XREAL’s Cool New Trick: Turns Flat Videos into 3D Magic on AR Glasses
XREAL just added an amazing feature to its top AR glasses, the One and One Pro. It changes any regular 2D video or game into fun 3D right away. No special apps, files, or extra tools needed! Called “Real 3D,” this started on the Xreal 1S glasses last week. Now it’s on the One models too, thanks to their smart X1 chip. The chip uses AI to guess depth in every picture frame. It then makes two views—one for each eye—so everything looks 3D and real.
It works with anything: movies from your phone, games on a console, TV shows on a computer, or videos saved on your device. No fancy locks or secret formats block it. XREAL says: “Real 3D plays nice with phones, computers, game boxes, and more.”
They built this all themselves with a small, power-saving AI brain that fits perfectly in the tiny X1 chip. Big computers do 3D easy, but XREAL made it work on low-power glasses like theirs—no one else has.
It’s super fast, but they’re still checking if there’s any tiny delay. It uses a bit more battery—about 300mW extra—than watching flat screens.
XREAL makes comfy AR glasses for watching movies, playing games, or TV like a giant screen. They run on a special Android system. Check their full shop at us.shop.xreal.com.
XREAL Rolls out Automatic Real-time 3D Conversion Feature for Its AR Glasses
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— Road to VR (@RtoVR) January 30, 2026
Big news lately: They got $100 million from investors. Plus, Google picked them as the main partner for its new Android XR system. First up: Project Aura glasses coming this year. See a preview at roadtovr.com/xreal-aura-ar-glasses-android-xr-hands-on-preview.
This makes XREAL a leader in making AR easy and fun for everyone!
The announcement received mixed reactions on X (Twitter) , with many users showing doubt rather than excitement.
A user doubted the technology itself, saying that automatic conversion often looks fake and flat, like cardboard cutouts, and insisted that real depth mapping must be proven before believing the claims.
Automatic conversion usually looks like cardboard cutouts. I’ll believe it when I see the depth map.
— Mentis 🇦🇺 (@adam_x_mentis) January 30, 2026
Another user asked for real-world tests, especially on Android platforms, suggesting that the announcement lacked practical demonstrations.
The coverage was accused of being promotional rather than genuine news, and it was argued that the claims were unreliable without hands-on testing.
Can you please release real-world test. Specially of android plateformers.
— ᴅᴀʀꜱʜᴀɴ ɢᴀyᴀᴋᴇ (@DarshanDGayake) January 30, 2026
Third user even stated that poorly implemented 3D is worse than having no 3D at all.
Cool advertisement disguised as "news". If you were self respecting author, you would own your own Xreal, and actually try it. It's completely obsolete, and WRONG 3D is WORSE THAN NO 3D.
— papeks legends (@l69032) January 30, 2026
These comments show that many users are confused about whether they should use the phone or not. Instead of feeling sure, they are unsure if the new feature will really work in daily use. People worry that the results may look fake, want proper real-world and Android testing, and dislike promotions that feel like ads. All this shows hesitation and a lack of trust.
