
Whether they’re strapped to your head, or placed inside spectacle frames, the future of screens sees them placed in front of your eyes, and worn. Apple showed its hand with Vision Pro, Zuckerberg persists with the Meta Quest VR line-up, and a small offshoot of ‘smart glasses’ manufacturers are looking to merge traditional glasses with miniature displays.
One such company is TCL, with its RayNeo Air 2 smart glasses — a successor of sorts to the RayNeo X2, despite there being no RayNeo Air ‘1’ to speak of. That said, despite some undeniable, unignorable issues, these do feel like a second-generation device in the nascent category— great screens in a recognizable glasses-like frame, let down by some visibility issues. There’s lots here to like, even if a hearty recommendation is difficult to offer. But TCL is definitely on to something here…