AR Glasses 'XREAL Air 2 Ultra' Review: Hand-Tracking MR [Smart Glasses]

hello it's Mr VR today I will be sharing in the xreal air series of AR glasses I had the experience with the latest and most high performance model the xreal air2 ultra so I will share a Hands-On review xreal is a handy pair of smart glasses that allow you to enjoy movies and games on a big screen just by connecting to your smartphone this is ideal for viewing content during travel such as on new trunk lines or airplanes I believe there are many people who use xreal air I also own an xreal air and I'm on the fence about whether to switch to this xreal Air 2 ultra so I thought I'd try to explain that too let's get started quickly the xreal series has so many models up to this point that even I get confused so let's review them briefly here here is a table of the xreal series up to now in 2019 xreal light was released I've highlighted this model on my channel several times a camera is mounted on the front of the glasses for 6 Dees of freedom and hand tracking functionally it has quite a lot of features then on March 4th 2022 the much anticipated xreal air was released there has been significant Evolution from the xreal light with a lighter weight and a micro ukl display that looks more like regular sunglasses and here it gets a bit complicated the xreal air2 was released on October 16th 2023 even though it's called two there isn't much Evolution from there the weight has reduced to 79 G from there are minor changes like it being 2 G lighter improved Acoustics softer temples slightly brighter displays those are the minor changes the price for xreal air is 49,800 Yen xreal Air 2 is 54,9 180 Yen which is 5,000 yen price here but if you're going to buy it I feel like it's better to buy the second one around the same time as X real Air 2 x real air 2 Pro was also released it's almost the same as xra Air 2 but it comes with a lens dimming feature you can adjust the smoke level of the lens in three stages I tried it out myself and since it's electronically dimmed it's easy to use and the way you perceive your surroundings changes a lot so it's highly functional so if you want this feature you may choose the xreal air2 pro now on to xreal air2 ultra we'll talk about the experience later but let's look at the key specs here first off regarding the release date it was supposedly on March 31st 2024 but due to the rush of reservations it got delayed to end of May instead you will receive three markers the number one feature of xreal air2 ultra is the camera attached to the front of the glasses if you invest in xreal A2 Pro and incorporate xreal light features it is easy to visualize the function and appearance as a result the air Series has achieved 6 degrees of freedom instead of three by the way this attached camera is to recognize space these can't be used to take photos or videos you won't be able to get the image data on the app side explain the difference between 3DF and 6df 3DF when the display is displayed in space when you move around it was like following the display six even if you are moving in DF the display will be able to do as long as it stays there this is because the ful length camera is space aware it will be something that can be done however this feature is only available for a limited number of smartphones only when using the nebra app and using the AR app in other words insert xdr directly into your iPhone if you want to use it like mirroring you can use the ultra doesn't even make it 60f this is a bit confusing and we'll get to that later the other thing is a little more weight at 80g the viewing angle is slightly increased by 52° however this viewing angle is supposed to be a diagonal viewing angle I think it's better to lower the VR viewing angle as a guide let's look at it with our eyes at the experience venue we also did a fashion show for the xre air2 ultra at first glance it doesn't look any different from the other xre series there are two main differences one is that the bottom part of the frame is made of titanium and has a silver color this looks stylish but missing frame in the bottom part I think it can look like half Rim sunglasses the glaring feeling seems to be directly underneath I feel like I have different tastes the other is that the cameras are mounted on the left and right sides of the frame this will be used in public places I think this may be a concern it's not like a part of a pair of glasses it's barely acceptable I looked at the others side by side and compared them it looked pretty much the same then take a look at the experience right now I think we're projecting content on various spaces in front of us now that the Viewpoint is the cursor if you move your head the cursor will align with you like that the cursor is in the direction you are looking that's right if the cursor is there it will be YouTube without permission and the video is playing right now if you look at the far left and you put your hand on it right now and you put it out in space on this side you will see that the hand tracking hand is responding now in this state I think this angle is the best this pinches and plays and so on this is where the cursor is looking at that's right make eye contact and use your hands to go up and down like this this is not an operation but the cursor is aligned where you're looking that's right right it's a matter of matching it up and pressing the decision button with your hands dimming is also good and if you Dim it you will not be able to see your surroundings much that's right now you