Phone and gadget review editor Philip Byrne tried out the RayNeo
Byrne emphasized the technical challenges of these new glasses, which include: their lack of ability to provide an immersive experience, the 3D videos lacked depth and even appeared flat, in addition to the lack of clarity in explaining the few features available in the glasses.
Byrne expressed hope for future developments in the field, pointing to exciting products like the Ray Ban Meta smart glasses and the new Apple Vision Pro as indicators that technological innovations may soon transform the AR experience.
Philip Byrne, a US consumer phone and electronics editor, tried out the augmented reality glasses.RayNeo X2 Lite AR” During a special meeting in Las Vegas within the framework of the 2024 CES exhibition. But Byrne expressed his discomfort with this new product, saying that his experience was full of frustration, which he had never encountered before with any other product.
Byrne explained the reasons for his discomfort with RayNeo glasses, saying: “The glasses have a limited field of vision, and I am looking at a virtual assistant called Missy, who is a little girl in a school uniform who speaks using artificial intelligence. Since I cannot see her clearly, I find myself moving “My head is constantly up and down until I can fit it into the frame.”
He added: “What made the situation more complicated was RayNeo’s representatives insisting that I ask Messi to dance, which increased my feeling of distress about this experience.”
Regarding this experience, Byrne said: “I did not have specific expectations before trying the RayNeo X2 Lite AR glasses, but I certainly did not expect the experience to be this frustrating.” Byrne believes that RayNeo glasses are a highly misleading, and potentially offensive, idea about how to use augmented reality glasses effectively. He points out that the glasses themselves were not ready for practical, everyday use, and that the AI chatbot needed rethinking.
Byrne also highlighted the challenges with the display technology in the glasses, noting that the RayNeo The glasses contain a small LED screen and advanced display technology that transmits the image from the glass to the eye. However, their coverage of the field of view does not exceed 30 degrees, which greatly reduces the immersive potential of augmented reality.
He explained that a truly immersive experience needs to be close to 120 degrees to feel immersive, and that this limitation diminishes the user experience and makes it merely a peek through a “hole” into the virtual content, rather than full immersion in it. “It’s a bad experience – incomplete,” he said.
Byrne confirmed that the glasses, which are powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 processor also used in Ray Ban Meta smart glasses, did not meet his expectations, especially with regard to 3D display. He noticed that the 3D images and videos that were presented lacked depth and appeared flat, diminishing the augmented reality experience.
Additionally, Byrne expresses frustration with the company’s inability to effectively explain how the few features available in the RayNeo X2 Lite work. Among those features: a mapping feature that can give you directions, but the RayNeo team was unable to explain how it works.
The company claimed that the glasses would be able to provide navigation directions inside the huge CES conference hall, but those promises were not fulfilled during the experiment. Byrne pointed out the lack of explanations about how this technology works.
It’s worth noting that at the end of the experiment, when the RayNeo team asked Byrne for his opinion on the RayNeo X2 Lite, he was too embarrassed by the experience to confront them about the weird chatbot. But he stressed his enthusiasm for the future of augmented reality technology, despite the challenges it faced.
Byrne expressed hope for future developments in the field, pointing to exciting products like the Ray Ban Meta smart glasses and the new Apple Vision Pro as indicators that technological innovations may soon transform the AR experience, though current hurdles may be greater than Byrne anticipated. in the beginning.
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