RayNeo Air 2 AR Glasses Review
The TCL RayNeo Air 2 XR is the latest pair of smart glasses to hit the market. Offering a 201-inch virtual screen, all housed in a pair of sunglasses, you can take a cinema experience on the go. They work surprisingly well, especially for Netflix and the Steam Deck. Retailing for $379, they’re on the affordable end and a good entry point to the personal cinema/big-screen gaming experience.
The RayNeo Air 2 is one of a growing number of personal display smart glasses designed to bring a big screen viewing experience right into the lenses of your glasses. These work by embedding high resolution displays within a pair of sunglasses and packing in all of the processing technology inside the frame. We first brought you this tech with our review of the Viture XR smart glasses and the RayNeo Air 2 come right alongside it and is, in fact, one of its key competitors.
The glasses pack a pair of impressive displays to craft their viewing experience. Inside each eye is a bright micro OLED display. These displays have great dynamic range and get exceptionally bright at 600 nits — though it’s important to note that this pales in comparison to the 1,800 nits offered by the Viture XR glasses. Still, blacks get pitch and there’s headroom aplenty for highlights, so the viewing experience is still very good.
The displays also run at 1080p, which is standard for glasses currently, and can hit speeds of 120Hz. This is great for gaming, especially if you’re using a Windows handheld or the Steam Deck. Though few games will actually hit this high frame rate, the increase in responsiveness is noticeable and welcome.
The glasses have some limited controls built into the arms. There’s a volume rocker on the left and a brightness rocker on the
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