TechVRI’ve seen the Xiaomi Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition in use – now I want oneA sleek design and cool features left me hoping this concept becomes a realityWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
TechVRI’ve seen the Xiaomi Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition in use – now I want oneA sleek design and cool features left me hoping this concept becomes a realityWhen you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
A sleek design and cool features left me hoping this concept becomes a reality
When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
(Image credit: Future / Sam Cross)
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When it comes to thebest VR headsets, most options are bulky, space age looking devices that leave users looking like a Daft Punk cover act. That’s not a design ethosXiaomihave taken with their latest concept product, though.
Unveiled atMWC 2023, the Xiaomi Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition brings a strong feature set to an AR solution. For starters, the unit ismuchsmaller, looking more like a pair of sunglasses. That makes it much easier to wear and use in every day scenarios – you might even get away with them as sunglasses without anyone noticing!
Despite the more manageable form factor, these glasses are packed with fantastic features. For starters, they’re totally wireless, with latency that is comparable to wired units at less than 50ms. That’s partly thanks to the processor – the unit uses a Snapdragon XR2 Gen 1 chipset.
The device has been designed with the centre of gravity over the nose piece, for a perfectly balanced feel when in use. It’s super light too – just 126g – thanks to a stack of lightweight materials. Carbon fibre and a magnesium-lithium alloy make up the bulk of the material bill, shaving off valuable grams across the board.
The lenses in these glasses are simply top notch. They feature electrochromic colour changing capabilities, to let the user to choose between clear and shaded. That allows you to use the headset for both VR and AR applications. And when it comes to using it, you’ll be met with one of the best displays on any headset. Measured in pixels per degree (ppd), Xiaomi says “the human eye stops being able to distinguish granularity” at 60ppd – this display is 58ppd, so almost perfect in that regard.
What’s more, the glasses use micro-gesture interactions to enable button presses and even typing with your hands as the controls. It uses the knuckles on your hand for reference, with the second knuckle on your middle finger at the centre of a D-pad style controller. Plus, all 12 knuckles can be used like an old-school dial pad, for inputting text.
I’m a massive fan of this technology. Watching it in use as a gaming platform was cool, but there is a far greater range of applications for this kind of technology. Promotional material shared at the unveiling showed a user placing a virtual monitor on the wall and using the glasses to watch TV. For me, that use case has real potential. Users could employ a virtual setup for working or gaming – potentially without even needing a keyboard! It could be really handy for travelling workers who need to be able to get going quickly, from anywhere.
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With this still being a concept, there’s no guarantee of when – or even if – this product will be commercially available. But I can say for certain, that if it does, I’ll be first in line to get one.
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