The Xreal Air AR glasses and the Viture XR glasses are both display glasses that project a monitor in front of you, and these types of glasses are fantastic for gaming, work and really any situation where having a large and portable monitor would be ideal. They’ve completely changed how I travel and view media on the go. Long plane or car rides are great since I can connect to my phone or tablet and watch a movie on a much larger screen. Even at home, plugging directly into my Steam Deck and lying in bed, I get a huge display floating up by the ceiling.Â
The Xreal Air’s bundle costs $339 while Viture’s standard glasses pack is $100 more at $439.
The glasses connect to various devices via USB-C or, with some dongles and accessories, any HDMI port, for a portable monitor experience. This can include handheld game consoles like the Nintendo Switch or Steam Deck but also wired home consoles like an Xbox or PlayStation. And of course, they can also connect to phones, tablets and computers as well. Both glasses have built-in speakers on each arm. Xreal’s audio quality is fine, but Viture’s sounds much better.Â
Unfortunately, neither device has internal batteries, so you have to stay tethered to whatever you’re trying to view. They both come with an angled USB-C cable that attaches to the back of one of the arms and drapes down behind your ear. I do prefer Viture’s design in this case since it has a magsafe-like connector, as opposed to Xreal’s standard USB-C plug.
Both feature two 1080p screens, one for each eye, and weigh just under 80 grams. All the computing is done in the wide-brim at the top of the glasses. An image is projected down toward an angled lens which bounces it forward onto the front lenses. The Xreal Air’s display is much larger, while Viture’s looks to be about 25% smaller.
Both glasses have three buttons located on one of their arms. On Xreal’s, the front button turns the display on and off, while the two connected buttons adjust…
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