Chinese tech giant Xiaomi debuts prototype augmented reality glasses joining Microsoft and Google

BARCELONA, Spain — Xiaomi connected Monday took the wraps disconnected a brace of prototype augmented world glasses arsenic the Chinese exertion elephantine looks to merchantability much products beyond smartphones.

The instrumentality is called the Xiaomi Wireless AR Glass Discovery Edition. Augmented world refers to integer media that tin beryllium superimposed implicit the existent satellite that a idiosyncratic sees successful beforehand of them.

Xiaomi said the glasses are conscionable a conception exertion and won't beryllium connected merchantability yet. However, the announcement astatine Mobile World Congress successful Barcelona, the biggest mobile manufacture commercialized amusement successful the world, highlights its ambition to participate the space.

If Xiaomi officially launches the product, it volition articulation the likes of Microsoft's HoloLens and the Google Glass Enterprise arsenic AR products connected the market.

Technology giants including Google, Microsoft and Apple are funny successful augmented oregon mixed world arsenic a mode to bring caller experiences to consumers. The exertion is often described arsenic being a cardinal portion of immoderate the thought of a "metaverse" turns retired to be.

"I deliberation AR is simply a profound exertion that volition impact everything," Apple CEO Tim Cook said past year.

Apple hasn't officially acknowledged oregon launched immoderate benignant of virtual oregon augmented world headset.

Bloomberg reported this twelvemonth that Apple volition unveil its mixed world headset this spring, with user deliveries opening successful autumn 2023.

Xiaomi said that its AR glasses are lightweight and link to a smartphone wirelessly. Xiaomi besides said the instrumentality offers "retina-level display" truthful users are capable to spot virtual objects arsenic intelligibly arsenic they would a carnal object.

The Beijing, China-headquartered steadfast besides said that wearers of the headset tin usage motion power to transportation retired tasks. Users would rise their hands successful beforehand of the glasses portion they are wearing them and past determination their manus and fingers successful circumstantial ways to execute a function. For example, Xiaomi said that "the thumb sliding connected the scale digit is utilized to participate and exit applications."

The thought is that this could region the request for you to interaction your smartphone.

"This benignant of enactment showcases 1 of the directions that Xiaomi believes human-computer enactment volition instrumentality successful the future," the institution said.

The institution said that the headset volition enactment with its Xiaomi 13 and 13 Pro, its flagship smartphones launched globally connected Sunday.

Xiaomi, 1 of the biggest smartphone players successful the world, is looking to unlock gross from different devices. Over the past fewer years, the institution has launched devices crossed the committee from TVs to electrical scooters.