XREAL Air / Nreal Air Unsponsored Review - A Real Review of the NOT AR Glasses

My 4 Months Review of the Nreal Air "AR" Glasses, nice hardware plagued with horrible software support

[@drewhunter3929]

*UPDATED REVIEW* just some updates to my negative points since they have been addressed by Nreal: *Windows Nebula App* is out now. It works well, being able to have the screen fixed in place is really a game changer, you can move the position/size/distance to really suit you, great detail. *Refresh Rate* I don't really know how, but they released an update that allows for *120Hz*, yeah, it doubled the refresh rate with a Software update, I tested it on PC and it looks great, it's really 120hz, it's crazy that the glasses were able to do this the whole time but only got enabled now.

[@yunusalih]

can you do a video specificly for the windows part? showing the nebula app and all, I could not find any information about it

[@Sacred-Lotus]

Is that 120Hz refresh rate also enabled for Nreal Air 1？

[@drewhunter3929]

@yunusalih there's not much to do a video about, it's pretty plugNplay, you run the app and it gives you 3 modes, Single screen, Triple Monitor or 1 Wide screen monitor, the download link is in their Official Discord for some reason. @Sacred-Lotus , yeah, this is the first Nreal Air

[@yunusalih]

@@drewhunter3929 yeah i get to try the glasses and nebula app i hated it and returned the glasses second day, field of vision is so narrow so no point of using nebula app i guess

[@faizan862]

make a new review video please

[@awesomeferret]

Thank you for making this video. It's frustrating that this video has so few views compared to the sponsored ones.

[@drewhunter3929]

thank you for watching!

[@edrod8807]

Respect! Thank you for your detailed review. Straight to the point with knowledge and you cut all the crap out. You are the 6th reference I have consumed on this product and by far the best. New subscriber! Great work man

[@xjc1069x]

Fantastic, very real. Most straightforward review I've seen about these glasses. Keep up the great work. Cheers 🍻

[@andrekravcenko8801]

I got mine and.... I LOVE IT. !!! If you want heavy, uncomfortable equipment, go ahead and buy a Quest and be happy....

[@martinroskilly9994]

I agree, it’s a great start from Nreal however I’d wait another 3years for the technology to be completely worthwhile. Great review and it’s what I expected from this technology.

[@TruckerxMGDx]

Finally a screen description it’s a reference. Thank you

[@David-gs9vw]

Real honest review, I hope you get the chance to review the Em3 Ether VR Glasses

[@midicronica1]

Would you still recommend this for a person who just wants to watch media on their iPhone and make use of the triple screen setup on a MacBook/windows laptop? Gaming to me would be secondary.

[@youtubebrowser1730]

sir i love watching movies. can we enjoy movies on this latest xreal air 2 vr glasses ? i am planning to buy this one. do u suggest it. how to connect this to pc/laptop/iphone . PLEASE REPLY

[@icecave89]

God review. I only use mine for video consumption on a Moto G100 with Ready For software. You can adjust saturation on the phone. I have tested with Google Chromecast TV stick / PC (Beelink GR5) /Galaxy Tab S5e . Your opinion of Nebula software is my experience, I just uninstalled after 1hour of play.

[@zartancobra-bs5lk]

Nice review hopefully their 3rd generation glasses they will be able to improve on these features. Rokid 3rd generation glasses Rokid Max AR coming out later this may hoping you get to review it as well

[@EeveeLO6]

Thanks for the detailed breakdown.

[@aliettienne2907]

It is interesting to hear this perspective ☺️💯👊🏾👍🏾

[@wfthkttn]

After watching your review I decided that I indeed need to test it myself and did buy it. All those happy-pony-crap reviews didn't do it for me. The resolution is good enough for working (code). I do not have an office, nor luxury of living at the same spot, so, its pretty much perfect solution for me. There are some software issues on windows, but it will be eventually fixed, if not by Nreal, then by myself. Big problem for me is bad weight distribution, its all goes to the nose bridge. If you are on your chair all day long, crunching, glasses will press on your nose so much, it goes numb. There are some people that do hardware mods already, for example light shield design somewhere at etsy, may redistribute the weight and it will be settled? No idea yet. Anyway, the glasses are quite good for programming I'd say. More then I expected.

[@cafeine]

hey, developer here, would appreciate if you could shade some light: did you get in the windows nebula beta? Can you have body tracking on Windows? Can you have multiple screens (3) on Windows? How do you find the experience? Do your eyes get tired easily with these? Can you use them for regular work/coding?

