The new XREAL 1S AR glasses are better and cheaper than the XREAL One
Improved features for 50 bucks less.
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TL;DR
- XREAL has announced the XREAL 1S, a replacement for its XREAL One AR glasses.
- The 1S glasses come with higher-resolution displays, a wider field of view, and more improvements.
- XREAL also announced the XREAL Neo, a combination battery pack and video hub, to go with the XREAL 1S.
XREAL is a big player in the burgeoning AR glasses space, and today, ahead of CES, the company’s announcing a “mid-generation refresh” for its XREAL One glasses from late 2024. The new XREAL 1S glasses improve on the older pair in a lot of little ways, all while shaving a few bucks off the previous model’s price tag.
Like the XREAL One, the XREAL 1S glasses plug into anything with USB-C video output, showing that output on micro-OLED displays just behind the glasses’ lenses to create a sort of virtual display. Compared to the older model, the 1S comes with better resolution 1200p per eye (up from 1080p); a wider, 52-degree field of view; and brighter micro-OLED displays that are now 16:10 rather than 16:9.
The new AR glasses use the same XREAL X1 spatial computing chip as 2024’s XREAL One for head tracking, keeping virtual displays visually anchored in the real world. They also support the compay’s XREAL Eye camera add-on, which both lets you take photos and videos with the glasses and enables more accurate spatial anchoring and head tracking. As with the previous model, the XREAL 1S come with Bose-branded speakers built into the arms of the glasses for personal audio.
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Along with the new 1S, XREAL announced a new combination battery pack and video hub called the XREAL Neo. It’s a 10,000 mAh battery that can power the XREAL 1S and another device all at once, and XREAL says that the Neo makes the 1S glasses compatible with both generations of Nintendo Switch. That’s a pretty big get — XREAL’s glasses work with handhelds like the Steam Deck on their own, but without the Neo, couldn’t previously display output from Nintendo’s consoles.
Both the XREAL 1S and the XREAL Neo are available beginning today directly from XREAL and through Amazon and Best Buy. The glasses cost $449 — $50 less than the previous XREAL One. The XREAL Neo is $99 through February 4, after which it’ll cost $119.
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