RayNeo X3 Pro AR glasses ZDNET's key takeaways The RayNeo X3 Pro smart glasses will be available December 17th for $1,099, with trade-in offers.
The color displays look great, the UI is easy to learn, and the glasses are comfortable.
Battery life is poor, the glasses are thick, and the smartphone connectivity is spotty at this early stage of development. View now at RayNeo
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Regular readers know that I am a daily user of XR glasses because they extend my single laptop display into multiple large virtual monitors. I recently purchased the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and they've been one of my favorite pairs for their ability to bring advanced features to the form factor.
But for the past month, I've been testing RayNeo's version of smart glasses with heads-up displays: the RayNeo X3 Pro smart glasses, and they're like looking into the future (despite not being perfect).
Also: I tried the Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses, and they got me excited for the post-smartphone era
The RayNeo X3 Pro include full color microLED displays in each eye and 3,500 nits of brightness. Add to that a 76 gram weight, dual-camera imaging system, and 38-minute fast charge via USB-C, and you've got a promising product.
Looking at hardware, the color displays are clear and bright in all lighting conditions and I haven't had any issues seeing them. The glasses are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chipset, which is powerful, but unfortunately hasn't resulted in very good battery life.
I've been getting about one to two hours of battery life, but it's also highly dependent on how active you are with the OS. It's nice that they charge up quickly, but unlike my Meta smart glasses, there is no battery in the case to charge the glasses up on the go. This has been pretty disappointing, but keep in mind that I've been testing an early version of the model.
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