NOTES ON ROKID MAX AR GLASSES:

1. While the glasses appear to be darkly tinted, your external vision is still quite clear and just fine when wearing the glasses. The transparency is so great that it’s actually distracting to see both the environment and the display if you don’t have the brightness higher than the ambient/environmental lighting.

2. The USB cable that connects the AR glasses to your device appears to be proprietary. None of my USB 3.1, 3.2, or 4.0 cables will work with it, but it might be due to cable length. Rokid tells us that the power consumption of the glasses means the cable cannot have too much resistance. I would think USB 4.0 (240W) cables ought to work with it, but they don’t. I’m awaiting an update and a couple more cables from Rokid this week or next.

3. The audio is very decent, supports Dolby Atmos, but still doesn’t compare to dedicated earbuds or earphones. I recommend a good pair of ear buds if you want high-fidelity sound with Dolby Atmos or THX certification.

4. The brightness is superb. At 600 nits, full brightness is enough to overpower bright ambient lighting. Keep it set between 3-4 to match ambient brightness or turn it up to 6 to have a bright display that stands out against the environment.

5. You’ll quickly learn to look “past the display” when looking through the glasses to talk to others or interact with your environment, refocuses your eyes on the display when watching, reading, or gaming. Sometimes the environment can be distracting, but you can correct for that by turning the brightness up or putting the dark shades over the translucent lenses.

6. 120Hz display, color gamut, brightness, dynamic range, and performance are all outstanding. Gaming, watching movies, surfing the web, reading, and coding has been so much fun these past few days.