- Xreal Detailed Project Aura on AWE 2025
- It will have a massive 70-degree field of view
- It will also be tied to a spatial computing puck running Android XR
While we suspected that Android XR would be a key component of Google I/O 2025, we couldn’t have predicted some of the partners that Google announced it would work with, which includes gadget producers at the top of our best smart glasses list: XReal.
As promised by Xreal on I/O, it has taken the augmented World Expo 2025 phase in Long Beach California to give us new details about its project Aura -Glasses, and it is an impressive entity.
For me, the most important detail is that the device seems to boast of a 70-degree field of view, which is absolutely huge.
The 50-degree field of view for Xreal, which already felt big, and the 57-degree Xreal One Pro is a noticeable step up in size (you have to wait a little longer for our full review). 70 degrees will be massive.
Upgrading of the field of view suggests-XReal has not confirmed this yet-to-Aura specifications will borrow Xreal One Pro’s new optical engine (and maybe even upgrade it further) including its flat price lenses, as one of its main benefits is that it enables a larger fov.
This optical system also comes with other upgrades, which can help make Android XR glasses much easier to use all day when you walk around.
Another interesting tidbit is that these specifications – like Xreal’s other glasses – are bound, which means they are driven by an external device to which they are connected via a cable.
We already knew that Aura would not be self -employed, but Xreal has revealed that the new calculation device’s shipping with AURA will not just be your standard phone or Xreal Beam Pro.
It’s something completely new, running Android XR and driven by a Snapdragon chip from Qualcomm-AS seems to make all Android XR processors.
However, Xreal does not give up its own chipset. Aura himself will spotted an upgraded X1S -CHIP, which is a “modified version of the X1 with even more power under the hood.” The X1 chipset is what is inside the Xreal One and Xreal One Pro specifications.
Xreal has not yet confirmed whether it will sell the puck and glasses separately, but if it does, I will be interested in seeing what this decision means for its approach to the upgradability of its technique in the future.
Currently, you can pick up a pair of Xreal glasses and a spatial computer as a bundle and then upgrade either or both over time. Newer glasses offer better visuals and sound if it is your biggest concern, while the new Beam Pro offers improved treatment and spatial features.
This is a less wasted and generally more affordable design philosophy as you only need to replace one component that holds you back. However, as I mentioned, Xreal has not yet confirmed whether it will sell the puck and the glasses separately. Its current wording call project Aura “A solution consisting of the wired XR glasses and a dedicated calculation unit” that suggests that they may also be a complete, non-upgray bar package.
As for a launch date, Xreal still keeps us mostly in the dark, although it has said that Project Aura will come in 2026, so we hopefully won’t wait too long.
Xreal One Pro Dead on arrival?
After this message, some fans start to wonder if their Xreal One Pro purchases were a good idea -if they had waited a year or so longer and they could have snagged an Xreal Android XR setup instead.
I will admit that for some Xreal One Pro buyers waiting may have been the better approach, but I think others can rest more easily, as while Aura and One Pro are likely to share similarities, I suspect they will be very different devices.
For starters, while Xreal’s glasses are often the best with the Beam Pro addition, it is not required. You can use the specifications with a number of USB-C-compatible devices and even many HDMI devices with the right cables.
Based on Xreal’s descriptions so far, AURA not only projects a portable display for entertainment; It is a complete spatial computer package with all the smart Android XR features we have shown.
This does not just mean that Aura’s purpose is different from Xreal’s other glasses; I expect the price to be very different too.
Right now, an Xreal Beam Pro and Xreal One Pro cost you $ 848 / £ 768 (before taking in an amount or limited time discounts). For what sounds like it will be much improved hardware, I imagine that Project Aura costs closer to $ 1,000 / £ 1,000, if not more.
And remember you can buy Xreal One Pro separately for just $ 649 / £ 579.
Better tech is always on the horizon at all times, but this (for now) does not appear to be a repeat of the Meta Quest Pro / Meta Quest 3 -Fiasko that saw the latter, far superior product launch to less than half the price of the former.
Instead, Aura projects to be more of a diagonal shift, with new hardware with better specifications and another purpose.
If you want to wait for Project Aura, you should definitely be tempted by any of the different Android XR, Meta Smart Glasses and new Snap Spectacles to be launched in the next year or so. But choosing not not to wait will not be a bad option either – Xreal One Pro will certainly not prove to be dead on arrival, as some might fear.
