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Xreal’s new glasses are a surprisingly good TV for your face

Like an iPad you wear over your eyes.

They sound much better than the audio in the Meta Ray-Bans, but I relied on my Sonos Ace headphones paired to my iPad, which had Rebel Ridge downloaded, for my flight. While the company stressed that the glasses they sent me were running on beta software, it’s remarkable how much the Xreal One rely on whatever device you’re connected to via USB-C for screen mirroring. In a recent interview, CEO Chi Xu told me the company has sold roughly half a million glasses since first launching in 2017, and the top use cases are for in-home entertainment and business travel.

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