1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:06,879 Last year on the Tonight Show, I showed off some sick augmented reality glasses. 2 00:00:04,319 --> 00:00:12,000 And now, a year later, ASUS has partnered with XRE and with us to 3 00:00:09,120 --> 00:00:20,160 sponsor this video to unveil those, except for gamers. Meet the ROG XXRel R1 4 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:25,039 gaming glasses. These things are in a nutshell, well, they're not in a 5 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,960 nutshell, they're in a hard case. Sick. 6 00:00:25,039 --> 00:00:33,120 The visuals are still supplied by a pair of 1920x 1080 micro OLED displays for 7 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:37,760 lightning fast 01 millisecond response times. We've still got a massive 57 8 00:00:36,160 --> 00:00:43,680 degree field of view that can create up to a 171in virtual display, whatever 9 00:00:41,440 --> 00:00:48,719 that means exactly. And [music] they are still shockingly bright at 700 nits with 10 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:53,440 electrochromic dimming, [music] which wait makes them gaming. How exactly? Ah, 11 00:00:51,600 --> 00:01:00,000 well, there is an RGB strip along the side. [music] And the refresh rate is 12 00:00:55,600 --> 00:01:02,480 dialed up from 120 Hz all the way to 240 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:05,760 Hz. [music] And they created this dock to make it way easier to connect to 14 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:11,640 gaming devices that don't happen to have a fully featured USBC output. Let's 15 00:01:08,240 --> 00:01:11,640 check them out. 16 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,960 Well, my notes say unbox them, but I guess I kind of already did that. Why 17 00:01:21,119 --> 00:01:28,080 don't we have a look at the accessories? Inside the not final packaging, this is 18 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:32,159 clearly XR's packaging, you will find two additional sizes of nose pads, 19 00:01:30,159 --> 00:01:36,320 depending on the shape of your face, as well as a little lenses frame here. 20 00:01:34,560 --> 00:01:40,240 These can be used to add prescription lenses to your R1 gaming glasses. It 21 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:45,280 also comes with a handydandy polishing cloth, the cable you'll need to plug it into anything, which is not to be taken 22 00:01:43,520 --> 00:01:49,360 for granted these days, as well as the carrying case that I showed you guys 23 00:01:46,720 --> 00:01:54,159 before. In terms of the fit and finish, it feels quite similar to the XRE 1 Pros 24 00:01:52,399 --> 00:01:58,479 that I've used in the past, which is a good thing. It's just 91 g thanks to 25 00:01:56,640 --> 00:02:01,520 being powered by the Tether rather than an integrated battery, and has a simple 26 00:02:00,240 --> 00:02:05,920 interface that includes an action button, a rocker button for navigation, 27 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:10,560 as well as a programmable macro button. It's also got Bose tuned speakers, which 28 00:02:08,239 --> 00:02:13,920 doesn't always mean a ton, but in this case, they actually sound pretty decent, 29 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:18,879 but you don't have to use them because, of course, you can just pair your Bluetooth earphones to whatever device 30 00:02:16,560 --> 00:02:21,599 you're using wirelessly. I guess now we plug them in. 31 00:02:20,000 --> 00:02:26,239 >> Let's do it. I feel like driving these off of the ROG Xbox isn't going to be 32 00:02:24,239 --> 00:02:30,720 the best way to take advantage of their 240 Hz display just because of the 33 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:34,319 limited performance. But this is such a realistic use case for these because 34 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:39,120 these are a great way to bring a large screen device out and about with you 35 00:02:36,319 --> 00:02:42,800 without having to I don't know staple up a projection screen on the bus. [music] 36 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:48,879 >> What you could >> good is a good visual. >> There's two main modes. The screen can 37 00:02:46,959 --> 00:02:54,239 either follow you around wherever you're looking or you can lock it in space in 38 00:02:51,920 --> 00:02:58,239 front of you and then it'll just kind of stay there. Well, the electrochromic 39 00:02:56,080 --> 00:03:04,720 dimming is working really, really well because I cannot see my notes at all 40 00:03:02,159 --> 00:03:09,120 through the Steam interface. So, that's cool. What's cool about that, too, is 41 00:03:07,280 --> 00:03:12,319 that you can set it to automatically turn the electrochromic dimming on and 42 00:03:10,959 --> 00:03:16,959 off depending on whether you're looking at the [music] screen. So, if somebody walks up to your desk and you're using 43 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:22,080 this as like a virtual desktop, you can be like [music] locked in and you can 44 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:25,519 look over be like, "Hey, sup? Do I look like a big nerd?" A little bit. That's 45 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:29,200 