In this economy, how often is a product cheaper before his debut? This just happened with Google/Xreal Aura – the lightweight 95-gram glasses with a connected Android XR compute puck and multiple virtual displays – which just went on sale today. Xreal and Google just announced that the headset costs $1,099 through the end of the year, down from the $1,279 Xreal was charging for pre-orders last month.
Perhaps just as importantly, you no longer need to navigate a maze of reservations, pre-orders, and Founder Editions if you want to buy the new Google Glasses (provided you live in a launch country). You can order the 12GB RAM + 256GB storage model for $1,099 in the US, Canada, and South Korea, or the 16GB + 512GB model for a discounted price of $1,299, with “units expected to ship in mid-November.” It goes on sale on November 2 in Japan, with wider availability next year.
And if you pre-ordered at the original price, says Xreal CEO and spokesperson Ralph Jodice. The edge that the company will automatically and instantly reimburse you for the difference.
Xreal and Google say the headset will launch with more than 150 “designed for XR experiences,” some of which you can see in Google’s blog and read in Xreal’s press release, as well as new immersive films like this one from Andy Serkis. Nevatars And Galapagos: the last Eden. You’ll be able to plug a computer or portable gaming console directly into the USB-C compute puck to mirror it on the glasses, next to your virtual windows, and you can ask Google’s Gemini AI what you’re seeing.
Google also writes that Google Photos is getting an
Xreal also partners with GameSir to offer a wireless gamepad with a dedicated Gemini key (and a charging dock and replaceable D-pads) and announces a foldable portable wireless keyboard; we don’t have a price, release date, or other details about it.
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