[@wfthkttn]

@cafeine No idea what you mean by body tracking there, it's 3DOF, you sit on your chair and the displays is around you (not nailed in front of your face). Currently I use 2 real screens + 3 virtual ones. Messengers and some utility stays on real screens, so I can see them even without wearing glasses. Here how its look like: ?links are not allowed? Disclaimer: ̶M̶y̶ ̶v̶i̶s̶i̶o̶n̶ ̶i̶s̶ ̶a̶u̶g̶m̶e̶n̶t̶e̶d̶ I have nearly perfect vision As of the experience, if I was only sitting at my house, I'd stay with screens since it's way easier and convenient - no additional apps, full performance, no compatibility issues, no need to get it onto your head, yadda yadda yadda. At first it felt somewhat tiring, then I changed the screens so they are larger, but further away, and it somehow made a difference. Overall, it is heavier on eye-strain than regular screens, but for me its on acceptable level. Size-wise, displays is smaller than 27" 50cm away from me, around 21". Feels like 27 tho. Clarity is pretty good, I use 3x fullhd, and while its less clear than physical 17" 1080p I have, it is more useful, since "on the go" you rarely have a table with proper display placement height, and always look down at your display/laptop, which ends with terrible posture and neck strain. There are jitter to the text with high contrast (white on black, for example dark YT UI), not big deal, but noticeable, no idea if ramping up refresh rate will fix it. Comfort-wise. I was using it for 10+ hr a time, and stock nose-pad is not an option for that. I ended up ordering foam-strips designed for masks, and it made a huge difference. As of the software, after removing some dumb keybindings from unity assembly its usable, but not perfect. In order to make nebula not mirror your main screen, but use 3 virtual screens I have to add one with separate software/script, set is as main display, start nebula, set main display back to my real screen(otherwise it gives me god awful lag). Not exactly plug and play, neither deal breaker, but still took time to figure out. Also it would always reorder my screens on start, I hope they will be able to figure out how to tame windows display manager and do it properly. My laptop never goes to sleep, and my nreal "away" sensor is covered with a tape so it won't ever turn off. TLDR: There are issues with software, but it will get there sooner or later. P.S. I'd kill for the same glasses but 60FOV with 2K screens

[@shaolinjaa666]

Excellent, honest review

[@mekaaro1237]

please do Rockid max review as well, and a comparison

[@cmdrasumoto9658]

How would you compare this with watching a movie on your fold 3? Is it really a noticable upgrade through screen size and quality?

[@drewhunter3929]

I think the glasses are better, if you hold the phone next to your face you can get a similar screen size/quality, but you'll put a lot of strain on your neck/arms watching a full movie that way, it's much more comfortable to use the glasses

[@alfonsodauria6124]

I dont understand. Can I use Samsung dex with s22 ultra?

[@sofomryu]

This is the real review ever, awesome.

[@JonMehP]

Thank you for making this video

[@timetoshine2752]

Hi can you please make a review about the vitual one

[@VirtualArcades]

What about Ginger?

[@Chicharrero91]

Bro, what do you use to remote connecting to your PC from DEX?? That's very important for me. Thank you

[@drewhunter3929]

I use Parsec, works pretty fast

[@Chicharrero91]

@@drewhunter3929 thanks for all the answers mate. You got me through the right path

[@byronmcduffy3485]

How about with the Phoenix app?

[@ThugLifeModafocah]

Do you work with programming??? If so, what code editor do you use and how is it on Nreal Air???

[@drewhunter3929]

no but I do some coding on the side with VS Code and I wouldn't recommend the glasses for text based work

[@ThugLifeModafocah]

@@drewhunter3929 oh, that's very sad. I was considering buying one NReal or Rokid Max, because I thought it would be usefull as a monitor to work. I'm very sad to read this.🥲

[@Sacred-Lotus]

Truly honest review on these Nreal/Xreal glasses, unlike most YT tech reviewers who only loudly praise these “AR” glasses for media viewing without telling their restrictions (e.g. Can't view >480P with their Beam controller (extra US$129), No go for 360° clips becoz they locked up the 3DOF IMU sensor reading and restricted users with their Crappy Nebula software, etc) AND the *hardship in actually using Xreal glasses* . *Honesty should be valued more in tech reviews.*

[@FusionTechCinema]

Think you woke up on the wrong side of the bed

[@bugged1212]

I think he has some fair points.

