🕶 Early Adopters BEWARE! - XREAL Beam Overview 🕶

In this video, I take a quick look over and review the XREAL Beam, as it is, one month after its release. What can you expect from it, and is it worth? Stay tuned to find out…
Please note I have not been provided any of these products for free, or for review and purchased them without any form of sponsorship. Thank you.
Once again thanks for watching.
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[@DayDreamerVR]

Hi all, it is worth being aware of the positives and negatives before getting the XREAL Beam. As long as you are aware of it though, it can make for an excellent device. I hope this video is useful, please like the video to let me know, and once again, thanks for watching 👍

[@User-huia]

Thanks alot for the short clean and honest review🤟

[@DayDreamerVR]

No problem, glad you found it useful 👍

[@danielpv1763]

Really well put together. You got yourself a new subscriber Sir.

[@DayDreamerVR]

Thank you, glad you like the video 👍

[@windmaomao]

I love your video, this is how they should advertise it. What's the point of rolling out and watching people returning it, crazy.

[@DayDreamerVR]

Thanks, glad you like it! I really get frustrated with tech at the moment, they advertise what they dream it to be, then release a product that's only half as capable. It isn't that bad, but it's really good to get a realistic view of what you're getting 👍

[@omegafire6253]

Main turn off for a return is a constant flickering during viewing or image not visible when booting due to gray screen and stripes. Not sore if it's the overheating because it got worse after 4 days.

[@DayDreamerVR]

I haven't experienced that luckily, I don't know if that's a faulty Beam or not, I'll keep testing though and will update if I find out the cause of this 👍

[@michaelanthonytollan]

Well as you can read it my comments, beam got really hot and stopped working for good . And only had it for 5days .so fan is useless and was not able to cool it down

[@michaelanthonytollan]

Yeah mine turned off by it self got hot ?is that normal .it was also plugged in while i was using it .maybe thats why .ll all l

[@tyroneearnest4513]

A big caveat nobody mentions (in all the videos Ive viewed anyway) is the beam introduces huge latency - so gaming or moving a mouse cursor around on a screen is an exercise in futility. I guess its common sense as it is a video processor and inevitably will insert some level of latency but it hadnt occured to me when when I bought it as a package deal with my airs. Love the air glasses but the beam, at this time, is very flawed and a waste of money. Again, at this time. Its features are cool but no drm or apps and finally severe latency should be a full stop for most folks.

[@DayDreamerVR]

Yeah, I wouldn't do competitive gaming online with it.

[@Qishqildaq]

Via Bluetooth connection?? What about the wire ??

[@marctheriault5531]

Wiring connections don't seem to work. I've tried connecting it on my Tab S9 Ultra, but the lag is still there, and when I unplug the wire, the connection doesn't cut off, showing that it was actually a wireless connection all the time, even when plugged in. Same thing with my Asus Zenbook and a HDMI connection.

[@michaelanthonytollan]

The beam is totally worth it if it dident die on me . I had all my media apps on it and was working great ...until deside to go hot and dead siden death .so gutted because I really loved the beam

[@Nnamdxxx]

The beam is just not ready. But if you have a compatable phone then the glasses are worth it.

[@marctheriault5531]

Wiring connections don't seem to work. I've tried connecting it on my Tab S9 Ultra, but the lag is still there, and when I unplug the wire, the connection doesn't cut off, showing that it was actually a wireless connection all the time, even when plugged in. Same thing with my Asus Zenbook and a HDMI connection.