good cuz I am. It's worth noting there's a couple different sizes. I'm wearing 46 00:03:27,360 --> 00:03:33,599 the one that is for mediumsiz [music] heads which is good because I do not 47 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:38,879 have a large head. Oh damn, I missed. It's kind of amazing 48 00:03:36,319 --> 00:03:44,239 how good 1080p looks cuz like yeah it's a you know I think I have it set to 171 49 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:49,040 in screen right now at 5 m or something like that. But like 50 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:52,480 you know it's it's not that big. Like if you're sitting next to a 1080p monitor, 51 00:03:50,640 --> 00:03:57,439 it's about like it was like this, right? Cuz at that distance, really not bad. 52 00:03:55,680 --> 00:04:02,480 And actually playing more casual games, like I'm playing tape to tape right now, 53 00:03:59,599 --> 00:04:09,360 and I think I probably could get like 150 200 FPS out of this. Like it's 54 00:04:05,280 --> 00:04:11,760 smooth. That OLED, man. 55 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:18,000 Instantaneous response times make such a difference to how the game looks and and 56 00:04:14,319 --> 00:04:20,320 feels. Oh, I hit the post again. 57 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:25,680 Cruel. It is worth noting though that there is no HDR support at this time. 58 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:30,400 So, it's bright and it's OLED and all of that. So, you get that really nice 59 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:33,120 contrast. He scores again, but no 60 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:37,759 support for HDR at the moment. I'm just holding this up so that they can [music] 61 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:39,680 see the school. 62 00:04:37,759 --> 00:04:43,759 Wow. Enough of these. Let's make our way over to the couch, which I can do by 63 00:04:41,520 --> 00:04:47,759 just setting the screen to follow mode. Now, I can always see it. Oh, I forgot 64 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:52,479 to mention there is actually a third mode. So, there's follow mode, anchor mode, and then there's anchor man mode 65 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:56,479 where it just ignores any input from your device and just says go yourself, 66 00:04:54,800 --> 00:05:00,720 San Diego, on the screen [music] all the time. That's anchor mode. So, you double 67 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:04,880 click to get into the full menu. And I've got the frame rate boost off for 68 00:05:02,400 --> 00:05:09,199 now. So, let's go ahead and plug into the dock. The doc's pretty cool. The 69 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:13,520 idea is that not everything has [music] both the display and data capabilities 70 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:17,520 that you need to run a device like this. So, ASUS created a dock that has two 71 00:05:15,713 --> 00:05:22,720 [music] HDMI inputs, one DisplayPort input, power in, and then the ability to 72 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:27,600 plug your glasses into the front. My head [music] is like not compatible with 73 00:05:24,479 --> 00:05:29,440 glasses. I need just like that much. And 74 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:33,360 then it would sit perfect. [music] Wait. Oh, there's an angle in the hinge. 75 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:37,440 Okay, that helps a lot. I thought I was like breaking it, but actually that's 76 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:41,440 that's part of the design. I hope. Another thing ASUS added 77 00:05:39,360 --> 00:05:44,880 compared to the regular XRE version is some carryovers from their gaming 78 00:05:42,960 --> 00:05:48,800 monitors. For instance, if you're a filthy cheater, you can add a crosshair 79 00:05:47,199 --> 00:05:52,880 in the middle. And then they've also got an FPS counter if you're a big nerd like 80 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:58,080 me. And they're apparently planning more features in the future. This is still 81 00:05:55,039 --> 00:05:59,680 pretty early days. Really not bad 1080p 82 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:04,240 at this size. Find it hard to be disciplined enough to hold still enough 83 00:06:01,199 --> 00:06:07,120 to like maximize the size of the screen 84 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:10,639 and also never cut off the corners. But I guess that's what follow mode's for. I 85 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:14,800 just find I get a bit of a like stereoscopic 3D headache when I use 86 00:06:12,479 --> 00:06:18,000 follow mode. But your mileage may vary. It is worth noting, by the way, guys, 87 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:22,160 that while I'm showing you what I'm doing, privacy is a major feature of 88 00:06:20,720 --> 00:06:28,400 displays like this. Whether you're on the bus or the plane or in the office, 89 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:30,319 you can be consuming well pretty much 90 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:34,479 