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| Me, wearing the Viture Pro XR/AR Glasses set I purchased. |
These days, XR and AR experiences, along with spatial computing, are some of the newest technologies hitting the consumer market, with the Apple Vision Pro M5 having just launched, and with a small array of competing vision products, such as glasses, which provide some semblance of what's possible with the Vision Pro.
I had first experienced the Viture XR/AR glasses at a user test study, about a year ago, or so. In short, the glasses are somewhat like sunglasses, and they have miniature displays in each of the two lenses, which provide a huge, expansive screen space, which the user looks at, from an up close positioning. Viture's glasses come with a great feature for people with nearsightedness - there's a myopia correction dial for each lens, to adjust the image for sharpness, which really helps out.
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| The miniature displays inside the glasses are vaguely viewable from a distance, and they are meant to be seen up close, where the displays appear to be a large, wide screen that mirrors or extends the desktop of your computer or mobile device. |
What's the experience like? Well, for starters, it's basically like looking at a projection screen, based on the size of the viewable space. On my laptop, I chose to mirror the desktop, rather than extend it, so I could have all of the features of the dock, my apps, and my windows, all available to me, in a laptop-relatable format. The glasses function nicely as an extended (mirrored) display device, and I've been using the laptop's keyboard and trackpad to control the pointer, and to do my work, browse the internet, etc. Compared to a traditional display, I would say that this miniaturized, and, yet, a blown up display, within this small device, is a better buy - users can work on their device, while having the head positioned in any way that's comfortable, so it's better for the posture. It helps alleviate pain caused by bending over to view the display on a laptop, when I'm working on my bed, for example, where there's not a better solution available for positioning the computer. The displays, themselves, within the glasses, are a suitable resolution for managing multiple window workspaces, making the glasses a competitive choice over extending the display by adding a traditional desktop monitor, so it solves a desktop space consideration
nicely, as well.
It's a bit difficult to fully explain the experience, or to demonstrate it, sufficiently, but it's somewhat similar to the photo pictured above. All in all, it's a nifty large screen to have, that's easy on the eyes, despite that it's such a large viewing space at such a close range. For the price (I got mine on sale, on eBay), I would definitely prefer the glasses over a traditional display, a portable display, or projection setup. It's just more convenient, and it conserves space in what would otherwise be a more crowded room. They're a great solution for people who prefer to work in bed, or on the couch, I'd say.
