A fresh crowdfunding push for display-first eyewear starts next week when Unseen Reality opens pledges for its URXR One headset. Early backers pay $800, under the planned $900 retail price, and the first units are slated to ship around mid-October.

The 93g frame uses mini pancake optics with dual 1.03-inch micro-OLED panels at 2,448 x 2,064 resolution, roughly 36 pixels per degree, a 90 Hz refresh rate, and a 90-degree diagonal field of view.

The design philosophy differs from the birdbath-style AR frames sold by Viture and Xreal. Think of URXR One as a VR headset with video passthrough, powered by a built-in spatial processing unit. Wearers can anchor content in locked 3DOF or pinned 6DOF, with the latter tracked by a dual-camera SLAM setup. Virtual screens scale from laptop size up to a claimed 200 inches, as one window or several.

Processing lives entirely on the connected device, because the frame carries no compute of its own. It hooks into any USB-C DisplayPort source: laptops, tablets, phones, or handhelds such as the Steam Deck. Smartphones usually need the $69 URXR Power Hub, a 10,000 mAh battery pack that keeps the glasses running for roughly three hours.

Around the frame sit four outward cameras, a six-axis IMU, and a four-microphone array. Interpupillary distance adjusts manually between 58 and 68 mm, and prescription lens inserts are available.

Source: Road to VR