The SEQUEL to my FAVORITE Steam Deck Accessory | XREAL Air 2

I’m curious about how the additional pixels per inch affect overall image sharpness compared to the original xreal air. I know the new micro OLED displays are quite a bit smaller (0.55 versus 0.68) and the PPI is now 4032 Xreal air 2/2 Pro versus 3320 on the original.

They are the same resolution as before, but can you offer feedback on if there is a noticeable change because of the shrinkage of the displays and therefore a higher pixel density?

Cryo please help! I have discovered that my steam deck starts having frame drops consistently after a while playing (and this is not because of temperature, the games I am playing are retro which run perfectly on 3 wats of power). This appears to be a bug. After I restart the game (not the deck itself) it works fine for another 30-60 minutes or so. This happens to multiple games in the same fashion, it’s not restricted to one game… Do you have any knowledge of such a frame drop bug? Thank you Cryo!

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I got all my charging to work while playing, pulling it out of my bad so I can let you know the model. Gofanco HDMI 2.0 to USB-C 4K60Hz - Also bought this to account for things like switch vs. steam deck. YCCTEAM Switch Dock for Nintendo Switch/OLED it's around 50 for all of it and covers everything. I bought the beam but too busy messing with quest 3 :) That first adapter has a spot for usb C in and power, then provides usb out with power, so plug and play for switch.

Thank you for the input latency test This makes you better than everybody else

I'll just wait for a future model that's wireless. Currently still too cumbersome for my taste.

Man i wish you actually covered where the speakers sit compared to your ears. Especially for smaller faces. I know you mentioned it for bigger faces.
I have a weird nose bridge to ear distance, which means any regular pair of glasses are usually too long and sticks out past my ears at the back. I tend to have to wear kids size glasses when it comes to the length of the arms.

I have tried those bose glasses with the speakers in and i can’t wear them at all as my ear need to sit where the speaker is and if i put the ear hook at the correct place then the glasses fall off of my nose.


I feel like this product would have a similar problem as there’s no adjustment mentioned for that. Am i correct?

Looking forward to you and Russ building off of each other's thumbnails

Did you find that using the beam drained the battery more slowly than without? My experience shows that I might get more battery life with it, but I primary use the beam and glasses with streaming games where sending a higher resolution to the glasses doesn’t demand more from the deck so it’s not a perfect anecdote.

The moment i saw your face, i knowed that this is a good reviewer

Nice video, especially the battery time compared to the screen is important. In the EU store it's 459€ for the base version which is about 487$, even 399$ is a lot but that's way to much for me sadly. My limit would be 350€ but even the Air 1 costs 389€. If it would be 1440p I would use it as my main monitor for everything even for the current price, guess I'll have to wait a little longer.

Everyone is chilling AR these days...Cinema Massacre, Wolf, BeatEmUps, though they are SUPER convinced Viture is better...yeah...none is. Just get a TV for that price. No one will use it on public nor the train, nor an airplane. They think they would, but they won't. I like the fact that Viture glasses allow you to adjust the product itself for your eye prescription, so you don't need to get lenses which is dumb to be honest (getting lenses I mean).

Could you make a video on optimizing resident evil 4 remake on steam deck

hey Cryo have you seen/used the "XReal Air Driver" from u/watercanhydrate, it essentially allows what the XReal Beam does without the Beam, and you only need to download a decky plugin for it, i highly reccomend checking it out, or you know, even a whole additional video, cause it is a game changer for me who doesn't like the Beam

Day 17238. As I walk through this desolate planet, Viture still makes more advanced glasses and with a far more comprehensive ecosystem. Nreal, Xreal, whatever you call it, they are just copying features from Viture as they go...sad.

As for charging the steam deck and using the glasses, I reccomend you get the Rokid Hub and a jsaux usb c to usb c 180 degrees adapter.

I would try and purchase a Rokid Hub that came out after July 2023 as the older ones aren't steam deck compatible.

Also hopeful for you to make a steam deck OLED video soon

only one i trust and thats this guy , not like eta and other big channels acting like everything is great, buy buy it guys ! thx you! hope you keep your line dude!

Hey could you recommend some settings for ratchet and clank rift apart? I know that the game isnt very popular right now but being steam deck verified i have gotten pretty great quality at 30 fps

Great review!

