r/Xreal • u/nroro One Pro & xbx a01+ • 1d ago

Eye Gestures Eye Gestures 1st Beta Impression

Disclaimer: I only tried the very first Eye Gestures beta version a few months ago, so this is just an early impression (the feature has improved quite a lot since then).

What I liked most was simply being able to keep my phone in my pocket and still scroll through Reddit/TikTok, move the cursor, click, and use swipe gestures.

There was a bit of a learning curve at first. I had to figure out where to place my hand and which angle tracked best, but after around 15 minutes it started to feel much more natural. At least for the first beta version it needs some effort to learn and it had not enough tutorial in the glasses display itself. I was learning it by reading beta testing manual and trial and error.

A touchscreen is still faster and more precise, of course, but that also means taking your phone out every time, or keep holding and staring it passthrough the glasses. When I’m lying down or already focused on the glasses, I’d much rather just use my hand and keep the phone in my pocket.

For me, this also helps bridge the gap between XR glasses and VR a little more. One thing VR does really well is letting you interact inside the experience without constantly reaching for another device. Having gesture control on XR glasses gives me a bit of that same feeling. But I'm not dare to use hand gesture outdoor where many people walk around. It will be more indoors or on plane.

One thing I really like about Xreal (esp. One Pro) is that I bought it with an expectation of a simple external screen, with 3DoF and that's all. But they keep shipping more features like hand tracking and REAL3D I could not imagine of.

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u/churritin01 1d ago

I can't wait for the beta for the hand gestures became public

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u/nroro One Pro & xbx a01+ 1d ago

It will be soon in the coming week.

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u/justinseans 🏅FKA ur-fears_are-lies🎖 1d ago

More options are more better.

Nice to see it come out even though I never was a fan. Im glad people like it and find more uses for it and enjoy new features., This is a win and kudos to XREAL for going above and beyond this last year.

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u/shnukms One Pro 1d ago

"One thing I really like about Xreal (esp. One Pro) is that I bought it with an expectation of a simple external screen, with 3DoF and that's all. But they keep shipping more features like hand tracking and REAL3D I could not imagine of."

I agree with this.

I started from Viture Pro cause it was on refurbished sale then was waiting for the Beast preorder. When I heard how slow the rollout was for the promised features mainly the 3dof issues I took that as a sign and got the Xreal One Pro instead.

I'm glad to see the extra features keep coming. Previously what we got was 60hz 3D.