[@Chicharrero91]

How can i buy this from europe spain? I really want to try it.

[@drewhunter3929]

I don't know, maybe importing it from Amazon US/Japan will be your only option

[@FrugalShave]

Exactly the reasons I returned mine the next day.

[@Chicharrero91]

Did you feel dizzy at any moment? I feel that on the go you can probably feel dizzy sometimes

[@drewhunter3929]

only like at first for like half a second, after that no problems

[@HamzaRashid]

Great review and spot on! I am so disappointed by mine that I got few days ago. I have an m1 mac and tripple monitor is cool but the resolution on the 2 side virtual monitors is really low (760p) or something. I feel betrayed by all the tech youtubers that I enjoy watching for their paid fake hype. I ordered the beam to see if it makes using it better. So far ive tried the glasses with (galaxy note 10+, tab s8+, m1 mac mini, surface laptop 4). The fact that the display moves wherever i look makes it unsuable for productivity tasks.

[@SvenFx-22]

Thank you for the video

[@Naviii_]

Great Review

[@danielferrari9941]

Excelente revisión, me ahorraste 500 dólares. Muchas gracias

[@mbk1251]

"Screen glasses seem authentic as you pointed out bear bone as it is review ( real world. thanks for insight

[@sir_gino]

You earned my subscribe and like. Thankyou for pointing out how small the glued screen size is. For a while I think that this might be a cheaper, lighter, and a much better AR device than Meta quest 3, but it looks like it's not. It might be better with the companion Beam device but it won't be cheap anymore and is still not good enough for it's price atleast for me. A great device really but the price for it would be too much for me. Thankyou :)

[@HomeMediaServer24]

You bang on about VR however THEY ARE NOT VR GLASSES so why would they or should they be able to to be used for VR.

[@allencole9523]

How about just using them for PlayStation five

[@akirax8905]

I signed into youtube just to subscibe to your channel! Good job!

[@JULESSNOOKER]

Just like to point out 99.9% of 3D movies are less than 50GB, thanks for your review 👍

[@SIL3NC3-SHOT]

Can you review ROKID MAX ❤

[@die_hertz]

Don't expect much difference, their apps are even more rudimentary

[@gameplays4533]

Con Samsung Dex funciona muy bien, apenas gasta batería y puedes hacer de todo.

[@luismiguelplazaalvarez1133]

Hola estoy esperando a que me llegue el mío quería preguntarte si aquí es españa 🇪🇸 en un fold 3 se puede ver nebulosa gracias

[@gameplays4533]

@@luismiguelplazaalvarez1133 nebula no funciona con el fold 3, pero como tiene samsung dex va muy bien y gasta menos batería

[@Chicharrero91]

Justo estaba buscando este comentario, máquina. Dónde lo compraste para que llegase bien a españa? saludos

[@MrJackfriday]

i mainly want to watch youtube on the go or watch some recipes while cooking... then i saw its incompatible with my google pixel 7 pro. what a let down...

[@FrugalShave]

It's the Pixel that is the letdown in this case.

[@ramidaoud3776]

Hardcore Truth teller. Wow!

[@engindumlupinar]

Before getting the glasses, I watched this video, and I had concerns, but now I've come back to comment. I encountered a screen twice the size of the 55-inch TV in my living room. If you don't know how to compare just don't!

[@m.k.u.g]

After watching so many positive reviews I purchased them. Tried them this morning and returned them this afternoon. Mac software Nebula is useless. Screens shake and jitter. Definitely don’t stay stable and I have the latest macbook Air 15 which is only 6 days old. I researched other reviewers and found only one person that mentions this. This incident completely changed my view on KZbin reviewers. This product is impossible to recommend and yes because of the extremely limited angle of view they are NOT big screens either. So disappointed!!! Thank you for the video!

[@HamzaRashid]

100% same experience with m1 mac mini. Nebula for mac is nearly unusable for any serious work. Also lost faith in all the trusted tech youtubers. I almost returned it but decided to buy the beam to see if it will be jittery with that. Gotta support honest non-sponsored people with comments and watch time so their reveiws get pushed by youtube

[@KevinPlays244]

I buy them just to play GFN on it..

[@khanhtran806]

Not Nreal, hope you like VietNam, I like you

[@drewhunter3929]

I loved it! thank you for watching!

[@justsaybobby]

Hes right, they're not AR. Just a monitor strapped to your face lol. Don't believe the hype.