More screen, more speed, more presence, but in the same space you already live and play in. That’s exactly the lane ASUS ROG and XREAL are aiming for with the ROG XREAL R1 gaming glasses, a collaboration that’s clearly focused on one thing first: making portable “big screen” gaming feel fast enough to be taken seriously.
In my hands-on time checking these out at both the XREAL and ASUS areas, the 240Hz refresh rate was the headline and you can feel why they’re leading with it. With something like Forza Horizon, motion clarity is everything, and the R1 looked noticeably smoother when you’re flying through scenery, panning fast, and tracking details at speed. A lot of display glasses are cool for the novelty, but ASUS and XREAL are trying to make sure gamers are covered like never before, and the refresh rate is the most immediate proof of that.
Spec-wise, the R1 is built around 240Hz micro-OLED displays running at 1080p, with a wide 57-degree field of view that’s meant to feel like a huge virtual screen, around 171 inches at roughly 4 meters. It also supports 3DoF so you can use modes like Anchor and Follow, basically choosing whether the screen stays locked in place or moves with you. ASUS also leaned into comfort and usability touches like electrochromic dimming, so the lenses can tint to fit different lighting, plus Sound by Bose for audio that’s designed to feel more immersive than the tiny speakers you normally expect in glasses.
The other smart move is compatibility. Alongside the glasses, ASUS showed off the ROG Control Dock, which is there to make these work cleanly across more devices with options like HDMI and DisplayPort connections. The idea is simple: plug into a handheld, a PC, or a console, and get that giant-screen feel without jumping through hoops. If you’ve ever messed with display glasses that are picky about devices or adapters, this is the kind of accessory that can make or break the experience.
Right now, the only real unknown is price, because ASUS has not locked that in yet, but the release window is targeting the first half of 2026. Based on what I saw at CES, the ROG XREAL R1 feels like a legit step forward for gaming glasses, not because it’s trying to be everything, but because it’s going all-in on speed and smoothness, the two things that matter most when you’re actually playing.
