1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,200 Last year on The Tonight Show, I showed off some sick augmented reality glasses. 2 00:00:04,200 --> 00:00:08,200 And now, a year later, ASUS has partnered with Xreel, 3 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:14,120 and with us to sponsor this video, to unveil those, except for gamers. 4 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:18,400 Meet the ROG-XXreel R1 gaming glasses. 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:24,080 These things are in a nutshell. Well, they're not in a nutshell, they're in a hard case. 6 00:00:24,080 --> 00:00:28,480 Sick. The visuals are still supplied by a pair of 1920 by 1080 7 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:31,600 micro OLED displays for lightning fast 8 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:36,960 0.01 millisecond response times. We've still got a massive 57 degree field of view 9 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:41,120 that can create up to a 171 inch virtual display, 10 00:00:41,120 --> 00:00:46,200 whatever that means exactly. And they're still shockingly bright at 700 nits 11 00:00:46,200 --> 00:00:51,200 with electrochromic dimming, which, wait, makes them gaming how exactly? 12 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:57,360 Ah, well, there is an RGB strip along the side. And the refresh rate is dialed up from 120 Hertz 13 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:01,080 all the way to 240 Hertz. 14 00:01:01,080 --> 00:01:04,880 And they created this dock to make it way easier to connect to gaming devices 15 00:01:04,880 --> 00:01:07,960 that don't happen to have a fully-featured USB-C output. 16 00:01:07,960 --> 00:01:19,920 Let's check them out. Well, my notes say unboxed them, 17 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:22,920 but I guess I kind of already did that. Why don't we have a look at the accessories? 18 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:27,000 Inside the not final packaging, this is clearly Xreel's packaging, 19 00:01:27,000 --> 00:01:30,080 you will find two additional sizes of nose pads, 20 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:34,600 depending on the shape of your face, as well as a little lenses frame here. 21 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,720 These can be used to add prescription lenses to your R1 gaming glasses. 22 00:01:38,720 --> 00:01:42,200 It also comes with a handy-dandy polishing cloth. The cable you'll need to plug it into anything, 23 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:45,840 which is not to be taken for granted these days, as well as the carrying case 24 00:01:45,840 --> 00:01:49,280 that I showed you guys before. In terms of the fit and finish, 25 00:01:49,280 --> 00:01:52,440 it feels quite similar to the Xreel 1 Pros 26 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:57,920 that I've used in the past, which is a good thing. It's just 91 grams, thanks to being powered by the tether, 27 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,960 rather than an integrated battery, and has a simple interface that includes an action button, 28 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:06,000 a rocker button for navigation, as well as a programmable macro button. 29 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,760 It's also got Bose Tune speakers, which doesn't always mean a ton, 30 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:13,640 but in this case, they actually sound pretty decent. But you don't have to use them, 31 00:02:13,640 --> 00:02:17,920 because of course, you can just pair your Bluetooth earphones to whatever device you're using wirelessly. 32 00:02:17,920 --> 00:02:22,880 I guess now we plug them in. Let's do it. I feel like driving these off of the ROG-X box 33 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,800 isn't going to be the best way to take advantage of their 240 Hertz display, 34 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:31,920 just because of the limited performance. But this is such a realistic use case for these, 35 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:36,360 because these are a great way to bring a large screen device out and about with you, 36 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:41,760 without having to, I don't know, staple up a projection screen on the bus. 37 00:02:41,760 --> 00:02:46,200 What, you could? It was a good visual. There's two main modes. 38 00:02:46,200 --> 00:02:49,560 The screen can either follow you around wherever you're looking, 39 00:02:49,560 --> 00:02:54,840 or you can lock it in space in front of you, and then it'll just kind of stay there. 40 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:58,200 Well, the electrochromic dimming is working really, really well, 41 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:02,080 because I cannot see my notes at all 42 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:05,720 through the steam interface. So that's cool. 43 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,160 What's cool about that too, is that you can set it to automatically 44 00:03:09,160 --> 00:03:13,200 turn the electrochromic dimming on and off, depending on whether you're looking at the screen. 