Great video as always Cryo, do you have plans on making a windows version of Cryoutilites thanks for your hard work!

bro i have a question which one should i buy knowing the xreal first glasses are 100$ off on amazon 🥹 and which ones would you prefer for my first ar glasses ?😊

The Viture adapter also works for power and video out of you can find it. I have the red magic too but prefer the Viture for the normal usb c port.

wearing a thing on my head and blowing handheld graphics up to big screen is my only gripe. may as well play my pc or ps5

I cannot imagine a better person to ask regarding this, with regards to Steam Deck✅, XREAL Air Glasses✅, and Linux software ✅

There is a plugin available on Decky Loader, that works with XREAL Air glasses, that seems to allow for you to move your head and it will send input to the game, and allow it to help with POV

Let me restate: there is a Decky Loader Plugin that lets the XREAL Air glasses control the camera stick, in game.

I’d love to see you cover it, and I’d be thrilled if you could include what setting to change to let the SIAPI and input from the XREAL glasses work; I cannot figure out if “mouse” input would map to Right thumb stick or what…

The red magic dock is on new egg just got it for $50

I tried these glasses and I ended up sending them back because there's no pupillary distance settings. My eyes are wider than the center of the lens. I read a lot of comments saying that the edges of the screens are blurry and the reason why is? It's that their pupils are set wider than the center of the OLED panels. Why don't these companies make an adjustment for pupillary distance. My Quest 2 has an adjustment widen the lenses. I also tried the new Rayneo glasses and they are the same.

I just ordered the air 2 pro glasses. Now I’m looking at how the Steam Deck will work and see if it’s worth getting.

Do you have an hdmi to usbc cable recommendation?

was all of the testing done with the beam? I just got my air 2s today and was not pleased with how the screen wasn't locked in place since the edges are blurry. I found a plug in that will lock the screen with Vulkan games for the meantime, but i am looking for a smoother experience while charging my deck. The beam seems like the way to go, but i don't want to buy it if it won't work with the deck, or makes the performance worse.

Did you find out any Dock station that have 3 USB C to charge and play in the same time? I am thinking to buy an dock station and I have the same problem that you have.

Will buy these for air travel - can i still use these glasses with my air pods to block out ambient noise? Thanks for the review. Your review pushed my over the edge and decided to buy this!

thanks for this helped me with my choice

Are the ear rests longer? My first Gen don't seem to stay on my ears well.

Apparently the viture adapter works.

So how does the HDMI to USB C charge to the Beam? HDMI doesn't send enough power. If I'm not wrong I thought that's literally one of the main points of the beam existing. Is for when connecting to HDMI devices.

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first video of yours i've watched (i saw that you helped someone else with emulation and they said you were the best steam deck emu channel and with my steam deck coming tomorrow i wanna see some videos). i'm 51 seconds in. the way you informed the viewer about you getting this for free is great. i wish more people were as open about this kind of thing. you got a sub out of me for how you handle sponsorships!

thank you for the detailed review. One question: If I am short-sighted do I need additional lenses? If I hold my smartphone in front of my face, I can read everything without any problems. The projected screens aren't technically any further away, right?

i feel bad about 35 % light block mod looks like 100% light block i hope I can see around with 35%

I've uh, been able to drive with em. these things awesome.

Thumbnail has Ral Zarek/Izzet energy.

Great review! But now I'm envying the second version over my xreal air 1 😂

Hi!
Can xreal air 2 pro work fine with SD using usb-c HUB/docker to power them same time?

Hi! I have SteamDEck and buying Xreal Air 2 Pro for it. Its main problem cannpt power/charge while using the glasses as only one usbc port for charge or connect stuff... There are various expensive muds like RedMagic dock etc to solve it but with a cable mess.
I am building lithium packs for drones and electric motorcycles so have some soldering skills.

I have a plan to solder to the 2 main +- cables of the Sd battery and make a small DC 2pin pug to one side.
That way I could give power to the battery leads directly which is as a 2S battery around 8.4V (it is written as higher voltage cells so 8.8V is the max, but I can measure vilt voltmeter at 90% charge level if it is 8.8V I can set a stepdown to 8.8V for example.)

And I could power it from 12V battery/adapter using stepdown dc-dc module setup for the battery voltage to keep (8-8V for example)....

What do you think?

That's how you do paid review. It's paid but you still get objective opinion

Listen...i came here for ar glasses review....but now i need to know whats ur hair routine fam them locks looking luxurious....Pause

Hi, can you connect straight from the dock HDMI to c type without the beam in the middle? Is that going to work ?

great review! is the battery review with 120 or 60hz? thanks

small nitpick! I really mis a cable divider in this case! the first one did have that.