TCL is making ready to launch a second iteration of the wearable private show it launched in restricted provide final 12 months. Version two, referred to as NxtWear Air, gives the identical secondary-display-in-a-pair-of-glasses operate as the unique however has been made 30 % lighter — right down to 75g in comparison with 130g. TCL has made some changes for the style-conscious, too, tweaking the design to look extra like a traditional pair of sun shades and fewer like one thing you’d be embarrassed to put on in public.

NxtWear Air, like its NxtWear G predecessor, gives two 1080p Micro OLEDs embedded in a pair of glasses frames that ought to give the wearer the impact of viewing a 140-inch display from about 13 ft away. Its lenses are opaque, and the glasses don’t provide AR or VR performance.

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Instead, it acts as a secondary show that you just put on in your face, utilizing USB-C to hook up with a DisplayPort-compatible cellphone, pill, or laptop computer. Stereo audio system are in-built, however should you don’t need to annoy everybody in earshot, it’s best to join Bluetooth or wired headphones as a substitute. This 12 months’s mannequin additionally comes with two magnetic interchangeable plates that connect to the entrance of the frames to vary up the type of the glasses.

TCL says NxtWear Air will launch in Q1 of 2022. There’s no phrase on which areas it is going to be out there in, and TCL hasn’t revealed a value for them but. NxtWear G went on sale in a restricted run in Australia final 12 months priced at $899 (about $680 US), so anticipate to spend a little bit cash for essentially the most non-public monitor you should use on a airplane.