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This XDA Reporter replaced their monitors with XREAL smart glasses for a full week (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not made by Meta = Tick. The price though is almost the cost of three monitors...

These may not be full time permanent replacements for monitors, but they are great for portable use, and could potentially save a ton of desk area space. You can also work in a confined area (even on a plane trip, without the neck strain of having to look down the whole time), with the illusion of space and the monitors being further away from you. Or they can also be used so that they don't disturb someone sleeping (or working) next to you, or you can use them instead of having a large screen TV.

At even 60Hz to 120Hz, that is a pretty decent refresh rate, and more than I expected it to be. They are also not as heavy or cumbersome as many VR goggles are, weighing it at around 75g. Resolution is 1080p per eye.

It seems too that the glasses can connect to Linux computers that support USB-C DP video output.

But this type of device really needs to be tested in person before buying. It's not the sort of thing you can easily show someone remotely, or via a video, to help make a choice.

See https://www.xda-developers.com/replaced-monitors-smart-glasses/ and the video at https://youtu.be/m5pTpB9x-es?si=V1K--m2ZwWQxPSLM is also worth watching

#technology #glasses #smartglasses #AR

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

First time coming across these- they look interesting.. But, I've been ignoring VR headsets for the last few years. Which would be better, a decent VR headsets or something like this for steamdeck on the couch? :)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

For steamdeck on the couch something like the xreal or rokid would be better. Some people have been able to make VR work with steamdeck with bad performance but they only tried VR games so don't know how it would be with regular games.

I bought a pair when they were still going by NReal name and they worked well with steam deck and my laptop. Battery life would last longer with only the glasses on. I didn't like always having to wear contacts so picked up a pair of Rokid's glasses too. Those have built in diopters and have been working well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

This is lighter in weight, cooler, and cheaper than full VR... It works well with Steamdeck from what I can see in videos. VR to me just not seem mainstream or standardised enough yet to make that investment.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Still waiting for multi-monitor Linux support but it's looking more promising

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

If multi-monitor is supported via USB-C output, it should work? I'll also need to dig more into Linux reviews on this.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Maybe a special desktop environment like simulavr or xrdesktop might work.

https://github.com/SimulaVR/Simula

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Seems there was some progress at https://www.reddit.com/r/nreal/comments/12z772e/nreal_linux_multiple_screens_poc/ but don't see any updates since 8 months back. NREAL was the previous name for XREAL I think.