Lenovo ThinkReality A3 Smart Glasses

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Being able to take my multiple monitor setup on the go is a game changer. I primarily work between three locations, our main plant, our new plant jobsite, and my home office. Previously I always felt less productive when I was away from my home office and my multiple screens. Now I'm able to take that with me no matter where I go. The A3 is extremely comfortable, even for extended periods. Though they do get warm after a while.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I wanted to love these and I almost do. Pros: I like the design. They are lightweight and the image quality is excellent. The tracking is pretty much spot on, and the sense of there being a virtual display hanging in space is solid. The text is easy to read and colors look great. The build quality of the hardware is very nice and the glasses feel pretty comfortable. Cons: On the downside the virtual monitory app on the PC version is not really usable because of the limited FOV of the display; it doesn't feel like looking at a big monitors, but more like looking through blinders at a little bit of a monitor at a time. It's easy to lose the cursor. The industrial version with the phone is nice but not really very functional. It only lets you look at 2D displays (only chrome and youtube). The software environment seems extremely limited. Only Unity is supported and even then it's a very complex set of steps to get something together. For something that is an early adopter product it would make sense to expose multiple development options. I personally would love to see WebXR supported. The phone itself runs WebXR perfectly but none of the sensor data is exposed from the A3 as far as I can tell. A final note: even thought the glasses seem light and comfortable there's a noticeable sense of relief when I take them off so there still some strain.