XREAL glasses are designed for more than just creating a giant display for watching movies or playing games, but that’s probably what most people want to use them for. That’s where the new $299 XREAL XBX A01+ glasses really come into the picture, but what are you losing for those savings?
Announced not too long ago, XBX A01+ is the first offering from a new sub-brand of XREAL, “X by XREAL,” which is designed around more affordable hardware. At $299 in the US, on sale as of this past Friday, these are way more affordable compared to anything else in the company’s lineup. The nearest price point is XREAL 1S, launched early this year, which sell for $449.
XREAL XBX A01+ at Amazon
Even XREAL will tell you that this new pair of glasses are focused on media consumption more than anything else. It’s clearly angled that way on XREAL’s site with a “Just Play” tagline. The idea here is to plug in a Steam Deck, your phone, or anything else that houses media and have that placed on a screen that sits right in front of your face – a “private screen” as XREAL puts it.
But, compared to that next step up, what are you actually giving up?
