Thunderbird releases full-color Micro LED AR glasses Thunderbird X2, starting price 4,999 yuan

On October 13, at the Thunderbird innovative new product launch conference in the afternoon, the consumer AR glasses Thunderbird X2 was officially released. The glasses were demonstrated at CES 2023 in January this year, and the National Bank price was officially announced today - 4,999 yuan, with an initial price of 4,499 yuan. In addition, for users who have purchased any optical waveguide AR glasses (regardless of brand), Thunderbird X2 has a special price of 3,999 yuan.

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Thunderbird X2 adopts a shape similar to sunglasses and is equipped with Qualcomm Snapdragon XR2 platform. It is equipped with a 590mAh battery, 6GB of memory and 128GB of storage space. It uses a binocular full-color MicroLED optical waveguide display with a claimed brightness of up to 1,500 nits, a contrast ratio of up to 100,000:1, and supports 16.77 million colors.

Thunderbird X2 is equipped with a 16MP camera that supports functions such as still photos, videos, and time-lapse photography. It is also equipped with a 0.7cc ultra-small full-color MicroLED light engine component, a diffraction light waveguide with high light efficiency that increases brightness by 3 times, and micron-level binocular fusion for natural display effects.

In terms of AR presentation, Thunderbird X2 has chosen a method closer to Google Glass than Microsoft HoloLens. For example, it is equipped with an intelligent GPS navigation function. During movement, the screen information of Thunderbird X2 can be updated in real time following the user's itinerary, making it convenient for quick positioning and interaction.

The glasses can also pop up phone calls and messages, or have real-time AI translation of conversations between people. In addition, users can also use it to listen to music (it is said that there will be no sound leakage), and the camera can also shoot first-person video.

Additionally, Thunderbird X2 is compatible with native Android apps. IT House learned from the press conference that Thunderbird will alsoLater, a cooperative product was launched with Alibaba - Future Elf AR glasses developed based on Alibaba's large model. (Source: IT Home)