Coolpad Xview Smart Wearable AR Glasses



Coolpad Group hosted a new product launch conference with the theme of “Unlimited Horizons” and at the event, the Chinese company launched its smart wearable AR glasses, dubbed as Coolpad Xview. The company claims this newly launched smart device as the first wireless all-in-one AR glasses in China. It is also claimed to be the first such device in the market to come powered by a wearable chipset.

Coming to design, it seems very similar to the regular sunglasses and has lens measuring just 3mm. The product comes with an optical display which is equipped with optical waveguide technology. Coolpad claims that it offers industry-leading light transmittance, contrast, and color.

As for the interactions, it offers high-precision fusion positioning, space marking, target recognition, and tracking along with other features powered by algorithms based on the wearable chipset. This is achieved through a 5-year collaboration of Coolpad and Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

The company has launched two variants of this new Coolpad Xview Smart Wearable AR Glasses. The consumer version is focused on lightweight AR apps such as navigation, shopping guide, communication, etc. It can be used in a standalone mode or can be connected to smartphones through Bluetooth.

There’s another variant of the same which comes with support for 4G connectivity, which is also claimed to be the first. The company is now planning to introduce support for 5G connectivity as early as next year. As for the pricing, the Coolpad Xview consumer version is priced at 2,999 yuan which roughly converts to US$ 428. The company is yet to reveal availability details, but it will definitely be limited to the Chinese market for now.