Xreal Prices Aura Xr Glasses At $1,279
Xreal has opened Aura preorders to reservation holders, with wider ordering expected in the coming weeks and initial shipments planned for four countries.
Xreal has set a starting price of $1,279 for its Aura mixed-reality glasses, built with Google’s Android XR platform. Preorders are currently limited to people who made a paid reservation; Xreal says orders will open to the general public in the coming weeks. A version with more memory and storage will cost $1,499.
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Pricing and availability
The $1,279 model has 12GB of RAM and 256GB of storage, while the $1,499 version has 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage, according to Engadget and The Verge. Aura comes with a separate compute puck connected to the glasses by a cable.
Xreal plans to begin shipping in the US, Canada, Japan and South Korea, then expand to more markets in 2027. The Verge reports that only the first 2,000 “Founder’s Edition” pairs are assured of arriving at launch. Xreal CEO and co-founder Chi Xu told the outlet those pairs will ship this year, but a firm date for broader deliveries has not been given.
How the glasses work
Aura uses transparent lenses that let wearers see their surroundings alongside projected content. Its field of view is 70 degrees, and cameras enable hand tracking. The glasses weigh less than 95 grams, Engadget reports. The puck runs Android XR on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Reality Elite chip and provides access to Google Play apps and Gemini AI features. It also has a trackpad and fingerprint sensor for navigation.
Engadget says Aura can connect to a computer for use as an external monitor. In a demonstration, Wired tried video, games and a multi-monitor workspace setup. Its reporter found some Android apps did not sync properly during the demo and said typing on Aura’s virtual keyboard felt less fluid than on Meta’s rival glasses. Engadget, by contrast, praised Aura’s sharp, bright visuals in its test at Google’s developer conference.
A nearby rival, with a different view
At $1,279, Aura is $20 cheaper than Meta’s $1,299 VR Glasses, as The Verge and Wired note. Both use a wired compute puck, but their approaches to seeing the outside world differ: Aura’s lenses are transparent, while Meta’s glasses show the surroundings through video passthrough. The Verge says Meta’s approach offers a larger field of view and greater immersion; Wired found Aura easier to use while walking around because it offers a direct view of what is ahead.
The outlets give different timing for Meta’s release: The Verge says spring 2027, while Wired says early next year. For Aura, the immediate distinction is availability: reservation holders can preorder now, while everyone else must wait for public orders to open.
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