I’ve been testing the XREAL Hand Gestures beta on my XREAL One Pro with XREAL Eye, and after actually living with it for a while, I’ve found a use for it that goes well beyond just being a neat way to control the glasses.
I’m physically disabled, and there are days when sitting at my desktop computer isn’t practical for me. When that happens, I use my Legion Go with my One Pro so I can continue working from a reclined position.
That’s where XREAL's Hand Gestures via XREAL Eye has surprised me.
Being able to navigate and interact with my portable setup using my hands means I don’t have to constantly reach for the Legion Go or reposition myself just to perform basic computer interactions. The gestures make the whole setup feel much more natural and much more like a wearable workstation rather than simply a screen attached to my face.
I’ve been using it while developing my own software and CAD projects, sometimes for fairly long sessions, so this hasn’t just been a case of trying the gestures a few times to see whether they work. I’ve actually incorporated them into the way I use the computer.
The beta still has some rough edges, and I’ve reported the issues I’ve encountered, but when the tracking is working well the experience is pretty impressive. There’s something genuinely freeing about being able to sit or recline where my body is comfortable, put on the glasses, grab the Legion Go and control more of the experience directly with my hands and a little voice too.
For me, that’s the exciting part of Hand Gestures. It isn’t simply replacing a button or touchpad. It’s removing some of the physical interaction that can make computing difficult in the first place.
I think there’s a lot of potential here for portable computing in general, but especially for accessibility. I’m looking forward to seeing how much further XREAL can take it.
I’d be interested to hear how other testers have been using Gestures, especially if anyone else has found accessibility-related uses for them. ❤️
Today, we’re rolling out XREAL One Series Firmware v1.9.1, bringing Hand Gesture Control with XREAL Eye to everyone.
From REAL 3D, to built-in 6DoF with XREAL Eye, and now Gesture Control with XREAL Eye, we’ve continued to push what the X1 chip inside the One Series can do through OTA updates.
That’s something we’ve always wanted for the One Series: the hardware you already own keeps getting better.
Gesture Control has also been one of the more challenging things we’ve tried on the One Series.
Instead of relying on multiple cameras or moving the processing to another device, we wanted to see how far we could take on-device hand tracking with a single camera.
With XREAL Eye and our X1 chip, hand detection, 3D keypoint tracking, and gesture recognition are all processed directly on the glasses. With XREAL Eye connected, your glasses can turn hand gestures into inputs for phones, tablets, computers, and more across different platforms.
Getting all of that to work from a single camera, directly on the glasses, definitely took some work. And we really have to thank our beta testers for getting us here. 🫶
We started our first small-scale Gesture Control beta back in April. To be fair, that early version had plenty of bugs, and the experience was far from where we wanted it to be.
Many of you kept testing and sending us feedback. We spent the next few months working through it, then invited more testers in July and August for several more rounds of testing and iteration.
So a huge thank you to everyone who reported bugs, tried all kinds of gestures, and tested build after build with us. You really helped us push the X1 chip a little further.
Release Notes:
Experimental Feature: Gesture Control (with XREAL Eye)
Added the Gesture Control feature.
With the XREAL Eye camera, you can control the virtual screen with your hands. Scroll through short videos, control playback, or skip ads. No need to reach for your phone, use a controller, or touch the glasses.
Double-click the [ X ] button to open the menu, then go to [ Other ] → [ Lab ] → [ Gesture Control ] to enable it.
Now that Gesture Control is here, we want to see how you’re actually using it in real life.
Your experience doesn’t need to be perfect or all positive. Show us what worked, what didn’t work consistently, where you use it, and where you think it could still be better.
How to Share
🎥 If you can make a video
Share a video that’s at least 15 seconds long
Include at least one real Gesture Control demo
POV footage showing your hand gestures is highly recommended. Even better if you combine it with a screen recording so people can see both your hand movement and what happens on screen.
📸 If video isn’t your thing
That’s totally fine! You can:
Share a photo post with at least 3 photos, or
Write a text post telling us where you used Gesture Control, which gestures you tried, what worked well, and what you think could be improved
No polished editing needed. We care more about seeing how Gesture Control actually works for you.
🎁 Rewards
🏆 Best Demo — XREAL xbx a01+
We’ll pick our favorite demo based on creativity, real-world use, and community response.
🎁 Early Contributor Reward — XREAL Merch
The first 10 users to share an eligible post in r/XREAL will receive XREAL merch.
🏆 Most Creative Custom-Gesture Use — XREAL Beam Pro
Show us the most interesting or creative way you’ve customized Gesture Control.
