TL;DR
- Xreal’s Android XR glasses will include a puck-like processing gadget.
- The puck will function an unspecified Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.
- The glasses can have the biggest display screen the corporate has ever made.
There’s been loads of speak about Google, Apple, and Meta all engaged on AR glasses, however they aren’t the one gamers within the sport. Xreal is presently working by itself pair of AR glasses, often called Challenge Aura. Apart from the truth that they’ll run on Android XR, not a lot is thought in regards to the gadget but. Nevertheless, Xreal shared a couple of new particulars this week.
The Xreal group made an look at Augmented World Expo 2025 on Tuesday. As reported by Gizmodo, the corporate didn’t launch any new photographs or provide any demos, however it did reveal that your telephone gained’t be capable of deal with the type of processing Aura calls for. As a substitute of utilizing a telephone as a computing gadget, Aura will use a separate, tethered, puck-like gadget for its computational wants.
This puck-like gadget, sufficiently small to slot in your pocket, will home an unspecified Qualcomm Snapdragon chip. It’s unclear if Xreal plans to make use of the identical SoC that’s heading to Samsung’s Project Moohan — the Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2. It’s additionally stated that this puck will likely be removable, in case you wish to retailer the glasses and the puck individually.
Whereas a Snapdragon processor will energy the puck, the glasses can have their very own chip. This processor is alleged to be a modified model of the X1 chip discovered within the Xreal One glasses, known as X1S. It was additionally confirmed that the glasses can have front-facing sensors, much like the Meta Quest 3.
Xreal additionally lately up to date its web site so as to add that Aura can have a 70-degree area of view (FOV). The web site claims this would be the largest display screen the corporate has made up to now. To perform this, the group is utilizing a “flat prism lens” that encompasses a triangular-shaped pane. Though this pane of glass is 40% smaller than the glass in its older units, it permits a wider FOV on the horizontal axis.
Contemplating the heavy processing demand, it wouldn’t be a shock if Aura finally ends up being a reasonably power-hungry gadget. Sadly, Xreal didn’t provide any particulars when requested about battery life. It seems the corporate additionally dodged questions in regards to the value and launch date.
