WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:06.879 Last year on the Tonight Show, I showed off some sick augmented reality glasses. 00:00:04.319 --> 00:00:12.000 And now, a year later, ASUS has partnered with XRE and with us to 00:00:09.120 --> 00:00:20.160 sponsor this video to unveil those, except for gamers. Meet the ROG XXRel R1 00:00:17.520 --> 00:00:25.039 gaming glasses. These things are in a nutshell, well, they're not in a 00:00:21.760 --> 00:00:26.960 nutshell, they're in a hard case. Sick. 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:33.120 The visuals are still supplied by a pair of 1920x 1080 micro OLED displays for 00:00:30.560 --> 00:00:37.760 lightning fast 01 millisecond response times. We've still got a massive 57 00:00:36.160 --> 00:00:43.680 degree field of view that can create up to a 171in virtual display, whatever 00:00:41.440 --> 00:00:48.719 that means exactly. And [music] they are still shockingly bright at 700 nits with 00:00:46.640 --> 00:00:53.440 electrochromic dimming, [music] which wait makes them gaming. How exactly? Ah, 00:00:51.600 --> 00:01:00.000 well, there is an RGB strip along the side. [music] And the refresh rate is 00:00:55.600 --> 00:01:02.480 dialed up from 120 Hz all the way to 240 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:05.760 Hz. [music] And they created this dock to make it way easier to connect to 00:01:04.000 --> 00:01:11.640 gaming devices that don't happen to have a fully featured USBC output. Let's 00:01:08.240 --> 00:01:11.640 check them out. 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:22.960 Well, my notes say unbox them, but I guess I kind of already did that. Why 00:01:21.119 --> 00:01:28.080 don't we have a look at the accessories? Inside the not final packaging, this is 00:01:25.520 --> 00:01:32.159 clearly XR's packaging, you will find two additional sizes of nose pads, 00:01:30.159 --> 00:01:36.320 depending on the shape of your face, as well as a little lenses frame here. 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:40.240 These can be used to add prescription lenses to your R1 gaming glasses. It 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 00:01:43.520 --> 00:01:49.360 for granted these days, as well as the carrying case that I showed you guys 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 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 00:01:56.640 --> 00:02:01.520 being powered by the Tether rather than an integrated battery, and has a simple 00:02:00.240 --> 00:02:05.920 interface that includes an action button, a rocker button for navigation, 00:02:03.520 --> 00:02:10.560 as well as a programmable macro button. It's also got Bose tuned speakers, which 00:02:08.239 --> 00:02:13.920 doesn't always mean a ton, but in this case, they actually sound pretty decent, 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 00:02:16.560 --> 00:02:21.599 you're using wirelessly. I guess now we plug them in. 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 00:02:24.239 --> 00:02:30.720 the best way to take advantage of their 240 Hz display just because of the 00:02:28.480 --> 00:02:34.319 limited performance. But this is such a realistic use case for these because 00:02:32.080 --> 00:02:39.120 these are a great way to bring a large screen device out and about with you 00:02:36.319 --> 00:02:42.800 without having to I don't know staple up a projection screen on the bus. [music] 00:02:41.920 --> 00:02:48.879 >> What you could >> good is a good visual. >> There's two main modes. The screen can 00:02:46.959 --> 00:02:54.239 either follow you around wherever you're looking or you can lock it in space in 00:02:51.920 --> 00:02:58.239 front of you and then it'll just kind of stay there. Well, the electrochromic 00:02:56.080 --> 00:03:04.720 dimming is working really, really well because I cannot see my notes at all 00:03:02.159 --> 00:03:09.120 through the Steam interface. So, that's cool. What's cool about that, too, is 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:12.319 that you can set it to automatically turn the electrochromic dimming on and 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 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:22.080 this as like a virtual desktop, you can be like [music] locked in and you can 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 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 00:03:27.360 --> 00:03:33.599 the one that is for mediumsiz [music] heads which is good because I do not 00:03:31.200 --> 00:03:38.879 have a large head. Oh damn, I missed. It's kind of amazing 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 00:03:42.000 --> 00:03:49.040 in screen right now at 5 m or something like that. But like 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, 00:03:50.640 --> 00:03:57.439 it's about like it was like this, right? Cuz at that distance, really not bad. 00:03:55.680 --> 00:04:02.480 And actually playing more casual games, like I'm playing tape to tape right now, 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 00:04:05.280 --> 00:04:11.760 smooth. That OLED, man. 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:18.000 Instantaneous response times make such a difference to how the game looks and and 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:20.320 feels. Oh, I hit the post again. 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:25.680 Cruel. It is worth noting though that there is no HDR support at this time. 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 00:04:26.960 --> 00:04:33.120 contrast. He scores again, but no 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] 00:04:34.720 --> 00:04:39.680 see the school. 