XREAL Beam Pro 5G, The AR Glasses Spatial Computing Companion, 3D Cameras, Android 14, Supports All Google Play Store apps, Multiple Spatial Experiences for Movies, TV and Gaming, FHD 1080p (8G+256G)

Honest opinion and review you can probably skip this. I was hoping to kill two birds with one stone, a comprehensive 3-D camera and a compatible AR platform for the companion piece x-real glasses. Honestly, the 3-D effect is almost in distinguishable, possibly even not as good as the iPhone’s spatial camera. You just need to get a free app from the App Store, that converts spatial video to side-by-side and your left with the same exact result that being said on the other hand with the AR compatibility, this phone does not seem to have the processing power to offer a smooth experience. Furthermore, I had some issue even playing video formats. Some will not play at all and others will play but be extremely choppy. I literally had a far better experience with a galaxy note 8 if you can believe that Samsung phones utilize DEX mode. You can set your desktop wallpaper to a plain black screen, and all of your apps will float on screen exactly like the beam pro and you can use your Samsung phone as a touchpad to control the mouse even using the mouse functionality with the beam pro had performance issues. It is worth noting that the note 8 while worked wonderfully only supports DEX mode after a hard reset newer models of Samsung phones do not have this issue. Also, it is definitely worth noting that not even wishful thinking will allow your beam pro to operate as a phone even though it has a SIM card and full texting capability it does not have phone usage capability. I even tried using Google calls or whatever they call it and found that it was not going to work out so let me be clear. You will not be able to make calls with this device so do not buy thinking that you’re going to have a phone that can instantly transformed to an AR device it will not happen and from what I understand it will never happen. One strong positive that I can mention pertaining to the beam pro is that it actually does make an incredibly snappy Wi-Fi hotspot, possibly because of the lack of a phone functionality. It can divert all network traffic to a dedicated personal Wi-Fi hotspot assuming you have a SIM card installed this has actually replaced our home Internet and we have had no issues whatsoever. It’s extremely fast much better than my iPhone 17 Pro, which is slow and unreliable when used as a Wi-Fi hotspot.

I bought this as an experiment to see what "spatial 3D" is. Most people in the 3D world want a new camera like the Fuji W3, with lenses far apart, like natural human eyes are. This looked promising. It has no capability of viewing depth on the device's display.... only left and right "side-by-side" (SBS). One must buy the company's viewers (or compatible, of which there are few). The lenses, while spaced wonderfully, have characteristics that prevent the SBS images the on-board camera takes from "beaming" or otherwise displaying the images on any normal 3D-capable smartphone, tablet, projector or monitor or TV - glasses-free, with passive or active glasses. The images are worthless if one is trying to create lenticular images to print. The parallax discrepancies are too great even for the Stereophotomaker (SPM) program to correct; SPM can do wonders, but the images are for "spatial" compatible product only. Readers should ask at ChatGPT "why can't I use the Beam Pro imagery for normal 3D viewing and printing, it will provide a very detailed technical but easily understood response, form which potential buyers can make informed decisions.

Works wonders, but gets hung up on things like video apps, preventing any form of action

Just got this Xreal beam pro and it seems to be a good device to use outside of my IPhone. I am using it with my recent device Xreal one. I recommend checking out YouTube videos that will help you work out situations you are not aware of. So far l am enjoying my new product that l received this morning and it hard to put it down. Can't wait to go on road camping trip and l can see the value with l am in a long trip! It get my 5 stars for now!

This is a must buy if you get the Xreal One Pros and you want to take advantage of all the great features