I Replaced my Screens with AR Glasses for 1 Month! | XREAL One

[@BrandonButch]

You choosing these over the Vision Pro? 😅

[@bhavdeep-09]

@@BrandonButch very very different products

[@carlosdominguez3108]

Actually, in some instances, yes. You post an emoji like it's 100% certain the AVP wins every time. I have both, it doesn't. The AVP can actually be extremely irritating to use in bed watching content. Unless you stay on your back always, and keep your lights on or use infrared emitters, always. Firstly, let's say you want to lay in a different position. Now you have to move the screen, and resize it. Let's say you just by mistake touch the bottom sensors to the pillow, BAM the movie cuts out and you're kicked to the homescreen with a "Tracking Lost" message. So actually, a lot of the times I reach for AR glasses to watch movies in bed. I plug them in, start a movie, and don't worry about the hassle. Plus the PPD is actually higher, and looks sharper than the Vision Pro. It's not so cut and dry, bud. Apple needs to fix their software or at the very least allow a bed movie watching mode that disables hand tracking, sensor tracking, and turns it into a pair of "dumb" AR glasses.

[@RunnerKyle]

⁠ to be fair, he said “choosing,” you’re response largely implies you agree or at least that you personally don’t have to choose.

[@jmunt]

bro somehow read more meaning into a single emoji than I've ever witnessed... which is impressive, cuz I once had my gf ask me why a girl at a party posted me in her BeReal with a heart emoji while my gf was out of town.

[@jmunt]

which, for the record, wasn't as bad as it sounds.... gf was on a trip with her mom, it was a new years eve party (we didn't even have alcohol), and the heart was certainly referencing the selfie which had like 6 people in it.. but I was standing away from everyone so I was the only one in the main picture. The girl clearly didn't think about how that caption would look for someone scrolling through without looking closely at the selfie pic XD Fortunately my gf was cooler about it than carlosdominguez3108

[@TheSarahGrace]

These are so cool! I love them 😍

[@BrandonButch]

@@TheSarahGrace yessss, waiting on your vid!

[@ketley2aug]

Finally u covered Xreal one. I was wanting you to cover these in combination with apple products.

[@XREAL_Global]

Thank you for your professional and impressive hands-on demonstration of XREAL One! 😎✨

[@tilly9000]

Any plans of releasing 1440 or 4k variants? Just like some others in the comments I’d gladly pay double for a higher resolution version, as the 1080 version just doesn’t cut it for actual work/productivity use with my mac.

[@BrokenBonesRBLX]

He’s a REAL one for doing this 🗣️🔥🔥

[@opit30]

I do have both, Xreal Air 2 Pro and now Xreal One for almost a month now. Is it worth upgrading from the old one ? Yes it is worth it for a 100%. Picture quality and sharpness on the edges it's almost perfect now, speakers are bit better but nothing huge. Microphone still sucks, it's good for phone calls but nothing else, sound quality from the microphone is really poor. The biggest difference of course is the build-in chip and finally I don't need my Boom Pro that often. Finally I can use my Xreal One with any laptop, gaming console like PS5 or mobile phone, stick the image in one spot, set the size of the display and it's distance and do my work or play a game without need of any external device (like Boom) or any external software. Xreal One is also great companion with Samsung DEX. I never use DEX before and now I do, every single evening ! I may upgrade to Xreal One Pro once they come out in March, will see.

[@BrandonButch]

@@opit30 thanks for sharing your experience! I agree with basically everything you mention. I’ve used the mic many times on calls and never had a complaint but I do know that my MacBook mic would be better 99% of the time.

[@Morrisen]

Thank you! No one is speaking about the blurry edges. I was looking everywhere. It was my main reason to not get the older glasses. But the new ones don't have it at all? Or is it just not really a problem anymore?

[@opit30]

@Morrisen you still have some blur on the edges, but now only on the very edge of the screen. 99% of the screen is sharp I would say. Xreal One Pro is coming out in March and it will be even better.

[@lDavidl]

Beam, not Boom

[@MrSpooks007]

@@Morrisen the reason for the blurry edges is your IPD . Now you can change the IPD on the glasses itself. It's not perfect, ideally you want to measure your ipd to see if you can adjust via the internal software of the glasses. You could also wait for the pro version, it will have physical IPD range with two models it has a larger field of view and it's 100 bucks more expensive.

