Real Air AR glasses could blow Facebook's Ray-Ban Stories out of the water

Date:
Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:20:29 +0000

Description:
The new Real Air AR glasses promise (almost) everything you could want but
how do they compare to Facebook's Ray-Ban Stories?

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You wait around for a pair of smart glasses, and then two come along at once. Hot off the heels of Facebook and Ray-Bans Stories smart glasses, Nreal have announced that they have a new pair of AR specs headed to the market called the Nreal Air.

From Nreals description the new Air glasses will bare some resemblance to its Nreal Light glasses that were released last year using the same Micro OLED displays to deliver virtual information to you. However, the Nreal glasses wont have any front facing cameras. Oculus Quest VR games are being ported into AR and the results are incredible Check out the best VR headsets out there

This is great news if youre worried about having to wear cameras on your face all day, but it will mean the Nreal Airs spatial awareness might not be the most accurate, and you wont be able to use hand tracking to interact with the HUD. Instead youll have to rely on your Android or iOS smartphone to change what info is displayed.

If youre interested in grabbing a pair of these for yourself theyre supposed to start shipping in December 2021. Unfortunately theyll be limited to Japan, China and South Korea, though weve reached out to Nreal to find out when we can get our hand on them in the US, UK and Australia. Analysis: Nreal Air vs Ray-Ban Stories

We havent had the chance to test out the Nreal Air for ourselves, meaning we cant directly compare them to Facebook and Ray-Bans Stories smart glasses.
But we can take a look at what Nreal promises its AR specs can achieve and
see how that stacks up.

We were actually fairly impressed with the Ray-Ban Stories, awarding them
four out of five stars thanks to their sleek stylings and discreet gadgetry. But if youre after full-on AR glasses, these arent it. Facebook is reportedly working on a full-blown pair of AR powered specs, but for now youll have to make do with what is effectively just a camera on your head.

This is where the Nreal Air can comes in with its in-built display you can finally live out your dreams of being a Tony Stark-esque character with virtual screens floating around you. This wont be perfect though, as without
a camera youll have to rely on your smartphone to navigate through your
pages.

For that youd probably have to shell out quite a bit more for something like the Nreal Light glasses (which ship for around $600 / 450 / AU$830). For comparison the Ray-Ban Stories cost around $299 / 299 / AU$449, and we
imagine the Nreal Air will be around this price too.

Facebook is reportedly developing its own pair of AR glasses for release sometime in the next few years, if thats the case theyll be a much better comparison for devices like the Nreal Air. For now well have to wait and see what happens, but be sure to check back for all the latest developments as they happen. The best Oculus Quest prices and Oculus Rift deals available right now



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