This tiny tablet is a smart upgrade for AR glasses
by Adi Robertson from The Verge - All Posts on (#6NS5P)
An Android phone minus the phone plus two giant cameras. | Image: Adi Robertson / The Verge Xreal is one of the few companies trying to sell mass-market augmented reality headsets without an existing big tech empire. But its latest product isn't a pair of glasses; it's a phone-sized Android tablet designed to keep you using them. At last week's Augmented World Expo (AWE) the company announced the Beam Pro, a combination battery, app repository, and 3D video recorder. It's a pragmatic solution to a very obvious problem - even if, at first glance, I wish it were weirder.
Xreal's glasses - the Air 2 and Air 2 Ultra - have generally required some kind of third-party device like a phone, laptop, or Steam Deck. (There was a bare-bones control box called the Beam, but it wasn't a big focus for the company.) The Beam Pro is meant to...