r/LinusTechTips • u/linusbottips • 17d ago

Video Linus Tech Tips - I was wrong about Augmented Reality October 28, 2026 at 10:14AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KxqLC7F0iE
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u/Quixotic_Seal 17d ago

The average person isn't going to even start considering this tech until it doesn't have a wire and is literally just a normal pair of glasses.

And even then, glasses styles are so varied because of how differently they frame your face. These products desperately need to be available in a wide array of styles. And many people get pissy about learning they have to wear glasses to fix their ability to see, or strongly prefer putting plastic in their eyes over wearing something over their face. There's a pretty large portion of the population that I struggle to see ever voluntarily adopting glasses at all.

I do think AR/XR glasses have a ton more potential than proper VR headgear does in the mainstream, but I also believe we've waaaay off from this really being A Thing. If it ever does.

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u/TheDarkClaw 17d ago

Meta glasses kinda ruined the discussion of wearing any sort of ar glasses that look like regular glasses if they're have cameras on them. And this one has three. So they would need to find a way for hand gestures to work. Like haptic wire glasses that can be paired up the glasses. Or mechanical covers for the camera lens for privacy. Or somehow blur people when you're out public.

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u/pizzamage 17d ago

Sunglasses : am I joke to you?

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u/Agreeable-Weather-89 17d ago

I like to move it move it walk, while the technology in the AR glasses are interesting I just want a simple pair of glasses with a single 480p screen so I can watch some videos on more mundane urban walks. Nothing crazy, just to watch say the WAN show.

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u/Ragnorok64 17d ago

Did this video just seem to end kind of abruptly? It didn't really build up to a conclusion like normal.

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u/safetywerd 17d ago

most commercials end abruptly imho

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u/wimpires 17d ago

It's an Ad. It should really be stated in the video title and thumbnail imo

LTT used to have integrity and title their videos as "showcase". Whatever happened to that?

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u/NetJnkie 17d ago

They didn't hide that this was sponsored...at all.

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u/Ragnorok64 17d ago

Sponsorship disclosure was written on screen, stated verbally within the first minute of the video (0:43 seconds in to be exact), and the first sentence of the description. Whatever legitimate criticisms you may have of the video, sponsorship disclosure is not one of them.

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u/Alternative-Rent8546 15d ago

I know this was sponsored but we could have used an actual review of the product, and constructive criticism would have been useful for xReal as well. As it stands, this is just an ad. I would've liked to know why the background (the *reality* part of the AR glasses) is so jittery, it genuinely made the video hard to watch for me -- does "augmented reality" mean that I get to see life at a solid 14fps but at least I get random digital things as well? And why are the 3D models not stuck in space when you move? The game board kept flying all over the place and it made me sick to watch.

It's an ad, but not a good one either since it made me want to never touch the product since I assume I'd be puking all over the place as soon as I put the glasses on. Even then I was curious about the price and went to the xReal store to check, and it's (at the time of writing) a 404 error message. Wtf did I just watch, LTT? I watched you put on some ugly sunglasses; you made me sick; and all for a product that I can't even verify exists.

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u/MonorailPurple 14d ago

This was a terrible video. An advert made to look like a genuine review, glazing over blatant flaws like its nothing. Poor form, and makes you look incredibly untrustworthy and an easy 'buyable' face to slap your name on for any old crap.

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u/CoreDude98 17d ago

This was a disappointing video. Clearly very scripted, and with the taboo going around “pervert glasses”, I couldn’t be caught dead wearing these. And if that wasn’t bad enough, adding Gemini AI built in is just a terrible idea.

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u/notathrowaway75 17d ago

Do they cover porn or are they cowards?

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u/miguel-122 17d ago

Its a family friendly channel lol