Nreals consumer-focused AR glasses are coming to the UK - but they have one limitation

Date:
Tue, 26 Apr 2022 04:15:47 +0000

Description:
Nreal partnered with UK cell carrier EE to bring its consumer-focused AR glasses to the UK consumers

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UK cell carrier EE is partnering with Chinese AR startup Nreal to bring the Nreal Air AR glasses to the UK. The glasses have been available in China, Japan, and South Korea since December 2021 , and will come exclusively to the UK carrier later this spring according to EE.

The Air glasses are the (relatively) affordable, consumer-focused sequel to the Light glasses from Nreal. They feature the equivalent of an up to
201-inch 1080p screen (from six meters away) and a slim, lightweight look designed not to stand out too much compared to regular sunglasses. Nreal Air AR glasses (Image credit: Nreal)

Nreal says that the glasses are focused on consumer use cases such as
watching movies, shows, and playing games. The Nreal Air will also have mixed reality functionality called the MR Space'' that will allow users to pin app windows in a 3D space within the glasses.

Despite the Air Casting moniker used to describe the glasses screen mirroring tech, the glasses have no built-in battery, and thus will plug into
compatible smartphones via an included USB-C cable. The companys previous glasses, the Light, used DisplayPort over USB-C as its protocol, and thus was compatible with any other device that used DisplayPort over USB-C. Weve reached out to the company to see if this compatibility is also in the Air glasses. Nreal Air AR glasses rear view (Image credit: Nreal) Nreal Air AR glasses with accessories (Image credit: Nreal)

Other notable details are the included prescription lens frames for nearsighted folks, a hard carrying case for transport, three included nose pads for adjustable comfort, open-ear speakers and dual microphones for
audio, and angle adjustment for viewing the glasses screens. Nreal also promises five hours of screen mirroring battery life for the connected smartphone. Take a massive screen on the go

The last time we saw the glasses was at CES 2020 with an early development sample. The Air glasses look significantly more stylish these days, so you wont look like a total dork wearing them in public.

At a virtual 131 inches, while mirroring from a smartphone, youll be able to take a screen bigger than most TVs with you wherever you want. AR and MR glasses have attempted this sort of thing in the past (you may remember
Google Glass ), but those ended up being expensive, enterprise-focused, and not very useful machines, at least for consumers. Nreal has even had mixed success with its own offerings, but the third time could be the charm for the startup.

Pricing details are forthcoming, but as previously mentioned, Nreal wants the glasses to be (comparatively) affordable for the average interested consumer. Most big OLED displays can cost thousands of dollars, so were excited to see what a consumer-focused pair of AR glasses can do.

And we await news of when the glasses will arrive on US shores.



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