45 00:03:13,200 --> 00:03:16,680 So if somebody walks up to your desk and you're using this as like a virtual desktop, 46 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,440 you can be like locked in, and you can look over, you're like, 47 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:23,600 hey, sup, do I look like a big nerd? 48 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,920 That's good, because I am. It's worth noting, there's a couple different sizes. 49 00:03:26,920 --> 00:03:32,080 I'm wearing the one that is for medium-sized heads, which is good, because I do not have a large head. 50 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:38,040 Ah, damn, I missed. It's kind of amazing how good 1080p looks, 51 00:03:38,040 --> 00:03:42,960 because like, yeah, it's a, you know, I think I have it set to 171-inch screen right now 52 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:48,640 at five meters or something like that, but like, you know, it's not that big. 53 00:03:48,640 --> 00:03:52,480 Like if you're sitting next to a 1080p monitor, it's about like it was like this, right? 54 00:03:52,480 --> 00:03:54,720 Because at that distance, really not bad. 55 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:59,520 And actually, playing more casual games, like I'm playing tape-to-tape right now, 56 00:03:59,520 --> 00:04:04,520 and I think I probably could get like 150, 200 FPS out of this. 57 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:07,660 Like it's smooth. That in OLED, man. 58 00:04:09,240 --> 00:04:15,360 Instantaneous response times make such a difference to how the game looks and feels. 59 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:20,040 Oh, I hit the post again. Cruel, it is worth noting though, 60 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:23,640 that there is no HDR support at this time. 61 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:27,720 So it's bright and it's OLED and all of that, so you get that really nice contrast. 62 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:32,720 He scores again, but no support for HDR at the moment. 63 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,600 I'm just holding this up so that they can see this goal. 64 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:43,680 Wow. And after these, let's make our way over to the couch, which I can do by just setting the screen to follow mode. 65 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:47,960 Now I can always see it. Oh, I forgot to mention, there is actually a third mode. 66 00:04:47,960 --> 00:04:53,000 So there's follow mode, anchor mode, and then there's anchor man mode, where it just ignores any input from your device 67 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,800 and just says, go fuck yourself San Diego on the screen all the time. 68 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:00,480 That's anchor man mode. So you double click to get into the full menu, 69 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:05,840 and I've got the frame rate boost off for now. So let's go ahead and plug into the dock. 70 00:05:05,840 --> 00:05:10,080 The dock's pretty cool. The idea is that not everything has both the display 71 00:05:10,080 --> 00:05:13,480 and data capabilities that you need to run a device like this. 72 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:16,680 So ASUS created a dock that has two HDMI inputs, 73 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:22,440 one DisplayPort input, power in, and then the ability to plug your glasses into the front. 74 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:25,760 My head is like not compatible with glasses. 75 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:29,400 I need just like that much, and then it would sit perfect. 76 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:32,760 Wait, oh, there's an angle in the hinge. Okay, that helps a lot. 77 00:05:32,760 --> 00:05:36,400 I thought I was like breaking it, but actually that's part of the design. 78 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,120 I hope. Another thing ASUS added, compared to the regular X-Reel version, 79 00:05:41,160 --> 00:05:45,520 is some carryovers from their gaming monitors. For instance, if you're a filthy cheater, 80 00:05:45,520 --> 00:05:49,800 you can add crosshair in the middle. And then they've also got an FPS counter 81 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:54,080 if you're a big nerd, like me. And they're apparently planning more features in the future. 82 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,920 This is still pretty early days. Really not bad 1080p at this size. 83 00:05:58,920 --> 00:06:03,720 Find it hard to be disciplined enough to hold still enough to like maximize the size 84 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:08,560 of the screen and also never cut off the corners, but I guess that's what follow-boots for. 85 00:06:08,560 --> 00:06:12,040 I just find I get a bit of a like stereoscopic 3D headache 86 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:16,400 when I use follow mode, but your mileage may vary. It is worth noting by the way, guys, 87 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:21,560 that while I'm showing you what I'm doing, privacy is a major feature of displays like this. 88 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,320 Whether you're on the bus or the plane or in the office, 89 00:06:25,320 --> 00:06:29,600 you can be consuming pretty much any kind of content. 