{"id":1431,"date":"2025-07-17T00:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/1431\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T00:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T00:56:10","slug":"these-4k-like-ar-glasses-are-actually-only-1080p-but-i-want-them-all-the-same","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/1431\/","title":{"rendered":"These \u20184K-Like\u2019 AR Glasses Are Actually Only 1080p, but I Want Them All the Same"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to gadget specs, it\u2019s best to be precise. For example, if you were buying a TV, you may want to know the resolution, and if you showed up to Best Buy and the tag on your brand-spanking-new Sony said \u201ckind of, sort of, 4K,\u201d you\u2019d probably have some questions. Same goes for AR glasses<\/a>, in my opinion, but that didn\u2019t stop Viture from slapping \u201c4K-like\u201d branding on all of its new frames. It also doesn\u2019t stop me from wanting them all the same.<\/p>\n

Viture announced<\/a> a few pairs of upcoming AR glasses this week, but the most exciting one is \u201cBeast.\u201d Yes, that\u2019s really the name. Beast is aptly named for being the most spec\u2019d-out glasses of Viture\u2019s current generation and comes with an impressive 58-degree field of view and Sony\u2019s micro-OLED panel, which offers\u2014and here\u2019s the kicker\u2014a \u201c4K-like\u201d resolution, according to Viture. What is \u201c4K-like,\u201d you ask? Well, it\u2019s actually 1080p. But this 1080p is sharper, according to Viture, (50 percent sharper than the Viture Pro<\/a>) and makes its AR glasses the \u201csharpest on the market.\u201d I haven\u2019t had a chance to use Viture\u2019s Beast myself because they don\u2019t launch until October, but Viture\u2019s previous AR glasses already had the edge in clarity, so I\u2019m curious to see how its new iteration moves the ball forward.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And if you\u2019re still hung up on the marketing\u2014I don\u2019t blame you if you are\u2014Viture says that the \u201c4K-like\u201d part actually comes from people\u2019s reactions to the glasses. In an official explanation, Viture says, \u201cThe term \u20184K-like\u2019 was inspired by users. When people first saw the display, they often asked, \u2018Is this 4K?\u2019 or said, \u2018Wow, it looks like 4K!\u2019\u201d I mean\u2026 fine. To be honest, I\u2019m willing to forgive some iffy marketing if these things are actually as crisp as Viture says they are, especially because of all the other stuff Beast has going for it.<\/p>\n

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On top of its nice micro-OLED display and supposed class-leading sharpness, Viture\u2019s glasses also have a Harman-tuned audio, electrochromic dimming so you can go from shades to clear depending on if you\u2019re inside or outside, 1,280 nits of brightness, and even a depth sensor for \u201cspatial computing\u201d like the Vision Pro<\/a>. That\u2019s a lot of stuff packed into glasses that are pretty freaking small. Viture says Beast weighs about 88 grams, which is double other \u201csmart glasses\u201d like Meta\u2019s Ray-Bans but with quadruple the capabilities and an actual display in them. All of that good stuff will cost you, though. When orders are available in October, Viture says its Beast glasses will cost $549, and those aren\u2019t even the most expensive pair. Viture\u2019s Luma series glasses, which are also incoming, will cost $600 but are primarily geared toward enterprise usage. For the full slate of incoming glasses, you can visit Viture\u2019s site.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"When it comes to gadget specs, it\u2019s best to be precise. For example, if you were buying a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[840,49,48,2060,61,260,261,2061,2062,262],"class_list":{"0":"post-1431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-virtual-reality","8":"tag-ar-glasses","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-smart-glasses","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-virtual-reality","14":"tag-virtualreality","15":"tag-viture","16":"tag-viture-beast","17":"tag-vr"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}