XREAL glasses
Ranked 3 of 7 AR glasses by recommenders
Recommended as a light, portable way to watch movies on a large virtual screen while travelling. Common caveat: resolution and narrow field of view.
Recommended as a light, portable way to watch movies on a large virtual screen while travelling. Common caveat: resolution and narrow field of view.
30 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 19
- criticize it
- 11
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 19 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 1.7 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Large screen for travel and flights
“They're great for travelling, you have an amazingly huge screen”
Comment from 29 Jul 2026 in “DEF CON bans Meta-style 'pervert glasses'” “it's made flights so much more enjoyable”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Running Local LLMs Offline on a Ten-Hour Flight” “Best travel device for long flights.”
Comment from 29 Oct 2026 in “The first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR” Good for watching videos
“The display was too pixely and distracting for me to code on. However, its plenty good enough for videos.”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “iPhone Duo” “If you only want movie watching, something like the XREALs will suit you better.”
Comment from 16 Jun 2026 in “Specs Augmented Reality Glasses” Light and easy to wear
“Been doing this with my wired XREALs for the past few months. They are light enough to be unnoticeable”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059” “You can do this really well on $200 AR headsets that fit on your face like sunglasses”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059” Works out of the box
“I plugged them and they work. I have XReal, older model.”
Comment from 1 Jan 2026 in “Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC, put Linux on it” “But they work out of the box, which is my point.”
Comment from 2 Jan 2026 in “Linux is good now; to feel like you actually own your PC, put Linux on it”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Pixelated, blurry text and low resolution
“The display was too pixely and distracting for me to code on. However, its plenty good enough for videos.”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “iPhone Duo” “the quality is great. The resolution isn't perfect as they are OLED and only 2 subpixels per pixel”
Comment from 14 Mar 2026 in “Your Phone Is an Entire Computer” “It just needs a bit more resolution, and for more immersive gaming a bit more FOV”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059” - Comment from 24 Sep 2026 in “Meta VR Glasses”
- Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Steam Machine”
- Comment from 12 Nov 2025 in “Steam Machine”
Narrow field of view
“It just needs a bit more resolution, and for more immersive gaming a bit more FOV”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059” “Very narrow FOV more or less equivalent to using a 27" monitor”
Comment from 14 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059” “glasses like that of XREAL are heavily limited in FOV”
Comment from 9 Jun 2026 in “Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?” Poor for real work
“trying to do real work in them felt like a joke”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059” “that's not realistic in an office environment”
Comment from 9 Sep 2026 in “iPhone Duo” Poor overall experiences reported
“all my experiences with xreal have been abysmal”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059” “Xreal is a long way from a good product”
Comment from 15 Sep 2026 in “Steam Frame starts at $1059”
Other AR glasses people recommend
The four most recommended other AR glasses, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses | 99 | 361 | 22% | 11 | 2 yrs13 owners | — |
| Meta VR Glasses | 30 | 43 | 41% | 3 | — | — |
| XREAL glassesThis page | 19 | 11 | 63% | 8 | — | — |
| Even Realities G2 | 13 | 12 | 52% | 3 | — | — |
| XReal One Pro | 11 | 3 | 79% | 6 | — | Approved |
What people said
36 of the 38 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“They are absolutely perfect for open XR work, I love them.”
“Best travel device for long flights.”
“This for me is the FAIL with both Vision Pro and XReal glasses: blurry text.”
“It is as close as Ive gotten to the cyberpunk dream so far.”
“the birdbath optic that Xreal uses is stupid”
“You can do this already with xreal glasses for like 1/4 of the price”
“a worthy competitor to the Xreal”
“It just needs a bit more resolution, and for more immersive gaming a bit more FOV”
“trying to do real work in them felt like a joke”
“Xreal is a long way from a good product”
“all my experiences with xreal have been abysmal”
“You can do this really well on $200 AR headsets that fit on your face like sunglasses”
“Been doing this with my wired XREALs for the past few months. They are light enough to be unnoticeable”
“Very narrow FOV more or less equivalent to using a 27" monitor”
“Glasses such as the XReal on the other hand have a far better future than these VR headsets”
“The display was too pixely and distracting for me to code on. However, its plenty good enough for videos.”
“that's not realistic in an office environment”
“the xreals look great but I need them to get a little higher quality before buying”
“They're great for travelling, you have an amazingly huge screen”
“I love my Xreals. They don't even have a camera for tracking as they're the first generation.”
“You could use those for that already - though they're probably not perfect yet for that specific use case.”
“xreal makes more sense, and then a more open platform”
“If you only want movie watching, something like the XREALs will suit you better.”
“with a "heads up display", I never even feel the early warning signs.”
“I use my Quest 3 and Xreal (AR) headsets a lot though.”
“glasses like that of XREAL are heavily limited in FOV”
“they work pretty well for that”
“They were cool but noticeably a lot less bright.”
“it is PITA to do that over a long period”
“it's made flights so much more enjoyable”
“the quality is great. The resolution isn't perfect as they are OLED and only 2 subpixels per pixel”
“Then I moved to 80% on my phone with xreal glasses”
“But they work out of the box, which is my point.”
“I plugged them and they work. I have XReal, older model.”
“resolution is in the 2000x2000 range so don't count on it”
“multiple people said they aren't crisp enough for text”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.