WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.200 Last year on The Tonight Show, I showed off some sick augmented reality glasses. 00:00:04.200 --> 00:00:08.200 And now, a year later, ASUS has partnered with Xreel, 00:00:08.200 --> 00:00:14.120 and with us to sponsor this video, to unveil those, except for gamers. 00:00:14.120 --> 00:00:18.400 Meet the ROG-XXreel R1 gaming glasses. 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. 00:00:24.080 --> 00:00:28.480 Sick. The visuals are still supplied by a pair of 1920 by 1080 00:00:28.560 --> 00:00:31.600 micro OLED displays for lightning fast 00:00:31.600 --> 00:00:36.960 0.01 millisecond response times. We've still got a massive 57 degree field of view 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:41.120 that can create up to a 171 inch virtual display, 00:00:41.120 --> 00:00:46.200 whatever that means exactly. And they're still shockingly bright at 700 nits 00:00:46.200 --> 00:00:51.200 with electrochromic dimming, which, wait, makes them gaming how exactly? 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 00:00:57.360 --> 00:01:01.080 all the way to 240 Hertz. 00:01:01.080 --> 00:01:04.880 And they created this dock to make it way easier to connect to gaming devices 00:01:04.880 --> 00:01:07.960 that don't happen to have a fully-featured USB-C output. 00:01:07.960 --> 00:01:19.920 Let's check them out. Well, my notes say unboxed them, 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? 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:27.000 Inside the not final packaging, this is clearly Xreel's packaging, 00:01:27.000 --> 00:01:30.080 you will find two additional sizes of nose pads, 00:01:30.080 --> 00:01:34.600 depending on the shape of your face, as well as a little lenses frame here. 00:01:34.600 --> 00:01:38.720 These can be used to add prescription lenses to your R1 gaming glasses. 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, 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:45.840 which is not to be taken for granted these days, as well as the carrying case 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.280 that I showed you guys before. In terms of the fit and finish, 00:01:49.280 --> 00:01:52.440 it feels quite similar to the Xreel 1 Pros 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, 00:01:57.920 --> 00:02:01.960 rather than an integrated battery, and has a simple interface that includes an action button, 00:02:01.960 --> 00:02:06.000 a rocker button for navigation, as well as a programmable macro button. 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:09.760 It's also got Bose Tune speakers, which doesn't always mean a ton, 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, 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. 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 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:27.800 isn't going to be the best way to take advantage of their 240 Hertz display, 00:02:27.800 --> 00:02:31.920 just because of the limited performance. But this is such a realistic use case for these, 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, 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:41.760 without having to, I don't know, staple up a projection screen on the bus. 00:02:41.760 --> 00:02:46.200 What, you could? It was a good visual. There's two main modes. 00:02:46.200 --> 00:02:49.560 The screen can either follow you around wherever you're looking, 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. 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:58.200 Well, the electrochromic dimming is working really, really well, 00:02:58.200 --> 00:03:02.080 because I cannot see my notes at all 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:05.720 through the steam interface. So that's cool. 00:03:05.720 --> 00:03:09.160 What's cool about that too, is that you can set it to automatically 00:03:09.160 --> 00:03:13.200 turn the electrochromic dimming on and off, depending on whether you're looking at the screen. 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, 00:03:16.680 --> 00:03:20.440 you can be like locked in, and you can look over, you're like, 00:03:20.480 --> 00:03:23.600 hey, sup, do I look like a big nerd? 00:03:23.600 --> 00:03:26.920 That's good, because I am. It's worth noting, there's a couple different sizes. 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. 00:03:33.520 --> 00:03:38.040 Ah, damn, I missed. It's kind of amazing how good 1080p looks, 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 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:48.640 at five meters or something like that, but like, you know, it's not that big. 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? 00:03:52.480 --> 00:03:54.720 Because at that distance, really not bad. 00:03:55.680 --> 00:03:59.520 And actually, playing more casual games, like I'm playing tape-to-tape right now, 00:03:59.520 --> 00:04:04.520 and I think I probably could get like 150, 200 FPS out of this. 00:04:04.720 --> 00:04:07.660 Like it's smooth. That in OLED, man. 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:15.360 Instantaneous response times make such a difference to how the game looks and feels. 00:04:15.360 --> 00:04:20.040 Oh, I hit the post again. Cruel, it is worth noting though, 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:23.640 that there is no HDR support at this time. 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. 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:32.720 He scores again, but no support for HDR at the moment. 