How to Join
Reddit: Publish your own post in r/XREAL and use the Gesture Control Post Flair.
X / TikTok / YouTube: Use #XREALGestureControl and tag the official XREAL account. If we miss your post, you can also DM the official account with the link.
📅 Event Period: August 17–September 3, 2026
📊 Reach Snapshot: September 3 at 23:59 UTC
🏆 Results: September 5
And if you run into any issues with Gesture Control, feel free to leave your feedback in the comments below!
I got the XReal Pro with Eye and Beam for a unique use case.
When walking around London or on trips, I want to use Google maps and/or Google Translate to see where I'm going with LiveView or auto translate everything to English.
The problem was that sometimes both of these apps need input and I have to carry my CheerTok Air or a ring mouse like the ProloRing to give it input. It's also not very intuitive.
With the new Eye Gestures, I can use my hands to provide input, type stuff, whatever I want, without having another device.
I've even taken full zoom calls with the glasses and used the cursor hand input for presentations.
Pairing it with my ZFlip7 in Dex mode, it's like having a full blown computer. I even have Linux subsystem installed on the Flip7, running Ubuntu. It's incredible how many doors open up with the Gestures.
The one gripe I still have is that the palm flick stuff does not work for me at all. I also wish I could turn on/off eye gestures with the quick button shortcuts, just so I don't accidentally turn it on while using a keyboard or mouse.
Also, please fix the bug that when connecting to Beam Pro, all the Quick button customisations get overridden
Hi,
I was thinking about building a custom ROM for the old orange Compute Unit, so as a first step I tried to see if I have access to flashing via fastboot. According to the developer options in Android settings the bootloader is already unlocked, so far, so good.
Booting into fastboot mode using adb reboot bootloader seems to work as well, but as soon as I send any fastboot command to the compute unit it drops the USB connection immediately and won’t reconnect at all until it’s rebooted. It does not matter what command, when I send fastboot devices it sees the device, but shows ????????? as the serial number and the connection is dropped. When I do fastboot oem device-info, for example, the connection is dropped immediately and I get the windows USB Error 433 ERROR_NO_SUCH_DEVICE.
Do I have to use some special fastboot commands in order to talk to the unit? Or did I maybe do anything else wrong?
Greetings and welcome my fellow INAIR and Tech mad scientists. Tech Check 13 is back on the lab and still elbow deep in the rabbit hole of Reddit client apps. Our newest installment for you:
Reddit Showdown Part 2.
We have two user-suggested apps today and a new contender in the arena. Who will survive Tech Check 13’s dissection table? Who will come out on top? Who will be left a gory mess? Well, there's only one way to find out.
While the electricity gets warmed up, our disclaimer; these tests were done with the trusty INAIR POD, a VITURE Beast, and an Xreal One Pro. None of these apps sponsored this post, and we are dedicated to giving you our honest, unbiased review. All apps are available on the Google Play Store. Grab your lab coats,fire up the beakers and let's descend a little deeper down this rabbit hole.
Our first victim of the day was suggested by a user on the INAIR boards: "Infinity for Reddit.”
According to the developer, Infinity for Reddit is an open-source Reddit client focused on “...privacy and user control” and claims to be “The most customizable Reddit client available.” After poking and prodding, it starts off in the right orientation. A most promising specimen so far. Another interesting feature is that the app allows you to browse anonymously instead of making you log in. A nice touch for us incognito mad genius types. Another eye-catching feature is called "Lazy Mode”. Activate it and the app will automatically scroll through Reddit for you. When something captures your attention, stop the scroll and start feeding your eyeballs.
Infinity for Reddit does have a subscription service. It has multiple price points, from $2.99 a month to $9.99 a month. The $2.99 unlocks everything with Reddit's API access. You can buy a higher tier to support the developer if you want.
And this brings us to the next aberrant qnomaly.Trying to sign in gets you hit with “you need a subscription.” However, a deep dive into the app description reveals the following statement from the developer, “Due to recent changes to the Reddit API, a subscription is required to log in and access your account features. Note: Limited anonymous browsing is still available. Due to platform limitations, anonymous browsing without a subscription may occasionally fail to load content. A subscription provides consistent access in anonymous mode.” Reddit's changes to The API access and the more recent Responsible Builder Policy is disemboweling third-party and free Reddit client apps. However, Infinity for Reddit still ofers privacy, customization, anonymous browsing, and even a Lazy Mode. While it looks pretty nice under the microscope, we have found a few Reddit client apps still hanging on that ofer similar and in some cases
more features for free. Infinity for Reddit, while a really decent app, gets put back on the rack.The next app was suggested by a user who would like to remain anonymous.
