RayNeo’s Newest AR Glasses Shrink Down Into Smaller Sizes

Smart glasses are all making an attempt to get smarter. In an ongoing quest to seek out methods on our faces, corporations are pitching ever-more-normal-looking glasses promising AI onboard that may work together with our lives utilizing built-in cameras. Meta’s already laid out a path to that future with present Meta Ray-Bans and future goals of Meta Orion full AR glasses, whereas Google and Samsung have plans for AR glasses utilizing Android XR. RayNeo, one other AR glasses firm, has a pair of compact AR glasses introduced at this 12 months’s CES present in Las Vegas and coming this 12 months that intention for a similar zone.

The RayNeo X3 Pro is an replace to a line of AR glasses I’ve tried earlier than, however they’ve gotten lots smaller this time round. The 3-ounce glasses look fairly on a regular basis regular from RayNeo’s images, but they’ve built-in twin Micro LED shows which can be projected onto the clear lenses by way of wave guides. RayNeo’s earlier glasses had a VR chip to energy its AR/AI options, the identical chip that was on the Quest 2. This time, the glasses use Qualcomm’s AR 1 Gen 1 chipset that is targeted on shrinking glasses’ dimension and optimizing for AI. They nonetheless have twin cameras, room monitoring and even hand monitoring. The X3 Pro is coming later in 2025, at a still-unknown worth. 

The earlier RayNeo X2 glasses have been cumbersome, had restricted battery life and have been heavier (4.3 ounces in contrast with 3 ounces on the X3 Pro). According to reviewers, additionally they had a really slim discipline of view, limiting the brilliant shows to a tiny floating window. 

Will the X3 Pros be higher and extra dependable? CNET will hopefully get to demo them quickly, so we’ll know extra. These glasses additionally are not a part of Google’s upcoming AR- and AI-focused Android XR proper now, though sooner or later it will make sense for them to be.

RayNeo’s different new glasses observe acquainted types: the X3 Air are show glasses, just like what’s obtainable from Xreal and others. RayNeo guarantees a 200,000:1 distinction ratio, a 201-inch equal digital show and higher audio, however they are not capable of auto-anchor shows like the brand new Xreal One glasses can – and there are not any specifics on discipline of view or show sort. The V3, in the meantime, are camera-equipped glasses with audio, just like Meta’s Ray-Bans. All of those glasses seem like they’re arriving towards the second half of this 12 months, however once more, with no costs obtainable but.

What stands out to me, although, is how a lot smaller the X3 Pro glasses are. AR glasses approaching the kind of stuff Meta’s promising are beginning to arrive, though RayNeo’s discipline of view is undoubtedly far smaller…and its software program companies are nonetheless a relative unknown.