Remember Google Glass? In a dramatic reveal featuring a skydiver in 2012, Sergei Brin showed off Star Trek-style hardware that could record, show messages and follow voice commands. Alas, the product

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Almost two years since the launch of the original Apple Vision Pro (see issue 355, p48), it’s received its first official update – a new model powered by Apple’s cutting-edge M5 processor. Aside from

The Runner’s World team are always sweating the details as we put the latest gear through its paces. Our collective efforts have road-and trail-tested hundreds of products over the past year, and now we’ve compared notes and pored over the data to hand-pick the best of the best. Over the following pages, you’ll find the stand-out kit that has enhanced our running in 2025, all lined up on the red carpet to claim the coveted gongs in the various categories of our annual Gear Awards

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£499 Sci-fi riding specs These new wraparound ‘smart glasses’ are the product of a partnership between Meta Platforms (Facebook/Instagram/ WhatsApp) and EssilorLuxottica (Oakley/Ray-Ban). The built-in