- TCL unveiled three new good glasses at CES 2025
- Two boast AR capabilties, the opposite is for AI and video seize
- No exact value or launch date particulars have been shared but
As somebody who has examined numerous good glasses I do know first-hand how a lot selection there’s on this sector of tech – regardless of being underneath the identical umbrella, there’s as a lot similarity between the Halliday specs, the Ray-Ban Meta glasses, Xreal One Professional AR glasses, as there’s between electrical automobiles, bikes and scooters as ‘electrical autos’ – so often firms concentrate on one kind at a time. TCL isn’t afraid to sort out good glasses from all angles nonetheless, with it saying three very completely different good specs at CES to go well with each kind of good glasses wearer.
Probably the most spectacular is the RayNeo X3 Professional. It boasts the identical Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 chipset because the Ray-Ban specs, however goes a step past its rival in different areas. The X3 Professional has a dual-camera setup – one for snapping photos and for AI imaginative and prescient, whereas the opposite helps ship AR options like hand-tracking – and full-color micro-LED screens constructed into the lenses.
This lets you see apps and notifications in your area of view, and in my demo, I obtained to see how the RayNeo X3 Execs might assistance on my subsequent journey because of their real-time translation. My demo with them was brief however they critically impressed me, and kinda put the usual Ray-Ban Meta specs to disgrace.
Although if you need a simplified, display-less method you’ll be after the RayNeo V3. They strip out the screens however come geared up with a 12MP Sony IMX681 sensor to facilitate first-person content material seize and voice-guided insights – with these being relayed by on-device audio system and three in-built microphones.
What’s most spectacular was how skinny these glasses look – noticeably slimmer than Meta’s Ray-Bans – and the way mild they’re – simply 39g. I’d like to strive sporting these for a complete day to confirm my suspicions, however they may very well be the very best good glasses for consolation whereas nonetheless boasting helpful instruments.
Lastly, you’ve the entertainment-focused RayNeo Air 3 specs. Like different comparable AR good glasses you join these to a suitable USB-C system through a cable to have the system’s display screen seem as a large floating window in entrance of you – a 201-inch digital display screen to be exact.
With in-built audio system as well these specs are an improve on earlier RayNeo Air good specs which give you a wearable home-cinema setup that’s excellent for making your travels fly by. I am going to wish to check them out additional, but when I might I’d have by no means left the demo and spent all day enjoying Mario Odyssey with them.
We’re nonetheless ready on pricing particulars on all these glasses within the RayNeo CES 2025 lineup, however TCL says they’ll be revealed nearer to their respective launches. The X3 Professional and Air 3 will drop first in “mid-2025” with the V3 touchdown “later within the yr.”
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