The RayNeo Air 2S AR and PocketTV glasses powered by Google put a virtual cinema before your eyes. It works great, but it’s hampered by the fact that it’s much less useful when you’re not connected to Wi-Fi.
Allows you to stream videos from all major platforms
Big and image
good sound
I can’t record videos or streaming apps for offline viewing
PocketTV gets hot to the touch
Who doesn’t hate the little bulkheads in the backs of airplanes? Who wouldn’t need to disconnect from the rest of the world if they were crammed into a can? The RayNeo Air 2S AR and RayNeo PocketTV glasses aim precisely at that. The latter is a portable Google TV device that connects to the former and lets you watch videos and TV shows from your favorite streaming service on a virtual 200-inch screen.
That happiness in a pocket will cost you $500, the same as the Meta Quest 3, and while the RayNeo Air 2S is rarely as flexible as more productive VR headsets, it’s more portable. But there’s only one thing that impide. de him to be a true companion. However, you’ll have to read the rest of the RayNeo Air 2S review to find out.
The RayNeo Air 2S costs $399 on Amazon and the RayNeo Pocket TV costs $179 separately, but the company sells them as a bundle for $499.
RayNeo sells a few other accessories for its glasses. If you’re going to use the glasses with your Nintendo Switch, you can get them with the JoyDock (a battery and an adapter) for $439.
If all you need to do is use the glasses with your smartphone, I propose the MiraScreen Portable Adapter ($99), which has a built-in battery that will provide up to 3. 5 hours of battery life, to drain your phone. Formation
The Air 2S looks like a pair of large Wayfarer glasses. It is more obvious that these are technical clothing than the Meta Ray-Ban, but as visual as the Meta Quest 3 or Apple Vision Pro. Behind the front lenses, you’ll find two micro OLED displays with 1080p resolution and a virtual screen length of 201 inches.
They have a peak brightness of six hundred nits, a claimed contrast ratio of 100,000:1, and can demonstrate 108% of the sRGB gamut. The refresh rate can also be changed from 60 to 120 Hz.
They weigh about 2. 8 ounces, less than Meta and Apple’s 1-pound VR headset.
Buttons on both temples of the glasses let you turn up the volume and access menus, and a USB-C port on the back of the right arm lets you connect them to a battery or accessory like the PocketTVArray. A small speaker is also incorporated in each one. arm.
You can adjust the angle of the glasses by bending your arms to look at the screen a little up or down a little; however, you have to use a little force and each adjustment produces a POP. noisy, which can be disconcerting. I also found that no matter how I adjusted the glasses, there was a corner or look a little blurry, but not enough to distract me while watching a movie. The glasses automatically turn off when you take them off your head, a great touch.
If you wear glasses, you can get a set of lenses designed for the Air 2S at lensology. co. uk.
The PocketTV looks like the remote control of an Apple TV that has been stung by a bee. Its duration and width are similar to that of a small smartphone, but it’s much more gigantic, at about an inch thick. All its edges are curved, making it very comfortable for Hold. A giant circular directional panel dominates the front, with a small collection of buttons underneath: volume controls, a Home button, a Back button, a button to call Google Assistant, quick access buttons for YouTube and Prime Video, and a convenient Key. I wish the buttons were backlit, but since you’re going to be them while you’re dressed in the glasses, it’s more important to know them through touch.
As with any Google TV device, you can download any compatible app and install it on Pocket TV, just as if you were sitting in your living room.
The back of the PocketTV has two USB-C ports, one for charging the device and one for connecting it to the RayNeo Air 2S glasses (or other compatible AR glasses. It also has a microSD card slot and can accept cards up to 2TB in size, its internal 6,500mAh battery lasts up to 5. 5 hours.
After using the RayNeo Air 2S, I would probably have to make it my travel partner every time I take a plane trip. I was very inspired by the quality of their displays OLED. Si while their 1080p solution is rarely as good Superior as the Meta 3 (2064 x 2208 pixels depending on the eye), I found that each and every element I was looking for was very clear, crisp and colourful. They were also quite comfortable to wear, I liked to take breaks. each and every hour approximately.
The nuclear explosion in “Oppenheimer” was bright and fiery, and when I saw “Blue Angels” on Prime Video, I almost felt like I was strapped to the cockpit of the F/A-18. However, in both movies I saw a fair amount of color banding in scenes that ranged from very dark to very light, and vice versa.
The Air 2S’s speakers were also pretty smart for its size. You may not get the best bass, but if you’re watching a movie at home, it provides a fun experience. However, if you use those speakers in public, you’ll need to connect them to a pair of the best wireless headphones, preferably those that don’t have earrings.
The PocketTV device also worked well. It was simple just to the touch and didn’t take up too much space. However, I had two problems with this. The first is that the back of the device got quite hot (110 degrees Fahrenheit) to the point that you wouldn’t need to hold it for an extended period of time.
While I like the fact that the PocketTV has expandable storage, there’s one problem: Because it runs Google TV apps, not smartphone apps, there’s no option to download videos from, say, Disney Plus and watch them offline. You can download videos, but who needs them. to do that?
There is a workaround, but it requires having a USB Type-C compatible smartphone with DisplayPort (DP) output, such as the iPhone 15, Samsung Galaxy series, Oppo, OnePlus, and Huawei (a full list can be found here). ), you can connect any of those phones directly to the headset. If your phone doesn’t have one, you need the RayNeo adapter ($99 at Amazon). I tried connecting the RayNeo glasses to a Google Pixel 8 phone, but it didn’t work. .
Even if your phone supports tethering, the adapter can be a sensible investment as it will strain your glasses rather than drain your phone’s battery.
Since PocketTV is a Google TV device, you can stream content from other devices, such as your smartphone. I was able to stream “Star Wars: Tales of the Empire” from my iPhone to PocketTV without any problems. However, if you are on a plane and cannot connect the PocketTV to Wi-Fi (with your phone), you will still be stuck in the same situation.
The RayNeo Air 2S and PocketTV are fun little devices and would be a wonderful combination for travel, if only for one thing. Because you can’t download videos smoothly from popular streaming facilities to the PocketTV device, you’re pretty much dead if it’s not. connected to Wi-Fi, as it happens when you’re on a plane, in a car, or traveling. And I need to disconnect from the world. If Google TV apps allowed you to download content, this challenge would solve itself. Meanwhile, the RayNeo Air 2S and PocketTV are wonderful earbuds with a small flaw.
Michael A. Prospero is the American editor of Tom’s Guide. It monitors all permanent content and monitors the Homes, Smart Home, and Fitness/Wearables categories of the site. In his spare time, he also tries out the latest drones, electric scooters, and smart home appliances, such as video doorbells. Prior to working at Tom’s Guide, he was a review editor for Laptop Magazine, a reporter for Fast Company, Times of Trenton, and, many eons ago, an intern at George Magazine. He earned his undergraduate degree from Boston College, where he worked for the campus newspaper The Heights, and then attended Columbia University’s journalism school. When you’re not trying out the latest running watch, electric scooter, skiing, or marathon education, it’s probably the newest sous vide machine, smoker, or pizza oven, much to your family’s enjoyment (or wonderful dislike). .
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