[@hey_lo]

Hey Brandon, great video! Can you do a deep dive on reading text with these? The high ppd seems promising, I currently use a 1440p monitor for coding

[@bhavdeep-09]

Whislin disel videos are so good

[@micahheartsill3474]

Collab? WD “now we’ll see how tough an iPhone is.” 😂

[@bhavdeep-09]

@@micahheartsill3474” let’s test out Apple intelligence”

[@lindhe]

How is reading text on them?

[@Batlas]

Asking the real question. I travel a lot. Looking into swapping out a dinky travel monitor for these so it all fits neatly in my laptop bag.

[@abhmin123]

Best review. Covered pretty much everything. Thanks

[@BrandonButch]

@@abhmin123 glad to hear it, that was the goal!

[@jacobspang21]

The one issue I still have with these glasses are they are 1080p ... Once they figure out processing 4k they'll get a lot more customers

[@BrandonButch]

@@jacobspang21 they can do 4K, I asked. But that would make them far more expensive and that would make these much harder to recommend at ~$1000 versus $500 for negligible difference in quality

[@jacobspang21]

Nice thanks for asking. TBH I would pay $1000 for 4k, if you think of these like a TV it's a similar price. I think specifically for me it's hard to justify buying these when I have TVs and Gaming monitors at higher resolution. But perhaps I'm not the market they are advertising towards. Can't wait to see these glasses evolve though!

[@BrandonButch]

@@jacobspang21 yeah, I would as well, but we both (probably) understand that we are the minority. I’m used to a 5K monitor (Studio Display) and the Vision Pro, so I’m just impressed that I actually enjoyed the quality of these glasses for watching videos. Reading small text was the only “meh” part, but I rarely use these for scriptwriting or anything heavily text-based. And yes, same! The Pro model is already an improvement and those are dropping soon. Curious to see what comes in 2026

[@ryankelly5303]

Glad to hear

[@MobileDecay]

Mine just shipped. I'm excited. 😁

[@Goubear123]

Xreal are class leaders in this tech

[@BrandonButch]

100%. I Wish they had more competition to push innovation faster tbh. Viture is the only other viable brand that I’ve tested but I prefer XREAL

[@rafaelgarciarodriguez1333]

@@BrandonButch which model you tested from viture?

[@XREAL_Global]

Glad you noticed! Leading the pack in AR tech is kinda our thing. 😎

[@مستشفيالهلالالأخضر-العاشرمنرمض]

Why you don't ship to Egypt ​@@XREAL_Global

[@mattjamesss1]

Hope you are having a great week Brandon:)

[@BrandonButch]

You too!

[@natchan1150]

I've been using XReal Air for a year. I like the fact that I can lie down and watch whatever I want. Will consider upgrade to XReal One. This thing may not be perfect but I can't think of any better solutions yet. I wouldn't call it AR glasses though. More like display glasses.

[@AndyAdamsSound]

How transparent is the transparency mode? Would you feel comfortable walking around or being in a work environment while wearing these? My work involves referencing a monitor at times, and it would be helpful if I could see the monitor in my field of vision. Also, what is the field of view at the top of the glasses? It looks like that's where the projector is, so does it block your view at the top of the glasses?

[@silvernode]

What vision pro should have been.

[@Valencia_Media]

I have the meta ray ban and have been using them for parties while gaming, no one has noticed I'm not using my big headphones, no complaints and they feel great. Cant wait to try these

[@Kwint.]

Why are you gaming at parties 😂

[@EricElstad]

Any issues using these with various streaming services from an iPhone or iPad? I know they sometimes limit streaming to secondary displays.

[@KyleeMiko-vq8kg]

Xreal one or the pro Variante?

[@robman80808]

I'm wondering if we'll ever get screen projection glasses that don't have dark lenses and don't stick out from your face in a dorky way. These are seemingly great if you are on your own somewhere and want to put a big screen in front of you, which is their use case, but they're not really suitable as all-day glasses for people who need to wear corrective glasses - you'd look silly and you certainly wouldn't want to look face-to-face with someone. There are smart glasses with little green HUDs coming, and they do look like they could be all-day wearable (although you'd have to get the waveguide lenses prescription made) but they're not a "huge monitor" like the XReals. Also I hope manufacturers start including a simple camera lens cover, like you just slide something over it. Who wants to talk face-to-face with someone who has a camera pointing at them (recording LED or not). If you walk into a bar wearing the Ray-ban ones you're probably going to wind up getting smacked!

[@SlizzardsAntics]

Would you recommend these for a PC gamer?

[@MHVideos777]

Every take I've read on these is a definitive "Yes" as long as you're comfortable with a 1080p display.

