Sunnyvale, California, October 28th / PRNewswire / -- A global leader in lightweight XR hardware development, XREAL, officially released XREAL AURA today, calling it the world's first wired XR glasses equipped with Android XR, as well as the first wired XR glasses to feature Snapdragon ® Reality Elite Platform. The product was unveiled on Google Android Developer Summit and is designed to bring the full spatial capabilities of Android XR into the form of lightweight optical augmented reality glasses, targeting work, entertainment, gaming, AI assistance, and everyday spatial computing scenarios.

Starting today, customers in the United States, Canada, Japan, and South Korea can place orders for XREAL AURA. The company is offering a limited-time discount: the 12GB+256GB version is available for $1,099, and the 16GB+512GB version is available for $1,299. Delivery of the devices is expected to begin in mid-November.

"This is a decisive moment for XR. We have created AURA for those who wish to access spatial computing capabilities without wanting to be disconnected from the world around them. With transparent lenses, a leading lightweight design, Gemini companionship, and the ability to connect to the Android ecosystem from day one, the vision of XR is more achievable than ever," said Chi Xu, co-founder and CEO of XREAL. "XREAL AURA is finally here, and we are very proud to be able to unlock new ways for people to work, watch, play, and create."

This first pair of wired XR glasses equipped with Android XR was developed in collaboration by XREAL, Google, Qualcomm Technologies, and Inc. It combines XREAL's many years of leading experience in lightweight XR glasses and optical engineering, as well as the capabilities of the Android XR platform, Gemini AI, and the performance driven by Snapdragon.

Unlike fully enclosed headsets, XREAL AURA uses transparent optical lenses that allow users to see digital content naturally within their field of vision while still being able to perceive the surrounding room and people around them. This system adopts a modular computing architecture, with the main processing power and battery placed in a compact computing module, ensuring that the glasses remain lightweight and suitable for long-term wear.

Leveraging the brand-new Snapdragon Reality Elite Platform, XREAL AURA can provide professional-level performance for productivity, immersive entertainment, and the next generation of XR experiences, while keeping the weight of the glasses below 95 grams.

This device is built around a simple concept: your applications, screen, entertainment content, and the AI assistant should all be able to move with you.

From day one, users will be able to use millions of familiar mobile applications and games from Google Play, as well as a wealth of experiences tailored specifically for XR. Android XR brings familiar gestures and voice input to AURA, while Gemini makes the experience more natural and intuitive by understanding what users see and do.

With the help of Wired Mirroring, users can directly connect their computers or handheld game consoles to XREAL AURA through USB-C, instantly turning it into a huge private space window. This means that laptops, handheld gaming devices, or any other devices compatible with USB-C can appear in the user's space workspace alongside native Android XR applications.

Whether it's transforming airplane seats into personal multi-screen work environments, watching movies on large virtual screens, or playing Android and console games in immersive spatial environments, XREAL AURA is designed to make spatial computing practical, portable, and useful.

When XREAL AURA is released, it will also bring along an ever-expanding XR experience library, which contains over 150 experiences specifically crafted for XR, aiming to showcase the capabilities of this new form. As part of the release content, XREAL also highlights a series of new experiences and provides access to users' favorite Google Play applications, including popular streaming services. The applications specifically designed for XR include:

