Is the best way to watch a movie on a pair of sunglasses?
I am nothing if not a huge movie buff. I watch way too many of them, and I’m always on the hunt for a new format in which to experience them.
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- Fact 1: So when XREAL, the smart glasses company, sent me an a01 — one of its newer models, which it released in May of this year — I was eager to give them a spin as the newest vector by which to satisfy my media fanaticism.
- Fact 2: The a01 isn’t a particularly sophisticated smart glasses model.
- Fact 3: It’s also not so expensive, at an accessible price point of around $300.
- Fact 4: The a01 is actually optimized for gaming, in that it can be plugged into a Steam Deck or other handheld gaming device.
I am nothing if not a huge movie buff. I watch way too many of them, and I’m always on the hunt for a new format in which to experience them.
So when XREAL, the smart glasses company, sent me an a01 — one of its newer models, which it released in May of this year — I was eager to give them a spin as the newest vector by which to satisfy my media fanaticism. The a01 isn’t a particularly sophisticated smart glasses model. Unlike more software-heavy AR glasses like, say, the Meta Orion or Snap’s Specs, it’s basically just an external monitor.
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