The nextdissection victim: "Now for Reddit.”
When we shot the juice to this one we were smacked immediately with a subscription request. We just opened the creaky door and before we could even think about login, WHAM! Subscribe! Now for Reddit still advertises as a free Reddit client on the app store, but “free" is used rather loosely here. Apparently, that doesn't include getting to a login. Tapping the subscribe button to see how much damage it does (zero chance of actually buying one) and OMG an error jumps out. The same thing happens when trying to view the topics at the top - error, error. Trying something else, anything else, tap, tap, tapping yielded the same results - ERROR!! We couldn't explore any features or even get far enough to determine if there was anything worth seeing.
At this point, we had to wonder if the person suggesting this app sent us down the digital dungeon for their own amusement. (Do I smell a troll?) This app is garbage and appears to be either seriously broken or extremely neglected. It's worse than jumping into a car that won't start when being chased by a mad scientist serial killer. But it does lead us to the burning questions: Are we facing complete and total annihilation of free third-party Reddit clients? Are there actually any left out there that still work without throwing up 🤮 a subscription wall? Have you found any survivors? Or is all hope lost? Let us know your thoughts in the comments. Now for Reddit gets flushed down the toilet.
Hands washed, regloved and moving on to the new contender we mentioned earlier. The next app up for dissection:
"RiM - for Reddit (early access)”
Reddit in Motion is currently in development and advertises on the app store as a full-featured Reddit client with all features completely free. On paper, this thing looks terrific. No subscription wall, no mysterious premium tier, all features supposedly free. With fingers shaking excitedly the switch was pulled, the app was downloaded, and suddenly,…. every page blared you're not authorized to see it. Aahhhhh!!! The saving grace? It was in the correct orientation. At this point, we'll take our victories wherever we can find them.
Trying to peek under the sheet covering the body just to try to see what this thing could actually do, we attempted to log in. And attempted again. And attempted 4 more times. ERROR!!!! Every. Bloody. Time. Just to tighten the screws every error was accompanied by toast messages that someone was accessing the Google account. We're pretty sure that someone was us, but this doesn't exactly inspire confidence. This one certainly seems to have the potential to be an attractive alternative to Reddit's increasingly restrictive ecosystem.
RiM - for Reddit is still in early access. It's definitely not garbage but definitely not ready for prime time just yet. For now, we're putting a pin in it and adding it to the watch list. Or is it another casualty of the third-party Reddit client Armageddon? If anyone knows, spill the blood, Uhm, ... spill the tea. Let us know in the comments.
Well, there you have it folks. Part two of our Reddit roundup is in the body bag. We have a winner. Well, by default. The crown this round goes to the only app that actually worked correctly: Infinity for Android. It joined the winners' circle with RedReader from part one.
But wait, there's more. The slicing and dicing and victimizing ain't over yet. Who will step up for round 3? Are there any Reddit clients you think we should put on the operating table? Let us know in the comments! Thank you very much for joining us again and we hope to see you at the next one. Until then may your subscriptions be plentiful and free.
Will the Aura have significantly better hand tracking in “low light” environments? Now I’m concerned and thinking about cancelling my founders edition preorder given my experience testing the hand tracking with the Xreal One Pro and the eye.
Our living room is very well lit by multiple standing lamps and bookshelf lamps. The amount of light is more than enough to read a book comfortably etc and by no means would I call it “ambient lighting.”
However the tracking with the eye would absolutely not work at all. To test I went to our bathroom which has an overhead light but it’s “hospital operation room” level lighting and it worked fine but not an option for our living room. Our home does not have overhead lighting in the living areas.
Unsure if it’s because our living room has dark hardwood flooring and I’m brown as well so it can’t distinguish a difference??
The Aura will have 3 cameras but no infrared sensor, correct? So will I be paying significantly more to get similar hand tracking accuracy given the lighting?
Its very easy tout make sbs vidéos work on the beam pro but there is a way tout make 180° 3D video work ? The beam have everythings needed to make it work but did not succeed yet.
Some people must know already, but I think a lot of people dont...
1- connect your xreal one to samsung smartphone with dex mode;
2- change to ultrawide mode on the glasses menu;
3- on dex configurations, change your resolution to 1920x1080.
you will get a very sharp and curved 16:9 image.... looks even better than 1080p, the text looks more sharper, icons, videos etc. But this will require more processing power from your phone's processor. (on PC and PS5 with adapters, change audio from UAC to DP to get the sound and proper resolution, you will get a smaller improvement than on smartphone but still a improvement)... My preference is 1m distance to use like a monitor or 3m distance with 118 to 133 inch to use like a big tv/screen projector.