• Nevatars — Created by the renowned actor and director Andy Serkis. A digital creation of a character artist who is abandoned embarks on a journey deep within her computer, awakening her creative passion and original artistic vision. Nevatars is available exclusively on Android XR for the first time, and it's free for the first six months.
• Fallout : Factions — A small-scale two-player strategy game. On a virtual desktop, players control a unique miniature team representing a core faction within the "Fallout" universe, engaging in fast-paced, dice-driven, and action-intensive battles with other players' teams. Every move can have long-lasting consequences.
• Project Hail Mary : Journey Among the Stars — A mixed-reality adventure game adapted from a best-selling science fiction novel based on Andy Weir. Players will join Ryland Grace and Rocky to participate in a crucial yet untold chapter of the mission. Collaborating in the face of disaster, they must ensure that Hail Mary remains intact and deliver the goods that will save the world to Eridani — the home planet of Rocky and also the new home of Grace.
• NASCAR XR App —— Bringing NASCAR Cup Series racing cars one step closer through immersive experiences. Fans can follow the races from home in a new way, with real-time 3D track maps, driver telemetry data, leaderboards, and highlights from the races. Between races, they can also browse videos, point tables, and schedules to stay connected and get ready for the next event.
• San Francisco Ballet's "The Nutcracker" – featuring the classic music by Tchaikovsky performed by a Grammy-winning orchestra, takes audiences on a magical journey along the Clara. Starting from her Victorian-era home in San Francisco, passing through a dazzling stage snowstorm, visitors arrive at an astonishing crystal palace where they meet the Sugar Plum Fairy and a cast of international characters. This experience was filmed in 8K stereoscopic format using a Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive triple-camera array, demonstrating how cutting-edge hardware can bring a profound sense of presence to world-class performing arts.
• Galapagos – Award-winning and BAFTA-prized Atlantic Studios is bringing ambitious immersive films to Android XR and XREAL AURA, including Galapagos narrated by Margot Robbie.
• Asteroid — A groundbreaking immersive film created by renowned director Doug Liman, combining cinematic storytelling, interactive gameplay, real-time dialogic AI, and natural multi-modal interactions driven by Gemini. This experience has been exclusively launched on Android XR and will be provided for free to all XREAL AURA users. The project was developed by 30 Ninjas.
• Cubism —XR is one of the most respected puzzle games in the field, revolving around an interesting concept: placing a set of colored 3D blocks into a target shape, but this time it takes place in the real world as presented by XREAL AURA's optical perspective headset. Cubism is known for its excellent hand tracking and powerful spatial interaction design.
• Oh My Galaxy! – One of the largest XR video game developers in the world, nDreams, will bring Oh My Galaxy to XREAL AURA. This is a meticulously crafted arcade-style puzzle game designed specifically for spatial computing from scratch. XREAL AURA marks the first time this popular game can be played on OST headsets.
• Chess Club —— Odders brings its flagship desktop strategy game Chess Club to XREAL AURA. Chess Club is currently a leading chess application on major spatial computing platforms, and its prominent feature is precise native hand tracking. XREAL AURA marks the first time this application has been available on OST headsets.
• DB Creations — This independent studio is developing three XR games for XREAL AURA. In Robo Repair, players can disassemble, repair, and reassemble various gadgets and robot parts while exploring the fantastical world around them. In Tiny Motors Arcade, players can pilot jets, helicopters, and other vehicles to complete arcade challenges within rooms. Table Towers allows players to transform spaces into a prosperous future steampunk city using easily connectable building block elements.
• Landing Party — Los Angeles-based startup Monsarrat has launched Landing Party, the world's first outdoor role-playing video game. The eight patents of Landing Party bring the gameplay to real space, allowing players to walk through and explore it.
• Soapbox —— Soapbox brings real artists and comedians into your space as holograms in life-sized images, making you feel as if you are watching a close-up performance right in the room. The company was established in 2021 and has capture studios in Hollywood. They have filmed 3D images of over 170 artists, which are now available for use on XREAL AURA.
• XR HoloMedicine — In the medical field, apoQlar is bringing its XR HoloMedicine ® platform to XREAL AURA. This platform can convert CT, MRI, PET and other medical imaging data into interactive 3D holographic models for clinicians to view and operate in real-time. The early workflows of apoQlar and XREAL have shown promising results and have made advanced medical visualization and training for clinicians more intuitive.
• ShapexXR — In the corporate sector, ShapesXR is migrating design work to XREAL AURA's immersive 70-degree field of view, enabling teams to sketch environments, place interfaces, create storyboards, and test concepts before writing a large amount of code. ShapesXR is at the forefront of collaborative space creation and has for the first time brought its widely recognized platform to XR glasses.
• Frontline.io —— Frontline.io transforms complex CAD models into interactive digital twins within the corporate space, enabling technicians to learn, troubleshoot, and collaborate through XREAL AURA. It is reshaping remote assistance, virtual training, and enhanced work guidance, and further utilizes AI to generate, retrieve, and guide maintenance processes in real-time without any manual intervention, allowing intelligent connected workers to become a reality.
• Plynk Spatial ™ – Transforming stock research, portfolio management, and trading into a spatial experience. For the first time, log in with OST XR glasses XREAL AURA. Users no longer view the market through flat charts on their phones or laptops; instead, they can explore 3D market visualizations, interactive heatmaps, view sector performance layouts, analyze their holdings in 3D space, track market fluctuations, and execute trades directly within AURA, while still being able to see the real-world environment.

