XREAL One Pros by leaps and bounds

The best of a bad bunch. These products are still far from amazing, moreso if you have a picky eye for clarity. And if you need the brightness higher, overheating becomes a problem.

Thanks!

It’s a good middle of the road keyboard honestly. The only part that truly sucks is the arrow keys layout.

Most of the iteration process was just me staring at the printer waiting for it to screw up or to find out if I screwed up.

We need a really good physical simulation of the 3D printing/curing (or whatever they call it) process to plug in to the modeling software, somehow.

Yeah by the time I saw how over used it is it was too late.

I’ve seen a few folks on r/localllama running small models on it! It’s a powerful little machine.

Out here trying to steal my thunder. Not today (or yesterday) sir!

But seriously appreciate the enthusiasm to share it. This was meant to be a small side project for myself and it blew up. Glad other people are getting a kick out of it.

Someone else posted it even sooner (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44217204 8-jun-2025, with a better title than mine), but also without discussion. Very cool project!

It’s quite good! I have not the one’s and the one pros. The pros are a pretty noticeable leap in clarity and FOV in my experience, and the screen is as readable as any other 1080p monitor.

It’s definitely easier but I dunno about better. A beheaded computer is not as pretty in my totally unbiased opinion.

I figured you'd have that opinion :).

It is completely a personal preference, but I think you can get closer to a "daily driver" experience with a beheaded laptop. Two reasons: 1) you'll get better performance. This would be a moot point if you were using a Framework motherboard (or the Steam board was more widely available). 2) form factor. I would prefer to carry around a thinner slate computer over a thicker lunchbox computer. This is just personal preference.

For most people though, I think adapting an existing laptop is an easier project than what you've been able to accomplish. Don't get me wrong - I'm impressed. And I also really like the idea of a headless computer with AR glasses as the display. I think it's a use-case that needs to be taken seriously.

Totally agree. I’m doing the due diligence to see if I can turn this into a real product. It’s gotten enough attention to give it some serious thought as a small batch product.

If I do, it would be with a custom board which would help shave down the size more considerably.

Yeah I'm learning that's the real hurdle. I'm doing my best to lean on others in the space to guide me through the process.

a lot of supply chain appears to be a relationship based economy. I may end up flying out to China at some point.

I’m working on another revision with a module mounting system on the sides.

I almost built the trackpad in but it would’ve been a much more personal product, as I’m left handed so I would’ve put it on the left.

(In fact so am I!)

ayyy let's chat! open an issue on the repo to track it. I have some modules I've already designed.

Edit: lol didn't see the user name and thought you meant you're also working on the module system face palm