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Devindra Hardawar for Engadget "Holy crap, these are light." That was my first thought after taking the a01+ out of its compact hard case. It's noticeably less hefty than the Xreal One Pro, and it doesn't feel much heavier than a typical pair of oversized sunglasses. Honestly, it's easy to mistake the a01+ for normal shades — its arms aren't overly boxy like the One Pro, and its front frames hide its techier innards. And unlike Meta's family of smart glasses, there aren't any cameras to creep people out. What makes the XBX a01+ truly special is its dual-layer Micro-OLED 1080p screen, which can

The XREAL Aura glasses with Android XR can now be preordered by customers in the US, the UK, and Japan at the company’s website for $99. When it launches later this year, backers will receive $199 in credits.

Xreal has just confirmed that these are 1920 x 1200 pixels per eye. However, from pixel peeping, they definitely seem sharper in fidelity compared to the Asus ROG Xreal R1 (1080p resolution), which I've just finished reviewing! To my eyes, there's definitely a step-up in detail here — especially when you get close to floating app windows. So maybe this is something to do with upscaling happening in the background? I'm not sure. Also, a quick note about the 70-degree field of view. I mentioned it in my hands-on, but it's worth talking about in more detail. This does feel like the starting point

This one's going to be a mash-up of a bunch of questions I saw on Reddit: There's Snapdragon Reality Elite in the puck: Turns out my prediction was bang on, but the naming was a little off! Snapdragon Reality Elite is the premium sequel to the XR2 Gen 2 that you see in the Samsung Galaxy XR, and with the improved performance and (more importantly) power efficiency and cooler operation, it's ideal for a smart glasses compute puck.A new X1S chip powers the spatial side of things: Alongside Snapdragon in the puck, Xreal's X1 chip gets an S-tier upgrade to X1S — stabilizing some of those XR experi