Overview
- Engadget’s Devindra Hardawar argues Apple should follow Xreal’s sunglasses-style template with a hypothetical ‘Vision Air’ that runs visionOS.
- Xreal’s reported Project Aura keeps the glasses light by offloading compute and power to a tethered puck, a design the author suggests Apple could mirror.
- The column expects Project Aura to undercut Samsung’s $1,800 Galaxy XR on price, possibly landing near $1,000 given Xreal’s $200–$649 history and the added puck.
- Xreal’s One Pro offers a 57-degree field of view and impressed the author with a large virtual screen effect, while Project Aura reportedly targets roughly 70 degrees.
- The proposed Vision Air would be lighter than the 1.6-pound, $3,500 Vision Pro by using fewer sensors and a puck-based design, prioritizing core visionOS tasks over full immersion.