General Gaming I bought these AR glasses from Japan last week and I’ve been using them for all my media and gaming since then.

[Rev]

I know we have a lot of Steam Deck fans here so I thought I’d post about it. They’re pretty amazing imo. Not exactly what I *really* want in AR but it’ll hold me over for a while until that’s invented. 

 

[Keyser_Soze]

This will get @stepee to give up his switch OLED.

[Xbob42]

You bought Chinese AR from Japan? The future is here!

[Rev]

25 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

This will get @stepee to give up his switch OLED.

Yeah actually the main reason I posted here is because I was going to try to tell him about it in Discord but I don’t think I have the right Discord account name for him anymore. 

[Keyser_Soze]

2 minutes ago, Rev said:

Yeah actually the main reason I posted here is because I was going to try to tell him about it in Discord but I don’t think I have the right Discord account name for him anymore. 

 

He doesn't show up on discord much after his unfortunate accident.

[Spork3245]

Just now, Keyser_Soze said:

 

He doesn't show up on discord much after his unfortunate accident.

 

Showed his penis?

[best3444]

Really, really cool. Thanks for sharing.

[Rev]

The factor that pushed me over on buying it was that when it’s plugged into the Steam Deck, it supposedly makes the battery last even longer than normal because the Steam Deck screen goes black and the screens on the glasses are so small that they actually use less battery than the normal screen does. Unfortunately the biggest draw back with these glasses is that there’s no neat solution for charging the Steam Deck while using it. People have workarounds but they involve expensive docking stations. But when you have it plugged into a phone you can wirelessly charge the phone and you can also use it with a normal PC so long as it has a display port USB C slot 

[Rev]

It has a 3dof AR mode with supported phones but it’s gimmicky and not really useful imo. You may also get motion sickness if you’re very sensitive to the normal screen because it follows you wherever you look and stays perfectly centered in your view. I don’t get it at all after using it for like 6 hours straight though.

[stepee]

14 minutes ago, Rev said:

The factor that pushed me over on buying it was that when it’s plugged into the Steam Deck, it supposedly makes the battery last even longer than normal because the Steam Deck screen goes black and the screens on the glasses are so small that they actually use less battery than the normal screen does. Unfortunately the biggest draw back with these glasses is that there’s no neat solution for charging the Steam Deck while using it. People have workarounds but they involve expensive docking stations. But when you have it plugged into a phone you can wirelessly charge the phone and you can also use it with a normal PC so long as it has a display port USB C slot 

 

I have a dock that I use to charge the deck while using a nvme usbc stick, I wonder if that would work for that purpose.

 

The real problem is the staff will be able to see you are watching porn in the reflections when you are on an airplane trying to get a little under the blanket relief going.

 

This looks very cool! I’ll need to read more what it can do on the mobile, portable end. Can you actually walk with these like on the street and get map overlays? 

 

Definitely would love to try them just to get a glimpse of the technology, but they will have to be on the gadget list after the 4080 now. 

 

And yeah, I just haven’t been on discord really in awhile. I kinda migrated back to just posting here more.

[Spork3245]

8 minutes ago, stepee said:

The real problem is the staff will be able to see you are watching porn in the reflections when you are on an airplane trying to get a little under the blanket relief going.

[Rev]

50 minutes ago, stepee said:

 

I have a dock that I use to charge the deck while using a nvme usbc stick, I wonder if that would work for that purpose.

 

The real problem is the staff will be able to see you are watching porn in the reflections when you are on an airplane trying to get a little under the blanket relief going.

 

This looks very cool! I’ll need to read more what it can do on the mobile, portable end. Can you actually walk with these like on the street and get map overlays? 

 

Definitely would love to try them just to get a glimpse of the technology, but they will have to be on the gadget list after the 4080 now. 

 

And yeah, I just haven’t been on discord really in awhile. I kinda migrated back to just posting here more.

Unfortunately these are really only practical for at home use and seated situations like on a plane (though, yeah, porn is a bad idea since people can technically see the tiny reflections if they really look lol), but I can use them while doing stuff around my place. I cleaned the kitchen and did the dishes yesterday while watching Netflix and that was fantastic. You could use them outside I guess but it’s super distracting the screen takes up a lot of space. 

By the way, for cell phones, I don’t think these work with iPhone yet without an adapter (that the dev is releasing on US Amazon soon). But they’re amazing on Android because of Samsung Dex. Samsung Dex with these glasses is wonderful. It basically turns your phone into a computer and you can open all the apps in it while turning your phone’s screen black and using it as a touchpad. It’s the main way I use them when I’m not on steamdeck.

 

Another detail about them is that the manufacturer is super responsive to the Reddit community on the Nreal sub. They’ve already made a number of changes based on feedback they’ve gotten on there and they usually respond quickly to questions. 

[Brian]

Until these devices are wireless, I have no desire.