My partner became a Minecraft addict because of XREAL's AR glasses — And I previewed the next generation at GDC

Image of the XREAL Air 2 Pro.

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• My first time with AR
• Using Minecraft to amaze
• Previewing the next gen
• Now an AR believer

I've been following along as Windows Central has explored mixed and augmented reality, but I've not had any experience with even adjacent markets since using the Oculus Rift S years ago. The heaps of accolades piled on XREAL by my team intrigued me, though, so I jumped at the opportunity to sit down with the AR company at GDC 2024 and demo its next generation of augmented reality glasses.