Xreal launches a cheaper AR glasses brand, starting with the $299 a01

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Called X by Xreal (or XBX), its first merchandise is coming to nan US successful July.

Xreal is launching an AR glasses subrand called XBX and 1 of their products is shown

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Xreal, nan institution known for its excellent but chonky smartglasses, has conscionable announced a caller sub-brand coming to nan US. Confusingly called X by Xreal (or XBX), it conscionable launched its first merchandise successful China, nan a01 show glasses. They will beryllium priced astatine $299 erstwhile they get successful nan US successful July. With nary cameras connected nan frame, they're designed to beryllium lightweight and entreaty to travelers, movie watchers and gamers. 

Xreal says nan caller sub-brand "isn't a stripped-down fund play," noting that nan A01 is nan lightest AR show glasses connected nan marketplace astatine 62 grams and besides nan brightest astatine 1,600 nits, pinch HDR 10 support. It supports a caller spatial anti-shake algorithm designed to support video smooth when successful moving environments for illustration commutes, flights and subway rides. It uses a caller of algorithm that Xreal says is simply a measurement up complete different anti-shake systems, improving image clarity and reducing blur.

Xreal a01 glasses shown pinch different types of beforehand insertsXreal

For fashionistas, nan A01 offers an interchangeable front-frame design. You tin move betwixt transparent and immersive modes, aliases alteration nan beforehand framework to suit your outfit aliases individual style. "Tinkerers tin moreover 3D people their ain beforehand framework accessories based connected individual preferences," Xreal notes. At nan aforesaid time, nan glasses support a "premium feel" and usage slim lenses acknowledgment to nan creation and ultra-light nylon body.

Xreal nary uncertainty created nan sub-brand to differentiate nan caller worth offering from its much precocious models. The institution precocious displayed its latest Android XR-powered Project Aura glasses at Google I/O, positioning them arsenic a pro-level instrumentality pinch aggregate cameras and precocious capabilities. The company's One Pro glasses, which came retired past year, costs $650 astatine launch. 

The a01, connected nan different hand, are aimed astatine users who want a "pocket cinema" experience, portable gamers, business travelers and commuters. The a01 glasses are now disposable successful China and are expected to motorboat successful nan US successful July, starting astatine $299. 

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