Xreal has unveiled its latest offering: the Xreal Beam Pro. But unlike most of the company’s previous products, the Beam Pro isn’t a pair of AR glasses. It’s a successor to the Xreal Beam, and promises to solve most major issues customers had.. A 6.5-inch LCD display with a 90 Hz refresh rate, 6 GB or 8 GB of RAM, 128 GB or 256 GB of storage,with Xreal’s NebulaOS and support for everything Android. Where the Beam Pro differs is how Xreal has tailored it to work specifically for their AR glasses.
Firstly, the Beam Pro features two 50-megapixel cameras set much farther apart than is tradition. This is to facilitate the capture of spatial images and videos that accurately simulate the pupillary distance between our eyes for enhanced depth perception. Secondly, the Beam Pro has two USB-C ports at the bottom., need to be plugged in to work. Dual USB-C ports let users charge their Beam Pro and use their Xreal glasses at the same time. And NebulaOS is made with Xreal’s AR glasses in mind.
The idea behind Beam Pro, as Ralph Jodice of Xreal told me, was to eliminate friction. Bring everything you need from your phone and your AR glasses to one device, vastly improving the user experience.I personally think it’s a fascinating take on tackling how AR glasses are powered. It’s the same strategy audio manufacturer Moondrop recently used by releasing a smartphone with a high-end DAC inside to power audio gear.