[@DayDreamerVR]

That's weird, could be worth trying to turn off the WiFi on the Beam to see if it will connect to your devices through a wire, hope you manage to sort it 👍

[@migueldvp]

Will be great if you do some shots outside walking or simulating to, on a sunny days on shadows or on direct sunlight, nobody do that and i cant find much examples of the glasses outside, i want to see how great the screeen looks on a normal day

[@DayDreamerVR]

For outside, especially with sunny weather it would be much more difficult to see the content displayed. On a non sunny day outside it should be okay 👍

[@migueldvp]

@@DayDreamerVR Yes i think that will be, but theres no examples of that views ok youtube, will be hard to see but maybme you can see someting

[@amarlanewsnetwork5079]

I have the xreal beam and air and I can confirm that the over 300-inch screen is indeed over 300 inches.. if you go outside or into a large open environment it looks like a 300-inches.. but if you're inside it breaks the illusion .. All screen sizes advertised are accurate and do not feel like you're holding a phone up to your face.. its damn magic

[@DayDreamerVR]

I feel like I can't notice the difference between it at its small but near size to it's large and far away size. In theory the screens are lighting up the same pixels, so I just don't get it. I'll try it outside though as maybe me being inside is breaking the illusion 👍

[@michaelb4512]

I am not tech smart but can you browse internet with beam and watch video/content other than there own apps?Thankyou!

[@ESGamingCentral]

I agree same thing here. and it's amazing

[@FirstnameLastname-gy4bz]

How’s the ppi?

[@DayDreamerVR]

@@FirstnameLastname-gy4bz the ppi is quite good as the FOV is only around 50 degrees and you have 1920x1080 screens in that space 👍

[@michaelbini1103]

Will the beam help with the shirt mirror. Literally all I see is my shirt with the glasses.

[@DayDreamerVR]

Unfortunately the Beam won't help, all it does is keep the screen stationary in one place, or allows a couple more options/compatability. So if you find you have too much reflection in the glasses then it won't change that. What you could do is try tilting the glasses slightly by adjusting the arms up or down (they have three positions you can click them in to), and hopefully one of the positions will be better and not reflect your shirt in your view as much. Hope you find a solution that works for you 👍

[@hamadalrowaie6882]

The best review on the subject!

[@DayDreamerVR]

Thank you, glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback 👍

[@THEDARKSIDECUTHERE]

They should have held off till streaming apps are available on beam before launch. Right now as it stands for what it can do about 50 to 75 dollar device. A lot of times it's all talk by company and no delivery on what's to come.

[@DayDreamerVR]

And it doesn't feel like they are letting the community what will be available or when. If that was more well know with a path of expected features then people would know whether to buy not, wait, or not to bother.

[@WeWickd]

Yeah ... I'll wait. Thank you.

[@michaelanthonytollan]

Is it dead ??i plugg in to cuarge it and no reaction ?????did this suddenly dies on me ??

[@warlockboyburns]

Does it have it's own android interface?

[@DayDreamerVR]

It runs on android, but when using it you can't see the Android interface. If you follow the jailbreaking steps you can see all the Android interface and settings. Hope that helps 👍

[@jonabitstream]

the Beam came today, and it has frozen during the update process. Glasses are black, Beam is hot, and apparently frozen.

[@DayDreamerVR]

Sorry to hear that, I'd recommend going onto the Xreal discord to see if anyone can assist. I vaguely remember some kind of button press to do a reset, I'm not sure if it would work in your situation though. Hope you manage to get it sorted discord.com/invite/xHreYqqX

[@Ghostviperz]

The thing gets so hot in a pocket

[@rushmore3927]

If the hardware is on the device and runs hot as a result, why does the phone drain? The glasses are supposed to be powered by the Beam. Even if not, it should drain no more than without the Beam.

[@DayDreamerVR]

Without the phone connected the Beams battery drains normally. But the Beam seems to treat the phone as an external battery bank, and it charges the Beam. The phone battery definitely goes down much quicker connected than when separate, and the battery of the Beam charges.

[@rushmore3927]

@@DayDreamerVR Dumb design then. I will return it.