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 00:04:41.520 --> 00:04:47.759 just setting the screen to follow mode. Now, I can always see it. Oh, I forgot 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 00:04:50.800 --> 00:04:56.479 where it just ignores any input from your device and just says go yourself, 00:04:54.800 --> 00:05:00.720 San Diego, on the screen [music] all the time. That's anchor mode. So, you double 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 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 00:05:06.960 --> 00:05:13.520 idea is that not everything has [music] both the display and data capabilities 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 00:05:15.713 --> 00:05:22.720 [music] HDMI inputs, one DisplayPort input, power in, and then the ability to 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:27.600 plug your glasses into the front. My head [music] is like not compatible with 00:05:24.479 --> 00:05:29.440 glasses. I need just like that much. And 00:05:27.600 --> 00:05:33.360 then it would sit perfect. [music] Wait. Oh, there's an angle in the hinge. 00:05:31.680 --> 00:05:37.440 Okay, that helps a lot. I thought I was like breaking it, but actually that's 00:05:35.120 --> 00:05:41.440 that's part of the design. I hope. Another thing ASUS added 00:05:39.360 --> 00:05:44.880 compared to the regular XRE version is some carryovers from their gaming 00:05:42.960 --> 00:05:48.800 monitors. For instance, if you're a filthy cheater, you can add a crosshair 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 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:58.080 me. And they're apparently planning more features in the future. This is still 00:05:55.039 --> 00:05:59.680 pretty early days. Really not bad 1080p 00:05:58.080 --> 00:06:04.240 at this size. Find it hard to be disciplined enough to hold still enough 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:07.120 to like maximize the size of the screen 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 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:14.800 just find I get a bit of a like stereoscopic 3D headache when I use 00:06:12.479 --> 00:06:18.000 follow mode. But your mileage may vary. It is worth noting, by the way, guys, 00:06:16.400 --> 00:06:22.160 that while I'm showing you what I'm doing, privacy is a major feature of 00:06:20.720 --> 00:06:28.400 displays like this. Whether you're on the bus or the plane or in the office, 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:30.319 you can be consuming well pretty much 00:06:28.400 --> 00:06:34.479 any kind of content. And if you have the speakers off or very low, then nobody 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 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 00:06:43.600 --> 00:06:49.840 thing connected to mobile devices like a gaming handheld or a laptop. Of course, 00:06:47.840 --> 00:06:54.000 the dock also allows you to connect to a desktop, which is probably where we'll 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 00:06:55.520 --> 00:07:02.240 and do that? All right, time to try 240 00:06:58.639 --> 00:07:04.240 hertz. Now, obviously, not every gamer 00:07:02.240 --> 00:07:10.240 who has a monitor like this on their desk would uh put on glasses to game, 00:07:07.199 --> 00:07:12.479 but ASUS does see a valid use case for 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:15.840 people who just kind of want to kick back like this and have the display be 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, 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 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 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 00:07:31.440 --> 00:07:37.039 something that's right in front of my face, which I personally don't find 00:07:35.440 --> 00:07:40.800 uncomfortable focusing at this distance for long periods of time, but your 00:07:38.880 --> 00:07:44.800 mileage may vary on that one. Some people find it quite uncomfortable. 00:07:42.960 --> 00:07:48.319 Another potential use case for these is as a secondary display. So, if you 00:07:46.639 --> 00:07:51.680 turned off the electrochromic dimming, then you could kind of, you know, look 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 00:07:53.520 --> 00:07:58.479 separately while you could continue to [music] just use your monitor as you 00:07:56.560 --> 00:08:02.639 normally would. Bad news, though, is that at this time, ASUS doesn't have any 00:08:01.919 --> 00:08:06.720 pricing [music] information for us. So, it's impossible 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 00:08:08.400 --> 00:08:14.160 be hitting retail until about Q2 of this year. However, at that time, they are 00:08:12.639 --> 00:08:17.360 going to come bundled with the dock, which is pretty cool. Unless you don't 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. 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:25.599 They haven't committed to when, if ever, they're going to sell the glasses 00:08:23.680 --> 00:08:30.879 without the dock. Finally, [music] and this is the last important bit, these 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:35.919 types of products are not for everyone. I wish they were, but some people can't 00:08:33.360 --> 00:08:39.519 handle VR or augmented reality for long periods of time or even short periods of 00:08:37.919 --> 00:08:43.440 time without issues like eye strain, headaches, and nausea. So, Asus 00:08:41.360 --> 00:08:46.959 recommends, and I agree, that you should limit your time with them to maybe 00:08:44.660 --> 00:08:50.480 [music] 30 to 40 minutes at a time, at least for the first few sessions, so 00:08:48.800 --> 00:08:53.600 that your body can adjust. Despite all that, looking forward to when these come 00:08:51.920 --> 00:08:58.240 out. Thanks again to ASUS for sponsoring this video and letting me take an early 00:08:55.200 --> 00:09:00.320 look at the ASUS RGXR glasses. There's 00:08:58.240 --> 00:09:03.279 plenty more CES coverage coming, so stay tuned. By the time you guys watch this, 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 00:09:04.880 --> 00:09:09.519 show. If you guys enjoyed this video, why not check out uh Hey, that 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 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? 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:20.320 >> I don't know. I guess I just did.