Combined with a broader range of offerings, including immersive movies, games, entertainment, productivity features, and spatial applications, these experiences demonstrate the flexibility of Android XR on wearable glasses. From flat applications and streaming services to spatial games and experiences tailored for XR, AURA allows users to access both familiar content and engage in new types of interactive experiences.

Designed for work, viewing, and gaming. For work, AURA allows for the creation of a portable multi-window workspace without the need for a physical monitor. Users can open the Android XR application, mirror their laptop screen, place windows in the virtual space, and use Gemini to help understand or process the content on the screen.

For entertainment, AURA can instantly transform into a private cinema. Users can access their familiar streaming apps, expand the content onto a large virtual display screen, and use electrochromic lighting to create a more immersive viewing experience when needed, while still being able to perceive their surrounding environment.

For gaming, AURA supports Android games and compatible gaming devices with mirrored screens, allowing users to play on large, immersive private displays.

XREAL AURA The main specifications and functions are as follows:

• Optical perspective XR glasses equipped with Android XR
• The weight of the glasses is less than 95 grams, making them lightweight and suitable for long-term wear.
• 70-degree field of view
• Sony Micro - OLED Display Technology
• 1200p resolution, refresh rate of 120Hz
• Bose Sound Effects
• Snapdragon ® Reality Elite Platform
• XREAL X1S Chip
• Modular computing architecture with compact computing modules
• Supports wired mirroring by connecting a laptop with a compatible handheld gaming device using USB-C.
• Adopt the USB-C interface with standard connections
• Electrochromic color tuning brings a more immersive viewing experience.
• Passed TÜ V Rheinland Eye Comfort Certification
• Supports input via voice, gestures, keyboard, touchpad, and game controller.

Independent testing to boost confidence. XREAL AURA has obtained five certifications from TÜ V Rheinland, including eye comfort (five stars), high visibility, low blue light, no flicker, and color accuracy, reflecting XREAL's commitment to providing an excellent visual experience without compromising on comfort or quality. Relying on its long-term collaboration with the global independent testing, inspection, and certification organization TÜ V Rheinland, XREAL AURA has undergone comprehensive evaluations to assess key aspects of display performance, visual comfort, and safety. By combining XREAL's leading position in spatial computing innovation with TÜ V Rheinland's strict independent testing standards, AURA brings a new level of confidence to consumers embracing Android XR. This collaboration also reflects both parties' joint dedication to raising industry benchmarks and establishing quality standards for the next generation of wearable spatial computing devices.

This focus on high-end sensory experiences also extends beyond the visuals of AURA. XREAL AURA utilizes Bose audio technology, with audio that has been meticulously tuned to provide an even more outstanding listening experience. The clear mid and high frequencies highlight subtle nuances, while the glasses' design creates a natural sound field to complement the immersive visual experience of AURA.

New accessories are launched simultaneously with the release. In addition to a compact storage box (for glasses, computing modules, and cables) that is easy to carry, XREAL has also introduced a new range of accessories designed to enhance the overall experience. These new accessories include the XREAL gaming controller, which was co-designed in collaboration with GameSir. This controller features dedicated Gemini buttons that allow players to quickly access AI assists during gameplay. The company has also announced the launch of a wireless portable keyboard for use in productivity and multi-window workflows.

Price and release information. XREAL AURA is now available for pre-order in the United States, Canada, Japan, and South Korea through XREAL.com / aura. XREAL AURA is also available for pre-order in the United States through BestBuy.com starting today.

More information is as follows:

• XREAL AURA 12GB + 256GB: $1,279, limited-time discount to $1,099 until December 2026*
• XREAL AURA 16GB + 512GB: $1,499, limited-time discount to $1,299 until December 2026*
• Estimated delivery time: Mid-November
• Listed markets: United States, Canada, Japan, and South Korea

For more information or to place an order for XREAL AURA, please visit XREAL.com / aura.

About XREAL. XREAL is a global leader in consumer-grade AR glasses and spatial computing. The company develops lightweight wearable display devices that bring large-screen entertainment, gaming, productivity, and spatial experiences into the form of glasses. XREAL products combine advanced optics, self-developed chips, and spatial computing technology to make augmented reality practical and easy to use in daily life.

For more information, please visit XREAL.com.

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