban glasses. Meanwhile, patent troll IngenioSpec filed an International Trade Commission case towards a number of gamers, together with Even Realities, Brilliant Labs, and Halliday, over AI glasses patents.

“I would say it shows the market is getting big enough and enough attention that defending IP is going to become increasingly important,” says Anshel Sag, principal analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy. “There’s billions at stake for many companies and potentially control of the next computing platform.”

“We’re starting to see IP lawsuits in this area because smart glasses are now approaching mainstream status and more vendors are entering the space,” agrees Avi Greengart, an analyst at Techsponential. “Meta’s smart glasses are starting to sell in the millions, Xreal’s smart displays are selling in volume, and Xreal is looking ahead to Project Aura with Google. If you have a patent portfolio, you have to defend it.”

The hazard of patent wars is that they might stifle innovation in a burgeoning area. Both Sag and Greengart say they’re not significantly anxious about this being the case for XR, nonetheless. Xreal’s case particularly is much less about patent trolling (i.e., abusing patents with out meaning to make a product, and so on.) and extra of an argument about whether or not a competitor is unfairly utilizing a rival’s “fundamental technology.”

“You get patent trolls all the time, especially in high-growth industries or ones that are expected to become profitable, but this doesn’t really fit that because these are two competitors that both have products in market,” says Sag, referring to Xreal’s case.

The Verge reached out to Viture, however didn’t obtain a response earlier than publication. Xreal additionally declined to offer an attributable remark, citing the corporate’s authorized coverage that every one statements relating to lively litigation be quoted to a “spokesperson” fairly than a person.