If you're in the market for carrying an extremely pocketable private cinema, or a virtual gaming TV on the go, you may find yourself looking into buying a pair of AR glasses, and these are the best options...
The Xreal Beam currently sells for $119. Obviously you'll need the Xreal Air glasses as well, which are an additional $379. So overall, this Xreal bundle comes to $498.
Looks are subjective, but I prefer the look of the Rokid Station, mainly because its design aesthetic and color actually match the Rokid Max glasses. However, the Xreal Beam does get points for originality – it has a very unusual air vent up top, and just as unusual – a completely markerless, minimalist d-pad, plus an LED strip that fills up as the device charges.Perhaps most importantly, let's talk about weight, and noise and heat.
You're basically meant to only use it for wireless streaming – whether you want to stream video games from your PC to your glasses, or movies from your smartphone to your glasses – that's about it, for now. One common issue I have is that the Xreal Beam is supposed to turn on and off when you put on or take off the glasses, respectively, but it rarely works as intended, so often I'll notice that the device is still on, fan still on full blast, long after I've stopped using it. Here's an important tip for that exact scenario – its power button is inside the air vent on its top side – press and hold it, to turn the Xreal Beam off when you're done using it.
So it's up to you – what would you rather have – a device that gives your glasses Android TV, so you won't even need to reach for your phone to enjoy entertainment on the go? Or do you prefer the simple Xreal Beam, that purely focuses on handling wireless streaming between your Xreal Air and your smartphone?
Even more noteworthy – Netflix doesn't work at all. This is likely a DRM issue Xreal needs to figure out, as Netflix requires devices to comply with certain certification requirements. Xreal does state that"support for DRM content streaming will come later", so this should be a temporary hurdle.
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