CES 2025 was the year of the smart glasses. AR / VR headsets were everywhere. Just when we thought we covered them all – check out our coverage so far on the XREAL One Pro and Chamelo – we'd come across yet another new pair of smart glasses.

Fortunately, some of the best smart glasses we saw at the show will, making the product category one of the most exciting ones going into the rest of 2025. Over the past week, ZDNET has been scouring the show floor to select the best of the best.

CES 2025 is in full flow and brands from around the world are populating Las Vegas, Nevada to show off innovation from a diverse selection of consumer tech markets, including my personal favorite: smart glasses.

Samsung announced a handful of monitors at CES 2025, and this looks like the most notable -- or at least newsworthy -- gaming monitor. Mostly because gamers get excited by high numbers (except if it's latency). In this case, the company has updated its G6 line with a 500MHz refresh rate version of its 1440p, 27-inch OLED.

I have a mix here. Gaming monitors are usually the focus at CES, and there were plenty I saw that blew my mind this year. However, I’ve also included a couple of non-gaming picks, which usually don’t get the limelight they deserve.

Koorui showed off the G7, its 750Hz display at CES. Koorui is a popular gaming monitor company that makes some pretty amazing devices. The company had a notable presence at CES, a

Shiny holographic dashboards displayed on windshields. And AI-powered voice assistants paired with infotainment systems to keep you company on long drives. Automakers pulled out all the stops to showcase their latest advances for in-vehicle experiences at CES,

Automakers like Hyundai, BMW, Volvo and Honda pulled out all the stops to showcase their latest advances for in-vehicle experiences at CES, the Consumer Technology Association’s annual trade show of all things tech,