2 weeks ago
Sam Rutherford for Engadget
If you were intrigued by ROG and Xreal's gaming AR headset astatine CES, you'll soon beryllium capable to get your hands connected them for a hefty $849. ASUS's gaming subsidiary announced coming that the ROG Xreal R1 glasses are now disposable for pre-order astatine Best Buy, and they'll besides beryllium sold from nan company's website connected May 17. We expected them to travel successful a spot higher than Xreal”s fantabulous $649 One Pro glasses, arsenic nan ROG exemplary is fundamentally a supercharged upgrade, pinch a smoother 240Hz refresh complaint and a bundled dock that makes it easy to plug successful aggregate consoles, PCs and different hardware.
Otherwise, nan Xreal R1 are beautiful akin to Xreal's erstwhile flagship hardware. They still person a 57-degree section of view, which is capable to create a 171-inch virtual surface from 4 meters away, and they're still moving astatine 1080p. For nan price, it would beryllium bully to spot Xreal move beyond basal HD, but I'd wager it's besides reliable to find mini micro-OLED panels successful 1,440p aliases 4K these days. The improved refresh complaint makes nan Xreal R1 well-suited to fast-paced shooters and their ilk. But during your downtime, you tin still usage them to watch movies aliases do general PC work.
I haven't tested nan ROG Xreal R1 myself, but I was impressed capable by Xreal's One Pro to support a adjacent oculus connected nan company's early hardware. I recovered those glasses to beryllium invaluable while walking — they were cleanable for blowing up my laptop's screen, watching movies and playing games connected planes and successful edifice rooms. They're acold lighter than bulky VR headsets, and moreover though I needed additional prescription lenses, everything still looked sharp.
Sam Rutherford for Engadget
I'm peculiarly intrigued by ROG's included dock, which allows for acold much connectivity than Xreal's earlier devices. You tin besides plug PCs and different hardware straight into nan glasses complete USB-C, but nan dock allows for much finicky hardware, for illustration nan Switch 2, to activity seamlessly. It looks for illustration you'll sacrifice a ton of portability to usage nan dock, though, arsenic it seems beautiful hefty.
