XREAL Air 2 AR Glasses, 130" 120Hz 1080P Wearable Display, Lightweight 72g, Compatible with iPhone 15/16 (excluding e-series), Android (USB-C DP Only), Steam Deck, ROG Ally, PC/Mac, HDMI with Adapter

A great Intro to 3d glasses. 1080p at 120hz Its now one of the best ways to watch Netflix and use the Fire TV Stick. It has two audio channels. To hear audio over HDMI, press and hold the +ve part of the long button until you hear it beep twice. A single beep via the +ve part of the long button puts the glasses into 3D mode. You can swap between controlling the brightness and controlling the volume by pressing the -ve part of the long button. Press untill you hear a single beep.

I didn't get the Beam attachemnt, which has been discontinued in favour of Beam Pro, which is a bit pricey. I bought these glasses just as a monitor, and to see if they were any good. I was expecting to send them back if I was underwhelmed with them. As a replacement monitor on Windows 11 they are very usable and excellent build quality. The image is crystal clear. 3D videos look great. The sound is also very good. Just plug in and they work. (Usb-C PD connector) Where you will see other people having cripes or problems with image quality stems from the fact that you need to pay another £95 (or ish) for prescription lenses to go into them if you need reading glasses. I use glasses. Without these lenses the image is simply blurry and causes eye strain. I am lucky that I can wear my own glasses and have these Air 2 glasses on (not ideal but perfectly OK) so can get away with not buying the extra prescription lenses to fit into the Air 2. With my own glasses on the image is stunning, very clear, but if you do not position them really well you might miss the top or bottom of the image (just a few pixels) or the left or right areas might become a little out of focus. If I position the glasses really well, the image becomes great. People who do not use glasses should see a crystal clear image, however a lot of people need (or could do with using) glasses but they dont - these people might find the AIR 2 image isnt quite as good as as advertised. Its really important that your eyesight is good, or that you use prescription lenses with Air 2 to get the best out of it. It can do more with the Beam Pro - I haven't tried. There are apps like Xreal Neubla (and 3rd party ones) which unlock other features instead of using Beam, but these are either flakey, lack features or simply wont work with Windows. Most of them weren't finished or like Nebula have been abandoned recently. The Android / Mac Apps might be great - no idea - their apps apparently unlock more features. For it to work on a mobile your phone must be able to output the video via its USB port. Most phones can't do this (Samsung Galaxy S rs ange can) If you have a USB-C DP port on your device (PS5 etc) then these glasses act as a great large view monitor that you can take anywhere. (Acts as a 30" monitor). I use them to watch 3D video and normal videos - fantastic. I paid £245 with a voucher - £289 is too much and they will stop seeling them soon (hence why they stop selling Beam). I think the vouchers are being used to shift old stock. At £245 what you get is a convenient good quality 120Hz (60/90hz also) monitor and will be great for gamers. I used them for almost 6 hrs straight and only had mild eye strain - these type of things can take some getting used to. Not much funtionality (its a fancy monitor with 3D ability). Can't be adjusted much apart from sitting on your face adjustments, but they are very light and comfortable. Can use them in daylight (indoors) perfectly well, but better using the black out covers supplied or in a darkened room. For AR glasses they dont seem too big to me. Very very easy to use (just plug them in. To put in 3D mode press a button. Brightness can be adjusted, press buttons). Changing volume is best done on the laptop/phone/PS5 unless you put the glasses button into a different mode and then instead of brightness controls they become volume controls. Image quality is miles better than my Meta Quest 2 headset. Be under no illusion - what you are buying is a monitor for your face - that is it - ignore AR unless you have the right phone or buy Beam Pro. Then you might have to buy prescription lenses (I looked and they were £95 extra + eye test fees). If you want more functionality (getting into AR) other than a wonderful monitor you'll be buying a Xreal Beam Pro (£240 on their website). If you only have HDMI output on your PC you'll need to buy another attachment (HDMI to USB-C £35 unless you buy a Beam). Plus HDMI attachments/converters don't always supply power to the USB-C so make sure you research which one to buy. [Update] I came back to add. Running steam VR with a RTX 3050 Ti based laptop and the HDMI to USB-C PD adapter that was advertised as an AR headset adapter doesn't appear to work (not yet). Steam VR says that it doesn't see my headset which is in 3D mode and is working. The glasses used as just a monitor - fantastic. The glasses as a 3D video viewer (fantastic providing the video is in the correct resolution - most aren't). The glasses for 3D games - troublesome. Also, although the HDMI to USB-C converter works and sees the Air 2 as a sound output the sound doesn't work with this HDMI comverter so research which one does (I can't find one that definitely works). It might be that I'll get Steam VR working (Meta Quest VR headset was also troublesome) with the Air 2 glasses but converting HDMI ports to powered USB-C displays is not easy to pick the right product. 3D is not easy to get working from Windows 11. I'm no mug at this computer stuff and these these are troublesome to make work. I reduced by a star. I wont send these glasses back because I want them as a monitor, they are very good quality, but if you want extra features like virtual workspaces that require an App, or you want 3D games I am sure there are other glasses that are easier to get working. (I note that XReal have also stopped selling the Air 2 Pro glasses. Presumably Beam Pro will soon end). This is an end of life product that will not get bug fixes or features enhanced.

