Anybody have any experience with these?
I’ve really wanted to do this, in large part because of tech neck. I’d love to have a HMD that has focusable optics so I don’t subconsciously strain my neck to look at my screen.
Anybody have recommendations? I’d love a dumb HMD with hdmi or usb-c video input.
I’ve been considering a pair of X-reals out of curiosity but they are right at the tipping point for tech I may not use enough to justify the purchase. Even the price drop in the article still isn’t quite enough.
I have a Gen-1 pair. They are great for traveling. If you game on your phone or steam deck they are also nice to have.
Price point is too high. There are lot of other options out there. I only recommend if you travel a lot or you want to turn your phone into a mini-laptop.
Price used isn’t that high, can score an nreal air for 100 ish on eBay.
I tried a pair of the Xreal Ones recently. They were pretty decent, though I was a little disappointed by the limited FOV (relative to real life screens, as I gather they’re pretty good for this style of display) the screen pinning was very good, and I really liked the “ultrawide” support (other than the aforementioned fov).
I’m thinking about buying a pair before I have a bunch of long flights later in the year.
I’ve a pair of Rokid’s and think the technology isn’t there yet. It’s fuzzy around the edges, making reading difficult and a pain. You want to turn your head to get a better look in order to read, but of course it is stuck in place in front of your face so impossible. It is also uncomfortable to wear longer than ten minutes as it causes impressions on your nose bridge. Not worth the price or pain. Maybe in another ten years i’d look into it again.
I’m waiting for them to be cheaper
I tried gaming and watching movies with some early 2000s version of AR glasses (basically just a see trough monitor on your head).
Resolution and input delay was horrible but it was fun for a bit.