90 00:06:29,600 --> 00:06:34,520 And if you have the speakers off or very low, then nobody has any way of seeing what you're doing, 91 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:41,960 which can be great if you're working on confidential materials, or if you're being a degenerate, which I don't judge. 92 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:45,320 Of course, so far we've only showed this thing connected to mobile devices, 93 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:49,520 like a gaming handheld or a laptop. Of course, the dock also allows you to connect 94 00:06:49,520 --> 00:06:54,780 to a desktop, which is probably where we'll get the most benefit out of our 240 Hertz refresh rate. 95 00:06:54,780 --> 00:06:59,520 So why don't we go ahead and do that? All right, time to try 240 Hertz. 96 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:03,400 Now, obviously not every gamer who has a monitor 97 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:07,040 like this on their desk would put on glasses to game, 98 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:13,200 but ASUS does see a valid use case for people who just kind of want to kick back like this 99 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:19,240 and have the display be wherever their eyes happen to be. Personally, that's not my gaming posture, but I don't judge. 100 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,920 Right now, I'd say the screen I'm playing on is actually about the size of this one. 101 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:26,200 In fact, here, I could line them up. Actually a little smaller, 102 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:30,180 but it's hard to tell because it's like way out in front of me. 103 00:07:30,180 --> 00:07:36,040 So I'm not focusing on something that's right in front of my face, which I personally don't find uncomfortable 104 00:07:36,080 --> 00:07:40,520 focusing at this distance for long periods of time, but your mileage may vary on that one. 105 00:07:40,520 --> 00:07:44,440 Some people find it quite uncomfortable. Another potential use case for these 106 00:07:44,440 --> 00:07:48,320 is as a secondary display. So if you turned off the electrochromic dimming, 107 00:07:48,320 --> 00:07:53,520 then you could kind of look up at like a big TV here or you could have sort of content playing on the side 108 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:57,120 separately while you could continue to just use your monitor as you normally would. 109 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:03,680 Bad news though is that at this time, ASUS doesn't have any pricing information for us. 110 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,960 So it's impossible for me to tell you if I think they'd be worth picking up or not. 111 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,040 And they won't be hitting retail until about Q2 of this year. 112 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,080 However, at that time, they are gonna come bundled with the dock, 113 00:08:14,080 --> 00:08:19,080 which is pretty cool unless you don't want the dock. In which case, if you wanted to pick up the glasses separately, 114 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:22,440 that might take a while. They haven't committed to when, if ever, 115 00:08:22,440 --> 00:08:27,960 they're gonna sell the glasses without the dock. Finally, and this is the last important bit, 116 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,880 these types of products are not for everyone. I wish they were, 117 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,280 but some people can't handle VR or augmented reality 118 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:40,520 for long periods of time or even short periods of time without issues like eye strain, headaches, and nausea. 119 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:44,280 So ASUS recommends, and I agree, that you should limit your time with them 120 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:48,680 to maybe 30 to 40 minutes at a time, at least for the first few sessions 121 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:52,240 so that your body can adjust. Despite all that, looking forward to when these come out. 122 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,400 Thanks again to ASUS for sponsoring this video and letting me take an early look 123 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,840 at the ASUS RGXX real glasses. There's plenty more CES coverage coming, 124 00:08:59,840 --> 00:09:03,160 so stay tuned. By the time you guys watch this, I'm already gonna be in Las Vegas 125 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,200 checking out all the cool stuff at the show. If you guys enjoyed this video, 126 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:09,440 why not check out, hey, that appearance on The Tonight Show. 127 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,600 It's pretty cool. I was really nervous at the beginning, so maybe just let's skip that part. 128 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,800 I'm gonna try and do better this time. Oh, I'm going on again. Am I allowed to say that? 129 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:18,200 I don't know, I guess I just did.