Xreal’s Android-powered Beam Professional goes international, prices simply $200

Xreal is attempting out one thing new within the AR house – combining the breadth of apps and content material out there on Android units with the transportable massive display screen expertise of its AR glasses. Initially introduced in China final month, the brand new Xreal Beam Professional is now going international.

The system very a lot seems to be like a regular smartphone – and that’s on goal, however it’s not a cellphone. The acquainted type issue permits even novice customers to choose it up and use it with out feeling out of their depth.

Xreal Beam Professional

The system runs Android 14 with some customizations to assist with its AR features. It’s powered by an unnamed Snapdragon chipset with 6/8GB of RAM and 128/256GB storage. There’s a microSD slot out there to retailer loads of content material. The bottom mannequin has Wi-Fi 6 and there’s an non-compulsory 5G mannequin – it could’t deal with voice calls (it’s not a cellphone!), however it could do streaming on the go together with no assist from a cellphone.

Why not use your common smartphone with a pair of Xreal Air glasses? You possibly can, however solely when you have the fitting cellphone for the job. Simply having USB-C isn’t sufficient (and all iPhones previous to the 15-series don’t), you additionally want video out assist (which many cellphone makers skip) and a model of Android that is aware of methods to deal with a big display screen (that is much more uncommon). With a devoted system, Xreal can be sure that all of that works and works nicely.

There are two different causes to decide on a devoted system. The Beam Professional, like the unique Beam, has two USB-C ports: one for reference to the glasses and one for exterior energy. It helps 27W quick charging.

Twin USB-C ports • microSD slot

The opposite cause – and this one you’ll be able to’t get from even an Asus ROG Telephone – is the pair of 50MP cameras that permit you to seize spatial images and movies your self (1080p @ 60fps movies). These are greatest considered utilizing glasses just like the Air, however you may also get pleasure from a 2D model on the system’s personal display screen. No, the display screen shouldn’t be autostereoscopic like these previous 3D telephones.

The display screen is a 6.5” LCD panel (1,080 x 2,400px) and can be utilized with common Android apps. Whenever you don the glasses, it transforms right into a contact panel to regulate apps. Moreover, the system itself can be utilized as an air mouse due to the built-in accelerometer.

Talking of apps, the Xreal Beam Professional has entry to the Google Play Retailer and because it runs Android 14, it’s suitable with thousands and thousands of apps and video games. Xreal calls its UI “NebulaOS” and has given it multitasking capabilities with two apps sharing the large digital display screen. Most Android distributions lack this functionality, which was one of many components that motivated Xreal to create this system.

From the Play Retailer, you’ll be able to set up video streaming providers: Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video and so forth. In case you have, say, the Xreal Air 2 Professional glasses, you’ll be able to get pleasure from you favourite exhibits and flicks on a display screen with an obvious dimension of 130” (while you’re completed, the glasses and Beam Professional can simply slot in a backpack).

The Xreal Beam Professional can be utilized for work and leisure

Xreal has deliberate for gaming purposes too and the Beam Professional totally helps the Steam Hyperlink, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Amazon Luna and others. Moreover, Nvidia’s CloudXR is supported for customers with GeForce RTX GPUs.

As we talked about, that is supposed to be paired with Xreal glasses and relying on which of them you will have, you’re going to get a unique expertise. The Xreal Air, Air 2 and Air 2 Professional can observe 3 levels of freedom (DoF). In case you have the Air 2 Extremely glasses, you’ll be able to get pleasure from a 6 DoF expertise.

The Xreal Beam Professional is surprisingly low-cost – $200 for the bottom 6/128GB Wi-Fi mannequin. That’s on the decrease finish of mid-range Android telephones and it’s not way more than the unique Xreal Beam ($110), which has restricted capabilities in comparison with the Professional.

If you need extra RAM and storage, you’ll be able to choose the 8/256GB model. In case you have want for Web connectivity with out tethering to a cellphone, there’s a 5G mannequin. For companies, Xreal will provide Beam Professional Enterprise Version.

World pre-orders begin now for the US, UK, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Czechia, China and Japan, Korea is getting it on July 1. The primary clients ought to get theirs in August. Moreover xreal.com, additionally, you will be capable of discover the Beam Professional on Amazon (beginning in July). A notice for house owners of the unique Xreal Beam: you will get a $50 low cost when buying the Professional (legitimate till July 10).

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