XREAL AURA: Wired XR glasses to watch, work, and play

Today, together with XREAL, we officially launched XREAL AURA, the first wired XR glasses powered by Android XR. ¹

AURA is a totally new way to use Android XR. AURA’s XR glasses lenses are transparent, so you can see the real world with your own eyes while projecting spatial content onto your field of view. It makes it natural to use it around your house, at the office, or on a plane. Plus, the 70-degree field of view gives you plenty of room to see more of your spatial and 2D apps all at once. Gemini on Android XR understands what you’re seeing and doing, both in the real world and on your screens, so you can have a natural conversation to get help across your apps.

AURA’s glasses are also under 95 grams, because the heavy processing happens in a portable compute puck, connected by a cable. It holds the battery and the new Snapdragon® Reality Elite platform from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., which debuts on AURA, so you get the best of both worlds: high-performance spatial computing and lightweight comfort.

Android XR brings the helpfulness of Gemini and millions of your favorite apps from Google Play, including over 150 apps made for XR, to AURA. So wherever you are, you can work, watch, and play with Gemini by your side on AURA’s unbounded canvas.

A workspace that travels with you

On AURA, you can open up multiple apps at once, like your browser, work documents and your music app, and arrange them around you at any size. Pair a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, or use the puck as a trackpad, for a complete desktop setup anywhere whether you want a massive, multi-monitor display from your couch, at a hotel desk, or on an airplane tray table.

With Wired Mirroring, your laptop can join in, too. Plug it into AURA with a USB-C cable that supports video output, and its screen appears as a window you can resize and place anywhere. There’s no software to install and you can use it side-by-side with your Android XR apps on AURA. And because the display is visible only to you, you can open a confidential document in a public space with peace of mind.

Gemini works across everything in view, including your laptop window, so you can ask it to tidy up your windows or brainstorm about whatever you’re looking at. And starting today, it can do more than talk you through an answer: Share your view, and Gemini can highlight what to focus on, in the room around you or on your screen.

A private theater for your shows and memories

When it’s time to unwind, AURA turns any seat into the best one in the house. Open YouTube, Google TV, or your favorite streaming service and place the screen wherever it’s most comfortable. You can dim the lenses to fade out the world around you, and they instantly become transparent again when someone is in view.

There’s already plenty of immersive content to watch on YouTube and Google TV, from 180- and 360-degree videos to 3D movies. New immersive films and performances made for XR also arrive with AURA today, including “Nevatars”, co-directed by Andy Serkis and Josh Nelson Youssef, “Galapagos: the Last Eden,” narrated by Margot Robbie, from Atlantic Studios, and the San Francisco Ballet’s “Nutcracker.”

For even more, spatial view turns almost any video, photo, or game into 3D with a tap, now supporting higher-resolution content. And with window follow mode, your app will stay centered in front of you allowing you to enjoy your content in any position. It also tucks into a mini view at the edge of your vision when you are on the move, so your path stays clear.

Your memories are back in focus too. This year, Google Photos will include a new spatial gallery that wraps your library around you. You can pan from an entire year down to a single day with your hands, then open a favorite memory in 3D.

An arcade wherever you are

Whether it’s getting through a few levels at the airport gate or a long session on the couch, AURA gives your games a bigger screen. Since it’s Android, you can play thousands of mobile and tablet games from Google Play or bring in games from your handheld or PC with Wired Mirroring. You can also keep other apps open beside the game, like a YouTube walkthrough or a chat with friends. And if you get stuck while playing an Android title or streaming from your PC or console, just ask Gemini to talk you through your next move, so you don’t have to put down your controller.

Games made for XR, from studios like Owlchemy Labs, and Resolution Games, also appear right in your space, and you can play them naturally with your hands. New ones are coming with AURA, too, including Fallout Factions and Project Hail Mary: Journey Among the Stars.

Available to order today

XREAL AURA is available for users 18+ to order today in the U.S., Canada, and Korea, and starting November 2 in Japan, with launch pricing starting at USD 1,099 through the end of the year. You can order at xreal.com/aura, or in the U.S. at BestBuy.com with shipments beginning in mid-November. And if you’re looking to bring AURA to your business, check out the Android Enterprise Blog to learn more about scaled deployment options.