TL;DR
- Xreal’s Android XR glasses will include a puck-like processing gadget.
- The puck will characteristic an unspecified Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.
- The glasses could have the biggest display 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, generally known as Challenge Aura. Aside from the truth that they’ll run on Android XR, not a lot is thought concerning the gadget but. Nonetheless, Xreal shared just a few 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 supply any demos, however it did reveal that your cellphone received’t be capable to deal with the form of processing Aura calls for. As a substitute of utilizing a cellphone 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 Challenge Moohan — the Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2. It’s additionally stated that this puck can be removable, in case you need to retailer the glasses and the puck individually.
Whereas a Snapdragon processor will energy the puck, the glasses could have their very own chip. This processor is claimed 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 could have front-facing sensors, just like the Meta Quest 3.
Xreal additionally just lately up to date its web site so as to add that Aura could have a 70-degree discipline of view (FOV). The web site claims this would be the largest display the corporate has made so far. To perform this, the group is utilizing a “flat prism lens” that includes a triangular-shaped pane. Though this pane of glass is 40% smaller than the glass in its older gadgets, it allows 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 supply any particulars when requested about battery life. It seems the corporate additionally dodged questions concerning the worth and launch date.
