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- May 31, 2019
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Nreal Debuts $500 Consumer Version Of AR Glasses
nreal light AR glasses image: nreal nreal — a Chinese maker of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses backed by the likes of…
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nreal — a Chinese maker of ready-to-wear mixed reality glasses backed by the likes of iQIYI, Shunwei Capital, and China Growth Capital — has unveiled a consumer version of the nreal light AR glasses that’ll cost $500 and will begin shipping later this year “in limited quantities.” The company has also unveiled a developer kit — comprising of a pair of nreal light glasses, a 3 degrees of freedom (DoF) controller and nreal’s proprietary computing pack — that’ll sell for $1,200.
Developers would have to apply to get their hands on the kit, with information like previous development projects or project ideas for the nreal light being taken into consideration. The developer kit will go on sale by September.
Features of the nreal light consumer version include:
- 1080p display
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 processor
- USB-C cable connection
- Foldable glass temples for easy storage
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| nreal co-founder and CEO Chi Xu
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nreal claims wearers of its AR glass will be able to stream “latency-free mixed reality content” on 5G networks. The company has partnered with the likes of China Mobile, China Telecom, Softbank, Swisscom, KDDI, LG Uplus, and KT to work on 5G connections.
nreal was founded in 2017 but debuted its AR glasses at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The company has raised $31 million in total funding. Another popular startup working on AR glasses is Magic Leap, which recently raised $280 million from Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo and secured an exclusive telecom partnership with the company.
