Earlier this year at CES, Xreal and Asus announced a partnership to develop a rather ambitious pair of augmented reality glasses called the ROG Xreal R1. At the time, the two companies gave us a rundown on specs, but weren't able to quite nail down a price. However, Xreal announced that the ROG Xreal R1 will be priced at $849 with pre-orders opening later today from Best Buy. For people looking to buy directly from Xreal's online store, pre-orders will go live on May 17.
The ROG Xreal R1 first raised eyebrows at CES because of its 0.55-inch Sony Micro-OLED displays (maximum brightness of 700 nits), which feature a 240 Hz refresh rate and ultra-fast 0.01 ms response time. To put that in perspective, most of today's AR glasses max out with a 120 Hz refresh rate. However, to truly cater to the enthusiast end of the AR glasses, it's understandable why Asus and ROG would look to double that benchmark.
