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If I tell you that you can have something similar to the Vision Pro For about 200 dollars, you would take me crazy. And you wouldn’t lack reason. But Chinese manufacturer Emdoor has brought Mobile World Congress Visionse 162, Mixed reality glasses at a price of 1,600 yuan. 220 dollars to change.
The manufacturer’s website You leave doubts: these glasses are the Chinese clone of Vision Pro, based on Android, and completely independent of any smartphone. They work with their own applications and … Are they not so bad?
These glasses, as you will imagine for their design, are what they are: mixed reality glasses, independent, with their own battery and a controller that is included when buying them. The manufacturing quality is expected in glasses that cost 200 dollars. Honestly, it seemed even superior to what could be expected for this price.
The physical screen is 5.5 inches, LCD and with a resolution of 3,664 x 1920, with 72 Hz of refreshment rate. A 4K projection is promised, but with trap. This is the total resolution, not the resolution by eye. This means that you have to divide those pixels in half and the result is … very just.
The processor they incorporate is the Qualcomm XR1a specialized chip for independent augmented reality glasses. It was launched in 2018, but at that time he endured 4K content to a maximum of 30fps.
According to the web, they can project up to 120 inches. In my test I have not managed to activate this projection, but on the paper they paint quite well, always taking into account the important limitations in resolution.
The adjustment to the head is done by means of an adjustable velcro band. We have no exact weight fact, but They are quite light glasses. I have seemed quite comfortable for a few minutes, although it remains to be verified the visual fatigue they generate with the passing of the hours.
Your interface is not badly resolved: it is an Android launcher that mimics the interface of VISIONS. He had installed emulators such as PPSSPP, but without command it is quite difficult to run emulator. They have a small command that helps control glasses, since it has no air gestures. And, yes, it works as Vision Pro. You can visualize the contents of the interface while “the real world” is behind.
The operating system is Android 8.1, quite old and insecure. By having such an old processor they have it difficult to update, and even more to execute applications that have stopped supporting this version.
Control, using the side buttonsis exactly the same as native Android: back, beginning and multitasking (menu). It is easy to get used to using it for a few minutes, although everything becomes easier with the controller.
This, of a somewhat justite plastic, is composed of a joystick and a couple of buttons (back, menu), and connects by USB-C. We can connect any type of Android compatible, ideal for games.
In short, these glasses are exactly what could be expected for a price of 200 dollars to change: a quality clone justices and executing Android, an operating system that is not optimized or focused on its concrete use in mixed reality.
Despite this, they are a more than curious alternative and, if you have been wanting to try it, you can Buy in Aliexpress for 400 euros.
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