any kind of content. And if you have the speakers off or very low, then nobody 91 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:42,000 has any way of seeing what you're doing, which can be great if you're working on confidential materials or if you're 92 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:45,680 being a degenerate, which I don't judge. Of course, so far we've only showed this 93 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:49,840 thing connected to mobile devices like a gaming handheld or a laptop. Of course, 94 00:06:47,840 --> 00:06:54,000 the dock also allows you to connect to a desktop, which is probably where we'll 95 00:06:51,759 --> 00:06:58,639 get the most benefit out of our 240 Hz refresh rate. So, why don't we go ahead 96 00:06:55,520 --> 00:07:02,240 and do that? All right, time to try 240 97 00:06:58,639 --> 00:07:04,240 hertz. Now, obviously, not every gamer 98 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:10,240 who has a monitor like this on their desk would uh put on glasses to game, 99 00:07:07,199 --> 00:07:12,479 but ASUS does see a valid use case for 100 00:07:10,240 --> 00:07:15,840 people who just kind of want to kick back like this and have the display be 101 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:21,039 wherever their eyes happen to be. Personally, that's not my gaming posture, but I don't judge. Right now, 102 00:07:19,520 --> 00:07:24,880 I'd say the screen I'm playing on is actually about the size of this one. In 103 00:07:23,039 --> 00:07:29,759 fact, here I could I could line them up. actually a little smaller, but it's hard 104 00:07:27,360 --> 00:07:32,639 to tell because it's like way out in front of me. So, I'm not focusing on 105 00:07:31,440 --> 00:07:37,039 something that's right in front of my face, which I personally don't find 106 00:07:35,440 --> 00:07:40,800 uncomfortable focusing at this distance for long periods of time, but your 107 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:44,800 mileage may vary on that one. Some people find it quite uncomfortable. 108 00:07:42,960 --> 00:07:48,319 Another potential use case for these is as a secondary display. So, if you 109 00:07:46,639 --> 00:07:51,680 turned off the electrochromic dimming, then you could kind of, you know, look 110 00:07:49,759 --> 00:07:54,880 up at like a big TV here, or you could have sort of content playing on the side 111 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:58,479 separately while you could continue to [music] just use your monitor as you 112 00:07:56,560 --> 00:08:02,639 normally would. Bad news, though, is that at this time, ASUS doesn't have any 113 00:08:01,919 --> 00:08:06,720 pricing [music] information for us. So, it's impossible 114 00:08:04,960 --> 00:08:10,720 for me to tell you if I think they'd be worth picking up or not. And they won't 115 00:08:08,400 --> 00:08:14,160 be hitting retail until about Q2 of this year. However, at that time, they are 116 00:08:12,639 --> 00:08:17,360 going to come bundled with the dock, which is pretty cool. Unless you don't 117 00:08:15,919 --> 00:08:22,400 want the dock, in which case, if you wanted to pick up the glasses separately, that might take a while. 118 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:25,599 They haven't committed to when, if ever, they're going to sell the glasses 119 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:30,879 without the dock. Finally, [music] and this is the last important bit, these 120 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:35,919 types of products are not for everyone. I wish they were, but some people can't 121 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:39,519 handle VR or augmented reality for long periods of time or even short periods of 122 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:43,440 time without issues like eye strain, headaches, and nausea. So, Asus 123 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:46,959 recommends, and I agree, that you should limit your time with them to maybe 124 00:08:44,660 --> 00:08:50,480 [music] 30 to 40 minutes at a time, at least for the first few sessions, so 125 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:53,600 that your body can adjust. Despite all that, looking forward to when these come 126 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:58,240 out. Thanks again to ASUS for sponsoring this video and letting me take an early 127 00:08:55,200 --> 00:09:00,320 look at the ASUS RGXR glasses. There's 128 00:08:58,240 --> 00:09:03,279 plenty more CES coverage coming, so stay tuned. By the time you guys watch this, 129 00:09:01,839 --> 00:09:06,240 I'm already going to be in Las Vegas checking out all the cool stuff at the 130 00:09:04,880 --> 00:09:09,519 show. If you guys enjoyed this video, why not check out uh Hey, that 131 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:13,040 appearance on the Tonight Show. It's pretty [music] cool. I was really nervous at the beginning, so we just 132 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:20,320 skipped that part. I'm going to try and do better this time. Oh, I'm going on again. Am I allowed to say that? 133 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:20,320 >> I don't know. I guess I just did.