can also turn on the dimming in this state I think the marker is detected now so I'm going to home it for now if you look ahead now you think that the world of snow is out but if you look at the bottom you will see a landscape of women and snow from on the left and a green calendar on the [Music] right it's the same procedure as the previous choice but it changes by adjusting the perspective of the woman if you decide to do the inspection you will see a variety of avatars you can also choose from a variety of avatars slowly you can see contacts and such in 3D it feels like a social network side let me remove the paper can I move this it's perfectly fine because it's operational it stays here or I can revolve around it this doesn't recognize it but it recognizes the space right that's right after performing spatial mapping it's placed there like six dog and this is really in SNS mode and I think something appears like a mushroom monster for example like the spaceship on the left on the left the rocket launched next is this right side I think the video is autop playing now it looks three-dimensional now but if you look at the bottom various images are appearing from the left like avatars and minions if you choose an avatar it'll feel more 3D you can operate quite a bit with your hands that's right because from now on the slam sensor pointing down 18° yes at 18° so even when placed at a lower angle you can operate it this is nice can you return this to its original form for a moment this orange marker here have a look here something like a model of a bug comes out would you please put it on the palm of your hand if you can get it relatively close to the range this s permits there will be an appropriate response there's a 3D model and it moves along with this marker but when you switch it like this various insect switch here you can switch patterns that were set beforehand but you can also turn off quite a bit of the screen on your smartphone Well for now this dedicated demo app is running the screen gets like this when in use oh it's kind of Airy it's NAA right when I return to ver I believe this one becomes a pointer so no matter what the screen will still come up because it's a demo now it can be done even with the screen off anyway the screen is still on though it's just that on the demo the screen gets like this it's pitch black for now the app itself is running the demo app itself when using it in a normal way is it possible to use it like this with the screen turned off [Music] yes that's possible so we can do that with the SDK we provide for example if a platform with background processing can be created can you turn off the power button even if the sleep button is turned off it can still be used I think it all depends on the content of the develop itself can this screen be used when bought normally it does not appear this is just a demo screen that we are providing right now based on the SDK you can display it like this it's just a sample so each developer is also based on the SDK for the time being this is how you can create a platform when used normally it is the same as any other air2 will it be the home screen of nebra if you want to experience spatial displays and spatial Computing that's right the air2 and air2 pro are nebro it's a pointer on your phone is it a library on your smartphone but when it comes to ultra my hands are already responsive the glass itself is honestly a smartphone same Hub roll as Vision Pro the nebra home screen can be operated by hand as long as it is ultra is there no routine the nebra home screen is not possible choose by mobile for example on your mobile phone to your own application if you can enter with nebra from there it depends on the application for example if the application is so if it's an application that you can do with this hand tracking nebra the smartphone itself is not a cursor if you enter your own app then you can use it as you would like it but is it provided from there do you want to develop it yourself that's really up to the developer again this is just a demo and not actually provided it just so happens that the demo is in I thought it was pretty good to operate with hand tracking that's what I want to use so there will be a lot of other models in the future I think various developers will come out with it that's right if you can get there what else that's it for the demo experience this time hand tracking six dos spatial awareness Etc we were able to create a full-fledged Mr experience that took full advantage of the features of the xreal air2 ultra it's important to note however that this experience doesn't look the same once you've purchased it I'd like to add that because I was a Little Too Short on my own questions first of all it is necessary to have a compatible smartphone model use x real on any of the phones in this table that are compatible with M spaces Mr space is not supported on iPhones and other devices and is mainly only compatible with some Galaxy series and spia series airc casting is a feature that mirrors your phone's screen as it is you can't just place the display in space freely however I won't go into this article but you can do that if you use an accessory called a bean and if you start a smartphone app called nebra on a compatible model from here the Mr space home screen will be launched on xreal you can launch multiple browsers freely arranged videos in space and so [Music] on it's a true spatial Computing but the operation here is the same as the pre previous xra [Music] air it was necessary to operate the