[@DayDreamerVR]

@@rushmore3927 They might fix it so that it doesn't charge from a phone. If you can connect wirelessly then you wouldn't have the same issue, but at the moment you can wirelessly do Netflix etc. They are looking to add apps onto it, so they would prevent this issue. Ultimately it needs a fix or update in one way or another to get around, which hopefully will happen in September, we shall see. Might be worth testing your phone to see if it acts in the same way before returning it 👍

[@rushmore3927]

@@DayDreamerVR It arrives tomorrow. I have a S23Ultra

[@DayDreamerVR]

@rushmore3927 difficult decision, but I think the Beam is good as long as you know its potential downsides, which is why I made the video, and they are only going to get better 👍

[@DaveHoltzman]

I'm glad I got the chance to see those glasses on you with the blocker in each video. I'm formed an opinion that I want them to look more like real glasses instead of a cheap plastic cover over your glasses. I want mirror lenses and I want it to look less flat. I feel like I'm staring at something obviously fake that your wearing on your face and stands out enough to me that I myself feel uncomfortable. I hope that makes some sense to you or helps you in any way.

[@DayDreamerVR]

That does make sense, I am planning to remove the lens cover and give that a go in the videos. First I'm going to get a blackout blind to prevent reflections in the glasses. I think it will feel better without the cover on, like you say, the matte look makes it look like some kind of glasses filter with them being superimposed and not real 👍

[@DayDreamerVR]

I have just done another video with the cover off. I also made my PC monitor black so there is less of a relection, and turned down the brightness of the display in the glasses. I'd be interested to know what you think, hopefully this is better? kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpDMZHluqLZ2fKs

[@DaveHoltzman]

@@DayDreamerVR The video in your link is private so I didn't watch but all those things sound really good

[@DayDreamerVR]

@DaveHoltzman sorry about that, I've now set the video to private, so you can view it by following the link. I set it to private as I had some negative comments about the video on reddit, some people couldn't tell that I was just having a bit of a laugh at the hype created on KZbin. Ah well 👍

[@MobileDecay]

I'm assuming this isn't a sponsored video seeing as you're being honest. I wanna love the beam but I can't. They spend all their time trying to stop people from sideloading apps to make the experience better and no time updating it to fix bugs and add features.

[@DayDreamerVR]

Yeah, this isn't sponsored. I really want to like it but it's not in a great state right now, but with a few updates it could become what we want it to be. Let's just hope that the much needed updates don't take XREAL long to implement 🤞 I still find it useful for using with a laptop which is my main use case, but would like more apps on it asap

[@ianhuitson7134]

glass half empty guy

[@DayDreamerVR]

Lol, just trying to make people aware of the positives and negatives 👍

[@michaelanthonytollan]

So its completely dead not working .so this tells me the beam is realllly bad . Cant watch anything long for a period of time when really hot and shot down for good .cant charge it and dont wirk with glasses ....I am totally boombed out

[@DayDreamerVR]

This was someone's post on Discord, I don't know if it will help at all 🤞 first connect the beam to a usb port of any device (PS4, SteamDeck stand) as the standard current of these port is around 900mA. as soon as the LED lights of the beam turn on, disconnect the cable and hold the button for 15 sec. it will reboot then after some time, it will shut off. (if you don't disconnect it, the LED will turn to red and it won't charge no matter how long you wait) now connect the cable again and leave it, you will notice that after the beam boot up this time, the LED will turn into a flashing red light. now it's charging leave it until the LED turn into white(it will not go to 100%, mine stopped at 21%) now disconnect it and use it until it run out of battery (although mine showed 21% once it reached 1% it took too long to run out of battery, I think the reading was wrong ) (while trying to make it run out of Battery, don't turn it off completely or leave it inactive for a long time) once it run out of Battery charge it again using a better charger and this time it will charge up to 100%

[@michaelanthonytollan]

@@DayDreamerVR thank you for quick reply .where can I find that video so I can watch it . The thing about it I have no gaming devices haha any other way of trying to boost it up ?

[@michaelanthonytollan]

And witch button should I hold in the side button big button in middle or home button ?

[@DayDreamerVR]

@@michaelanthonytollan I would probably think the power button on the top of the Beam, hope this works for you 👍

[@michaelanthonytollan]

@@DayDreamerVR ok so the small button under the bigger one . i am gutted I feel its warm when plugged in so its not totally dead just wont turn on , must be away to boot it up without what you said before