Asus, Xreal launch $849 ROG gaming glasses (opens in new tab)

Asus Republic of Gamers and Xreal opened May 15 pre-orders for the ROG Xreal R1, gaming-focused AR display glasses priced at $849, after first showing the device at CES 2026 in January. The companies describe the glasses as a wearable display with a virtual screen of up to 171 inches and package them with a ROG Control Dock for connecting external source devices. The R1’s main hardware claim is a micro-OLED display refresh rate of up to 240Hz, compared with 120Hz on some other Xreal models ci...