smartphone as a pointer if the hand tracking you were expecting on the xreal Air 2 ultra is available here I thought it would be nice to be able to do spatial Computing empty-handed with my smartphone in my pocket there were talks during the experience that it couldn't be done to use hand tracking you have to launch the Mr app from here which means you're going to use it within the Mr app this Mr app certainly doesn't have anything that xreal has to offer in this experience it was an MR app that was created only for demos so you'll be using third-party Mr apps developed using the exal SDK for instance apps like styly have been around for some time but the app itself probably needs to support hand tracking you'd probably need to have multiple screens of browsers like this one in this demo if you're using a thirdparty browser it would be great to have an app that lets you watch videos on a big screen but I think this will take some time this lack of apps is the same problem with the Vision Pro I felt like this was really close to Apple's Vision Pro The Vision Pro itself is revolutionary but there are too few apps so it's not quite possible to use them on a daily basis at this point the Quest 2 and Quest 3 which can play mster apps are still strong there are many ports from VR games and even then it takes a lot of time it's a difficult task to enrich them with MSA only models but for msta app developers it seemed quite good there aren't any other devices that allow you to easily experience Mr in a functional way I'll touch on the hand tracking performance as well the operation method probably differs depending on the Mr app in this demo the pointer was selected by the orientation of the face and decided by the pinching motion of the hand tracking as for Sensitivity I could only move for a short time I couldn't do a complete evaluation but I thought it was fairly good however I felt the motion Comfort was not enough the performance of the movement depends on the phone's performance so it might not be powerful enough to operate hand tracking in terms of image it felt like the initial hand tracking of the quest the movements seemed a bit heavy and lacking in accuracy perhaps this is because I've grown accustomed to the hand tracking of the quest 3 and Vision Pro if I were to use this regularly I think that would be stressful but improvements might be seen with the use of the latest smartphon so I indeed want to give it a try so I'm contemplating whether I should get the xra Air 2 ultra I already own an xra air when the xra air 2 and air2 pro released I was unsure about upgrading the price hasn't changed much and the functionalities are pretty similar too so I'm definitely confused actually I bought xre Air 2 Pro because I thought the dimming function was pretty neat I heard about the release of the xreal Air 2 ultra right before I was about to unbox it instead of opening it I waited for the right timing actually after trying out this time I figured I might as well buy the ultra I wish I could say that but when I think if there are any scenarios where I could use the hand tracking I ended up being indecisive again I feel like I don't necessarily need to go all the way to the ultra I'm still unsure on whether or not I should go with the air2 pro felt like I purchased out of impulse now that I think about it the first generation xreal air would have been good enough these thoughts run through my mind if the prices were around the same I would go with the ultra but this would cost me around1 ,000 Yen honestly speaking those who are thinking of buying the ultra at this stage for now it can serve both the large and small purposes I would probably go with the ultra the Top Model often it's the developers who buy the most the only concern in that case would be the Comfort level but my time wearing it was notably short that's a difficult part it felt the same as the other air series products in fact the weight was almost the same I wouldn't worry about it too much however for ordinary use you might not be able to fully utilize the ultra capabilities if you seek ultra high performance air2 Pro would be a good fit if you're buying now go for air2 if you already have the first generation air it's fine as it is that's the kind of feeling I get especially if you're only using it for viewing images I have that kind of feeling even while I'm creating the content for this video I'm contemplating whether to go for Ultra as someone who puts out explanatory videos on VR even if I have the choice to buy when it actually comes to buying I hesitate by using an MR device to be liberated from smartphones I have been anticipating for a long time even with the Apple Vision Pro it won't occur I'm confronted with reality probably even after getting the ultra I feel I won't get rid of that vague feeling but if I were to choose air2 Pro I look forward to experiencing true Mr I think I'll choose Ultra air has its own use if it comes to that I might as well go for Ultra after so much deliberation I have decided to purchase Ultra it's something I am hopeful about ultimately the best case scenario would be to operate on its own without being connected to a [Music] smartphone it's the joy of being cableless I look forward to the release of [Music]

Channel: Mr VR

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Keywords: VR, Quest3, Vision Pro, Xreal Air, smart glasses, MR, Xreal Air 2 ultra

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Length: 20min 18sec (1218 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 29 2024