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<\/p>\nXreal’s closest competitor announced four new display glasses, including one with a 58\u00b0 diagonal field of view and 1250 nits brightness.<\/p>\n
What Are Display Glasses?<\/p>\n
Display glasses essentially act as head-worn monitors, displaying video input (via DisplayPort or HDMI to USB-C) on a large virtual screen. For example, you can connect your phone and view Netflix, or your Steam Deck to play games.<\/p>\n
Until fairly recently, all display glasses were head-locked when used with the majority of input devices. But now, many include built-in 3DoF tracking, meaning the screen stays in place when you rotate your head, and some even include 6DoF tracking via accessories.<\/p>\n
All display glasses to date magnify a tiny micro-OLED display to a roughly 40-60 degree diagonal field of view using a curved mirror or prism block. The former is called “birdbath” optics, and the latter is technically called flat-prism, though it’s often grouped with birdbath.<\/p>\n
Unlike the waveguides used in AR glasses, display glasses optics are inherently thick, and noticeably sit out from your face. They also block out around 80% of real-world light at minimum, so can’t be used as general eyewear when not in use.<\/p>\n
While we’ve covered Xreal before on UploadVR, the leading display glasses company by global market share, we haven’t yet covered Viture, which holds second place. That’s partially because we lack the time to report on everything we’d ideally want to, and partially because there haven’t been significant differences – until now.<\/p>\n
Back in December, Xreal launched the Xreal One series with built-in 3DoF, and the Xreal One Pro with industry-leading 57\u00b0 diagonal field of view. Now, this month, Viture has announced its response.<\/p>\n
Over the next few months, Viture is launching a whopping four different display glasses models: Luma, Luma Pro, Luma Ultra, and one it simply calls The Beast.<\/p>\n
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All four new Viture glasses have higher resolution than Xreal, 1200p compared to 1080p, as well as higher brightness, between 1000 and 1250 nits compared to 600-700 nits.<\/p>\n
I tried all four models at AWE 2025 last month, and came away thoroughly impressed, particularly with the brightness. It made for a noticeably more vibrant virtual screen than Xreal One Pro, and reinforced my view that brightness is a deeply underappreciated specification for head-mounted displays.<\/p>\n
FOV
(Diagonal)
\n Resolution
\n Brightness
\n Built-In
3DoF
\n Price<\/p>\n
Xreal One
\n 50\u00b0
\n 1080p
\n 600 nits
\n \u2705
\n $500<\/p>\n
Xreal One Pro
\n 57\u00b0
\n 1080p
\n 700 nits
\n \u2705
\n $600<\/p>\n
Viture Luma
\n 50\u00b0
\n 1200p
\n 1000 nits
\n \u274c
\n $400<\/p>\n
Viture Luma Pro
\n 52\u00b0
\n 1200p
\n 1000 nits
\n \u274c
\n $500<\/p>\n
Viture Luma Ultra
\n 52\u00b0
\n 1200p
\n 1250 nits
\n \u274c
\n $600<\/p>\n
Viture The Beast
\n 58\u00b0
\n 1200p
\n 1250 nits
\n \u2705
\n $550<\/p>\n
What’s somewhat confusing, though, is the situation when it comes to tracking. <\/p>\n
None of the Luma models have built-in 3DoF, meaning if you simply plug your phone in and open Netflix, the display will be fully head-locked. The exception is if you buy the Viture\u00a0XR Charging Adapter\u00a0and stay within Viture’s SpaceWalker app<\/a>.<\/p>\n Luma Pro does have a central color camera that supports basic 6DoF in SpaceWalker too, somewhat similar to Xreal Eye but limited to Viture’s app. And Luma Ultra uniquely also has greyscale fisheye cameras on the temples for high-quality 6DoF head tracking and hand tracking, but only in Windows, Mac, and the Viture Pro Neckband, an optional compute unit running a fork of Android.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, The Beast has true built-in 3DoF, just like the Xreal One series, as well as a central color camera for the basic 6DoF in SpaceWalker, but lacks the fisheye cameras on the side.<\/p>\n Built-In Xreal One Xreal One Pro Viture Luma Viture Luma Pro Viture Luma Ultra Viture The Beast Here’s when the four new Viture glasses will be available to purchase:<\/p>\n Luma: September, for $400Luma Pro: now, already, for $500Luma Ultra: August, for $600The Beast: October, for $550<\/p>\n Xreal Project Aura Supports Android XR Via Tethered Puck<\/p>\n Xreal\u2019s Project Aura will support Google\u2019s Android XR via a tethered compute puck with a Qualcomm Snapdragon chip.<\/p>\n At AWE I was also able to try an early prototype of a roughly 70\u00b0 diagonal system that Viture hopes to ship next year. I’ve long been a critic of the field of view of display glasses, pointing out that the marketing claims of “massive” virtual displays were misleading, but what I saw crossed a threshold where I can see these devices becoming a vital part of our industry.<\/p>\n
3DoF
\n Central
Color
Camera
\n Side
Tracking
Cameras<\/p>\n
\n \u2705
\n $100
\n \u274c<\/p>\n
\n \u2705
\n $100
\n \u274c<\/p>\n
\n \u274c
\n \u274c
\n \u274c<\/p>\n
\n \u274c
\n \u2705
\n \u274c<\/p>\n
\n \u274c
\n \u2705
\n \u2705<\/p>\n
\n \u2705
\n \u2705
\n \u274c<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Xreal-Project-Aura-2.png\")
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