While Apple, Meta and others proceed to work with full-on headsets for augmented actuality (AR), Nreal has been promoting a lot smaller AR glasses since 2021. Now the corporate, which has rebranded to Xreal, simply launched a brand new model known as the Xreal Air 2 in Europe and the US, after launching it in China final month. It presents improved shows and extra consolation, and the corporate additionally unveiled the Xreal Air 2 Pro with electrochromic dimming, letting you choose the extent of immersion from zero to one hundred pc.
Xreal (the X stands for additional, the corporate mentioned) guarantees that the Air 2 glasses "turn whatever the wearer is viewing into a big screen experience, up to 330 inches." To that finish, it makes use of Sony's newest 0.55-inch Micro-OLED show, up from the 0.68-inch Micro-OLED used earlier than (Apple additionally makes use of Micro-OLED tech in its Vision Pro blended actuality headset). As earlier than, it could show full HD decision of 1,920 x 1,080 per eye, with a refresh fee as much as 120Hz. Along with the upper decision, it options 500 nits of brightness, in comparison with 400 nits on the unique Nreal Air.
The Air 2 can be 10 p.c thinner and 10 p.c lighter (from 79 grams to 72 grams, which is definitely 8.9 p.c by my calculation), in keeping with Xreal. It additionally comes with improved elastic temples, new "AirFit" nostril pads and softer supplies. All of that’s designed to enhance consolation and permitting for longer use when watching motion pictures and different content material, in keeping with the corporate. As earlier than, it connects to units by way of USB-C with video (DisplayPort) output with no wi-fi choice, so that you're successfully tethered to a tool.
Xreal additionally improved the audio speaker system by incorporating "spatial wrap-around auto delivery" by way of an open ear design focused on the wearer. "This brings enhanced privacy and minimizes disruption to others when in public spaces," the corporate mentioned. It additionally improves voice and video calls, because the Xreal Air 2 can allow you to take audio from a smartphone or pill.
The extra fascinating mannequin is the Xreal Air 2 Pro. It introduces electrochromic dimming that lets you choose three modes, together with a clear mode that blocks no mild, letting you employ the glasses whereas nonetheless seeing the surface world. "Productivity mode" blocks 35 p.c of outdoor mild, so you possibly can focus higher with out shutting out your environment solely, whereas immersive mode blocks all mild for gaming, leisure, and many others.
Much like the unique Nreal Air, the Xreal Air 2 appears primarily geared toward viewers for YouTube movies, mild gaming, motion pictures, and many others. There aren’t any cameras or movement sensors included, so it successfully acts as a private projector, with the display shifting as you progress your head (hey, nausea). However, you should buy an adjunct known as Xreal Beam ($119) which provides gyroscopic monitoring and retains the display fastened in place if you transfer, whereas additionally permitting for extra wired connectivity choices that apparently cut back latency. According to reviews on the device, it really works in a lot the identical means as the unique Air, however is lighter and extra snug.
Considering what it could't do, the Xreal Air 2 is fairly costly at $399 (in black or pink), whereas the Air 2 Pro is $449. For full performance, you want the Xreal Beam, which brings the value as much as $518 and $568 respectively — greater than the Meta Quest 3. Shipping is anticipated to start out within the US and UK in November 2023, and elsewhere in Europe in December.
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