VR headsets are chunky, heavy, expensive and tend to work with only a few platforms. If you’re thinking it would be pretty cool to squeeze something like that into a package the size of a pair of sunglasses, well, that’s what Virture has accomplished with its Viture Pro XR/AR glasses. You can connect them to just about anything and get a more immersive experience. For the remainder of Amazon Prime Day, you can score a pair of these glasses for 30% off, and the brand will even toss in a free item.
The deal works like most other Amazon Prime Day deals. You add the Viture Pro XR/AR glasses to your cart alongside the brand’s Ultimate C Bluetooth Controller. Once you get to checkout, the price of the controller will be removed from the total, giving you a nearly $40 controller for free. Add to that the $150 in savings you get from the 30% discount, and you have a nice deal in the works here, especially if you’ve been curious about XR experiences, since that seems to be taking over the mixed reality space right now.
These glasses are pretty slick. According to CNET video producer and hardware expert Sean Booker, the glasses have two 1080p micro-OLED displays that feature a 120 Hz refresh rate, and they get bright enough to make «everything look super clear in any settings, indoors and out.» Despite their size, the displays are large enough to allow you to see small text. That means you can game or work with these things if you want.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. They connect to virtually anything with an HDMI cable, including game consoles. Thus, you can hook your Xbox Series X up to these things and game through them while sitting on the couch with no TV required. They even work with the Nintendo Switch 2 over USB-C. We don’t have any best lists for AR glasses just yet, but we liked the Viture Pro more than any of the others, judging from our reviews.
With the controller, it’s a pretty neat little rig. You can lay down in bed or on the couch and play with the Ultimate C controller and the Viture Pro in tandem, giving you the kind of freedom of positioning you simply don’t get with a TV or a computer monitor. Booker checked out the controller while putting together his Viture Pro review and found it to be very similar to a Nintendo Switch controller, which is a good thing.
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XR and AR glasses are somewhat new and there aren’t a ton of them on the market. If you want to wait for the products to mature a little more, you can always check out the best VR headsets, which have had over a decade of iterations to increase refinement. Many of those are on sale, including the Meta Quest 3S, which is 17% off right now.
Why this deal matters
In the grand scheme of things, the Viture Pro glasses go on sale pretty often for this exact price, so this certainly won’t be your last chance to pick up a pair at a steep discount. However, they don’t always include the controller for free, and that’s why this deal is worthy of consideration. It’s $180 in total savings, and Bluetooth controllers are fairly universal, so you’ll be able to use them even without the glasses. Even so, the whole XR/AR thing is new and exciting, and for someone who gets motion sick like I do, it’s a viable way to try out mixed reality without suffering through a VR-induced stomachache.