[@SlizzardsAntics]

@@MHVideos777 I currently use 2k monitors, I want to try this experience as it looks really good. Hard choice to make

[@MichaelScarn-s7l]

Do mustang in your burnout with CarPlay 2.0

[@TheLogicalHuman2024]

Can't believe Brandon didn't do a 18.3 beta 3 video yet!

[@Firemanharv]

You look like a blues brother with those on and that’s pretty legit 😂

[@BrandonButch]

😂😂

[@Jimboeology]

Have you notice a buzzing noise on the middle setting on the electrochromic dimming

[@123fourfivesix-g4i]

Can these, are any previous/cheaper models be used to replace an ultra wide monitor for graphic design work that involves text?

[@wadecbecker]

I need something for reading a lot of text and answering multiple choice questions (studying). I can make the text as large as I need. Do you think these would be a no-go? It’s not like I’m coding where I’d need to jump between blocks and tabbing to reference material often.

[@BrandonButch]

Text is fine if you increase text size. Not the sharpest thing ever but it's definitely not bad. I just didn't like it when trying to edit code since I had to squint to see the small text at all times

[@kenrodriguez9645]

Weird question, when you’re using an iPad or iPhone with these, and you have to interact with the screen, like say to hit a small box on the screen, is that weird/difficult? The iPad is basically a Wacom tablet now, do you actually know where to click? Say your iPhone keyboard comes up and you have to be fairly precise about where you place your fingers in a small 1” x 3” space on the touchscreen. How do you do this?

[@burgercide]

This kind of tech could be incredible for people with low vision like me.

[@RhodeIslandDude]

Where is this weeks Apple weekly ?

[@BrandonButch]

@@RhodeIslandDude check my X!

[@m_o_r_g_o_t_h]

Is there a headphone jack? How do you use headphones?

[@jordanchannell2040]

The headphones will be connected to which ever device you’re using it from

[@AndySchuylerVlogs]

Hope you’re doing well, Brandon! 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@dylanmaniatakes]

I have the same major complaint i had with the Xreals I had a while back. the glasses part doesnt go fully transparent. I want glasses i can wear all day and use in my real life. holding out for meta or google/samsung

[@Bella-nv2yp]

Can the device connected to the glasses be charged meanwhile?

[@GachaGamer69]

With a battery pack for wireless or you need an adapter with also video-out.

[@simoneffpunkt7773]

What is the issue with these glasses when using them for coding?

[@romulenrising]

Can I do spreadsheets or trading on a windows computer with the Xreal One?

[@Gamehacker777]

If you connect it to an iPad, does this follow the aspect ratio of the iPad (e.g., when playing 16:9 videos on an iPad you will get black bars on the top and bottom) or does the display’s aspect ratio follow the aspect ratio of the video (e.g., 16:9 vs 4:3)?

[@bhavdeep-09]

Let’s go, cyber truck test

[@rhiivideos]

So basically they combined ,y air pro 2 and beam into one device.

[@TheAutumnNetwork]

Yup with its own chip. They're really going all in.

[@TalOrbach]

If I work mainly with text and numbers - emails, spreadsheets, advertising platforms, etc - is the clarity and comfort good enough for me to use them as my primary display? (not in comparison to Vision Pro, but are they comparable using a 24" 2K monitor, for example?)

[@Kolex06]

make a video about quest 3

[@BrandonButch]

I'm not a big fan of the Quest since I don't game in VR often

[@Kolex06]

@ it's not only good for games anymore, I use it for movies and series sometimes too, and the passthrough is better now. Not as good as vision pro but good to be $500 And a big jump from Quest 2, that was black and white lol

[@BrandonButch]

@ yeah I bought one right before I got the Vision Pro and just wasn’t a big fan of anything except the gaming. I hope the Quest 4 is as big of a step up as the 3 was so I can revisit it. I feel spoiled now with Vision Pro though

[@Kolex06]

@ vision pro is the best if they get controller and apps to use for it

[@BrandonButch]

@ that would be interesting for sure and would make it easier for developers to make games for AVP also

[@MarsorryIckuatuna]

Didn’t even know this company existed! I’m on this like white on rice!

[@DancingDave1]

Like a white man on rice ? Wtf does this mean ? Can someone please explain

[@MarsorryIckuatuna]

@DancingDave1 It’s an English idiom used to describe something that’s extremely close, attached or inseparable. The colour white is inherent to rice in its cooked form - suggesting, “I’ll be all over it”. Hope that makes sense. I’ve never thought I had to explain that, but anyway - there you go.