I love these glasses. I was unsure whether to buy them as some of the reviews mentioned the edges being blurry, but I haven't had that problem. They exceeded my expectations in almost every way. One minor issue I had is that the wire developed a fault, but I contacted them, and Xreal sent me a new wire which has been fine. I'm a very big guy, so naturally have a big face, and the glasses are still fine for me, but it feels like if I were closer to an average size then they'd be even better. The cons of these glasses are: writing can be small at the very edges of the screen ( you can temporarily push the glasses over to read it if you are on a page you can't zoom or scroll on), the picture will be very dim in strong direct sunlight. I'm extremely happy I bought these especially since they are a lot cheaper than most otherr ones on the market.

The glasses themselves seem to be well built, the picture quality is good and they are well packaged. I was a bit disappointed that the case didn't have a separate compartment for the cable as shown in the YouTube reviews. The biggest issue is the tricky nature of their connectivity and beta apps for Windows and OSX. I have tried many devices as below: Samsung S23 Works fine but works amazingly well on DEX mode as you can watch programmes and still use the phone. Steam Deck Works perfectly - this is brilliant Apple Mac OSX Downloaded the app and couldn't get them to work on the first day. I tried again and did them working - it's important to make sure the glasses are setup as an extension rather than an independent display. I have a wide monitor on my Mac and that isn't good for this - the resulting virtual monitors copy this resolution and are too difficult to read. I plugged a portable USB monitor in and disconnected the ultra wide monitor and this gave a much more useful resolution. I think this happens because the app mirrors the screen to make it work. This could probably be improved in future. Windows 10 laptop I tired 2 laptops. The first was my personal laptop but I got nothing from that. I think the USB C may not be DP compatible. (Definitely check this on any devices you plan to use it on as not all phones or laptops are compatible). My work laptop wouldn't allow me to use the software due to system restrictions but it provided an excellent second screen for working. I couldn't try my gaming PC as it doesn't have USB C yet and not tested on my work iPhone as it won't use it on there. I also don't have the adaptors. Battery life impact I am certain that the battery life of the devices you use will be a real constraint - especially my phone. It desperately needs a cable to allow USB power injection as it blocks the charging port as most devices only have 1 USB C. It's been a really difficult decision as I was considering returning as they seemed a bit buggy - I am glad I persevered though and decided to keep them. Price is high for something that seems still to be a prototype stage but the quality is good.

This adapter works as expected with the AR glasses I bought from Nreal, essentially all it does is convert type C display port from out of the glasses into whatever HDMI output you need, whether that’s to adapt it into your lightning/display port adapter for your iOS device, or to hook it up to an HDMI cable for your desktop, laptop, or other console. Works good, solid quality so far most impressed.

They stole My first one out of my rental car I don’t get why they stole this cause they need the glasses but anyway it’s really annoying how expensive this charging adapter is and the worse part is that it takes so long to deliver but works great for iphone wish they had nebulas set up

Getting this adapter let’s u use the steam deck with the glasses then charge the deck on the dock and use this adapter to the steam dock to keep using the glasses. Also pairs with a hdmi to,lightning apple adapter to hook up to apple devices!

I have the Nreal Light and Air glasses and have used them with Android and Mac for a while. I decided to get the adapter for HDMI and iOS recently. I am impressed with how well this works. It’s simple: it makes a heads up display for the glasses. No frills or augmented reality. Just a nice big display. And it works.

Did not fit official Apple Lightning AV Digital Adapter - so pretty much worthless for an iPhone user!