Google Launches $1,099 Aura XR Glasses in Jab at Meta
Google and XREAL have launched wired smart glasses called the Aura, taking on Meta and its VR glasses. Starting at $1,099 (for now), the wearable gadget is $200 less than Meta's and just a smidge lighter.
Aura weighs less than 95 grams (compared with Meta's 100 grams) and connects to a separate computer puck that contains the battery and processing power. The puck uses Qualcomm's Snapdragon Reality Elite chip, while the glasses use XREAL's X1S chip for spatial display processing.
The glasses run Android XR and use transparent optics, letting users view content and the real world simultaneously. Its Sony Micro-OLED displays offer 1200p resolution per eye and a 120Hz refresh rate. Users can mirror a laptop, phone, or handheld game console through USB-C and navigate the VR world with hand gestures, voice commands, keyboards, controllers, or the puck's trackpad.
Though XREAL originally priced Aura at $1,299 when it...
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