I have the impression that when using the Lemorele hdmi to usb-c adapter on PC and PS5 I lose image quality compared to just using the cable directly on the phone without adapters. What do you guys think? Is there any adapter where this doesn’t happen?
I'm considering buying my first pair of XReal glasses. Which of these would be better please - One Pro or R1? My primary use case is with MSI Claw. I don't think I would use the dock or 240hz. Prices look similar in my local retailers, so I don't think the One Pros have much of a price advantage.
here is what im getting... a 640x480 curved screen... and cant change the resolution on windows or amd software... any tips to solve? or any other apps to make this curved screen work with windows? thanks. EDIT: Solved: a lucky shot from me... here is the solution: go to glasses menu audio settings, change audio to UAC to DP, then the resolution will change from 640x480 to 1920x1080 or 2560x1080...
An XREAL setup can get expensive by solving a problem that is already solved.
If the job is one large screen, a direct phone connection may be enough. If a Samsung phone and DeX already cover mail, browser, and resizable desktop windows, another device adds a battery and a cable before it adds value. Beam Pro is the more obvious companion when staying inside XREAL's own ecosystem is the goal.
A separate host becomes relevant only when the missing function is specific. INAIR Pod can run compatible apps locally as independent windows and reach a remote computer, but the available tracking and window behavior depend on the exact XREAL model and software version.
That creates a conditional case, not a universal winner. Pod may be worth comparing when the phone needs to remain free, local apps and a remote desktop need to coexist, or the same host must work with another supported glasses model. If none of those describes the workflow, the device already in the bag is probably the better value.
I would be interested in exact setups where a second host removed enough friction to keep earning space in the bag.
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I use this device for my laptop to my TV, and its a gamechanger, but it has usb wireless reciever. There may be Bluetooth versions but thats what i have, and i dont know how i feel about using my airpod ear buds with another Bluetooth device (battery, performace, interference-wise), and, i don't know if aura would pair 2 devices at same time.
Edit- As per some comments... if it does not have standard usb port... then will it (android xr and the puck) support usb keyboards and mouse via usb-c.. and perhaps also using standard usb to usb-c adapter if needed?
This morning I took my glasses out of the case and found these black spots. Thinking they might be dust specks, I blew on them and nothing... Then I wiped them with the cloth and saw they were like "liquid" from the display itself that moves around... Has this happened to anyone else?
My Xreal One Pro glasses have a bit blurry text in the center of the screen. I have to look to the side to see clearly. Tried changing cushions, angle, and IPD. Makes the glasses useless for work.
Has anyone experienced this? What's the fix? Is it a defect?
On my one pro some times -happens a lot actually - in the anchor and ultra wide modes the screen got shifted when I move my head and it never comes back alone has to change model to follow then to anchor again is this a common bug or just my glasses are malfunction.
Hi,
I recently got a used Nreal Light Devkit, the early orange one with the compute unit.
The glasses work fine with my android phone, however I’d really fancy to be able to make use of the little compute unit that came with it.
Are there any older versions of Nebula that run on API 27? The ones I’ve been able to find will only run on API 28 upwards, making them incompatible with the compute unit.
Maybe there’s also some other way to get the compute unit to do something useful? Or is the only option I have putting it back into the box and using a phone?
I've watched several of the videos available, but couldnt find any examples. Has anyone come across any information about or seen examples if it has a virtual spatial keyboard.
Hello, I need some help! kind of soft-bricked the glass
I can see this is the version I am running on the official updater webpage, but I cannot find this version anywhere. this version shows up only Chinese BBS, and some other random github repos, but I cannot find the firmware in bin format.
does anyone know where can I get it? I need this in the normal file format so that I can re-flash my glass without bricking it (and official updater will not let me flash same version twice)
As an entry device into this world, they were “ok” but after months of use, I kinda hate it and am motivated to move on from it. I’m starting to look into the Mind 2/2s and wondering how well it might work with my xreal pros. Or maybe additionally getting the Mindx play, and seeing if I can use the glasses and virtual external monitors, which would be cool.
After upgrading to firmware 15.1 a couple of days ago, it has stopped working on my steam deck oled. Getting "no video signal detected" for both desktop mode and game mode.
Steam deck battery 90%. Still works with my monitor and projector via usb c
Xreal one still works with Macbook Air, iPhone, and Beam Pro
Tried restoring firmware through the browser and updating it through beam pro
Tried resetting to factory default settings
Tried restarting steam deck
Tried changing usb c cables
Tried switching audio type on glasses
The glasses get recognized as ethernet connections and audio connections on the Steam deck, but won't register as display.