[@jmunt]

@@DancingDave1 actually I think its possible I've heard the stripes on a zebra one before too, it feels too familiar for me to have just made that up

[@XREAL_Global]

Well, now you know! Welcome to the party-stick around, there’s plenty more to come! 😎🎉

[@DancingDave1]

@ thanks for your reply! Never heard of this before , french is my first language so still learning English !

[@msbgone]

Maybe I am blind(pun intended), but I cannot see off hand on the website or in your video(maybe I missed it) are these glasses only if you dont wear glasses or have to have contacts in to use them? Thanks! Looks interesting! Ah, I found it on the Amazon site at the bottom in the details....

[@stratman103]

I know I tried the Rayneo 2s ones and they were awful. Returned them right away.

[@DancingDave1]

Sound by Bose sounds gimmicky ?

[@ekarata.361]

I just ordered 4k monitor…. Now after watching these Xreal video I am thinking returning it and try these to replace my monitor instead 😢 Are you or anyone recommending these over the physical monitor? Not for gaming.

[@vicaya]

Disappointed at the progress. Still 1080p per eye, not usable for reading paper without zooming (like on a 4k monitor).

[@BrandonButch]

4K would be probably double the price, if not more. So there’d be no reason for them to do that yet

[@JavierYunes]

Why not 3K? How’s the readability compared with the Quest 3?

[@grandchester]

Not a fan of the company. Just sold mine. The hardware is ok but the software is awful. My question is why are the frames so big? There doesn't seem to be a good reason for it. Why can't the glasses be close to the same size as the screens?

[@codegmeister]

Because reasons.

[@techguy900]

I got without bose logo

[@franciscoxc]

take note apple, this is what you should have done. Simplicity!

[@BrandonButch]

@@franciscoxc maybe one day!

[@franciscoxc]

@@BrandonButch Vision Air maybe?

[@BrandonButch]

@@franciscoxc I sure hope so

[@johnsr1975]

And people said wearing 1st gen AirPods looked stupid

[@robman80808]

It does

[@NikolcheVasilevski]

This is not augmented reality AR! It is just screens in the glasses.

[@yeres_0389]

Jarvis isn't far behind.

[@ChaseD2012]

soooo.... give it some years before you try coding and reading. got it lol

[@OkiDingo]

lol. PS5, XBox, switch do not have type-c display out…..all consoles will need an HDMI adapter.

[@SalvatoreMilitello]

WD is hilarious, and I find it even funnier that you used HIM as your background while talking! By the way, his 2nd Cyber Dura test is out!

[@DustinMillerPolyInnovator]

Yeah your bias towards the vision pro, or even the comment about using ultrawide setting with mac vs iphone. The apple bias is pretty strong, even if unintentional. I'm sure android would probably handle it better, let alone windows. So I wonder.

[@BrandonButch]

Ultrawide doesn't work on Windows or Android. And there's nothing close to Vision Pro for clarity, that's just a fact, no bias.

[@mccandless1]

Eek. They look a bit daft. Maybe if there was nobody around, but I wouldn’t wear them in any other scenario.

[@geojofori8371]

More daft that Vision Pro and meta’s?

[@landrover5386]

They do look a bit ridiculous though😂

[@BrandonButch]

🤣 every pair of headsets/glasses look ridiculous

[@DancingDave1]

Much less ridiculous that Apple Pro Crap ! And I’m a longtime Apple user in case you’re wondering

[@johnsr1975]

I’d remove the words ‘a’ and ‘bit’ from that statement

[@TacBlades]

One day they will be like any other sun glasses it's just the tech is not there yet.

[@fraerithlelfe6027]

Not that much ! And I would personally use it at home so...

[@thetimepassstore2658]

:)

[@SugarTouch]

Don't use DoF abbreviation for "degrees of freedom" In terms of VISION DoF is "Depth of Field". WIKI literally : "The depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the nearest and the farthest objects that are in acceptably sharp focus in an image captured with a camera." It's ok if you'll use it in different cases but stay away from this when you discussing glasses or cameras please !

[@jefftam18]

what if i wear glasses ?

[@BrandonButch]

you can use the inserts!

[@ufcespnfightpass6969]

Seems like these glasses are just going to isolate people even more and make them more socially awkward

[@DanieleH-t5v]

Just curious why they are sitting up so high on your face? And how far away are they supposed to be away from your face? It looks a bit far during the talking parts of this video. It’s a meh 🫤 for me…

[@BrandonButch]

@@DanieleH-t5v that’s bird bath optics, it’s how they sit to keep a bit further away from eyes

[@DanieleH-t5v]

@ thank you for the reply, Brandon! I appreciate your content so much!