00:04:32.800 --> 00:04:35.600 I'm just holding this up so that they can see this goal. 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. 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. 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 00:04:53.000 --> 00:04:56.800 and just says, go fuck yourself San Diego on the screen all the time. 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:00.480 That's anchor man mode. So you double click to get into the full menu, 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. 00:05:05.840 --> 00:05:10.080 The dock's pretty cool. The idea is that not everything has both the display 00:05:10.080 --> 00:05:13.480 and data capabilities that you need to run a device like this. 00:05:13.480 --> 00:05:16.680 So ASUS created a dock that has two HDMI inputs, 00:05:16.680 --> 00:05:22.440 one DisplayPort input, power in, and then the ability to plug your glasses into the front. 00:05:22.440 --> 00:05:25.760 My head is like not compatible with glasses. 00:05:25.760 --> 00:05:29.400 I need just like that much, and then it would sit perfect. 00:05:29.400 --> 00:05:32.760 Wait, oh, there's an angle in the hinge. Okay, that helps a lot. 00:05:32.760 --> 00:05:36.400 I thought I was like breaking it, but actually that's part of the design. 00:05:37.440 --> 00:05:41.120 I hope. Another thing ASUS added, compared to the regular X-Reel version, 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:45.520 is some carryovers from their gaming monitors. For instance, if you're a filthy cheater, 00:05:45.520 --> 00:05:49.800 you can add crosshair in the middle. And then they've also got an FPS counter 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. 00:05:54.080 --> 00:05:58.920 This is still pretty early days. Really not bad 1080p at this size. 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:03.720 Find it hard to be disciplined enough to hold still enough to like maximize the size 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. 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:12.040 I just find I get a bit of a like stereoscopic 3D headache 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, 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. 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:25.320 Whether you're on the bus or the plane or in the office, 00:06:25.320 --> 00:06:29.600 you can be consuming pretty much any kind of content. 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, 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. 00:06:41.960 --> 00:06:45.320 Of course, so far we've only showed this thing connected to mobile devices, 00:06:45.320 --> 00:06:49.520 like a gaming handheld or a laptop. Of course, the dock also allows you to connect 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. 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. 00:06:59.520 --> 00:07:03.400 Now, obviously not every gamer who has a monitor 00:07:03.400 --> 00:07:07.040 like this on their desk would put on glasses to game, 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 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. 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. 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:26.200 In fact, here, I could line them up. Actually a little smaller, 00:07:26.200 --> 00:07:30.180 but it's hard to tell because it's like way out in front of me. 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 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. 00:07:40.520 --> 00:07:44.440 Some people find it quite uncomfortable. Another potential use case for these 00:07:44.440 --> 00:07:48.320 is as a secondary display. So if you turned off the electrochromic dimming, 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 00:07:53.520 --> 00:07:57.120 separately while you could continue to just use your monitor as you normally would. 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. 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. 00:08:07.960 --> 00:08:11.040 And they won't be hitting retail until about Q2 of this year. 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:14.080 However, at that time, they are gonna come bundled with the dock, 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, 00:08:19.080 --> 00:08:22.440 that might take a while. They haven't committed to when, if ever, 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, 00:08:27.960 --> 00:08:31.880 these types of products are not for everyone. I wish they were, 00:08:31.880 --> 00:08:35.280 but some people can't handle VR or augmented reality 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. 00:08:40.520 --> 00:08:44.280 So ASUS recommends, and I agree, that you should limit your time with them 00:08:44.280 --> 00:08:48.680 to maybe 30 to 40 minutes at a time, at least for the first few sessions 00:08:48.680 --> 00:08:52.240 so that your body can adjust. Despite all that, looking forward to when these come out. 00:08:52.240 --> 00:08:55.400 Thanks again to ASUS for sponsoring this video and letting me take an early look 00:08:55.400 --> 00:08:59.840 at the ASUS RGXX real glasses. There's plenty more CES coverage coming, 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 00:09:03.160 --> 00:09:06.200 checking out all the cool stuff at the show. If you guys enjoyed this video, 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:09.440 why not check out, hey, that appearance on The Tonight Show. 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. 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? 00:09:16.800 --> 00:09:18.200 I don't know, I guess I just did.