Hauling spare monitors through airports is nobody’s idea of fun. After clocking nearly 200 travel days last year, I slipped on the new Viture XR Pro smart glasses to find out whether a pair of wearable displays can finally replace the bulky second screen in my carry-on—and maybe yours, too. And here is my review!
Why I Tried Them
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I spend roughly 200 days a year on the road. Last year alone, I bought three monitors to cater my needs in aborad and on the road, but in many hotels I’m limited to a 14-inch laptop screen. Before investing in yet another portable monitor, I decided to give the Viture XR Pro a spin and see if wearable displays could lighten my luggage.
My Dream Image is like this.
(Image from viture.com, official product site)
One of the dream device is of course, Apple’s Vision Pro, but it is way too expensive, and does not work with my windows workflow. And, I also compared some other VR, XR glasses such as X real One Pro, but after seeing reviews I picked Viture XR Pro as my pick.
Quick Product Snapshot
| Spec | Viture XR Pro |
| Virtual screen size | Up to 135″ diagonal (as if you’re 3~4 m from a big TV) |
| Resolution & panels | 1920 × 1080 per eye, Sony micro-OLED |
| Refresh rate | 120 Hz for smooth video and gaming |
| Peak brightness | 4 000 nits (about 1 000 nits perceived) |
| Diopter / IPD | Built-in dials for near-sighted users; no extra lenses needed |
| Lens tint | Electro-chromic—tap the frame to darken the outside world |
| Audio | Dual Harman-tuned speakers (surprisingly full, but audible to neighbours) |
| Weight | ~77 g (about normal sunglasses + cable) |
| Connectivity | USB-C (DP Alt-Mode) – works with Mac/Windows/Android/iPhone 15/16, plus Switch & Steam Deck. Connected with magnet attachment (like Apple’s mag-safe) |
| Price & release | US $459, shipping from June 2024 JPY 74,880. Seems there $50 off sale at the time of writing (June28, 2025) |
Product Quality
Overall product quality was great. It felt like a premium product, and I was happy to have this new toy! The pacakaging was very well made, easy to use, and image quality and sound quality was also beyond my expectation!
You can expect most of the Youtube commercial words are true!
My Productivity-Focused Test Drive
- Setup: Plug-and-play on MacBook and Windows laptop. No driver or admin rights required for a single external screen.
- Work posture: With the tint on, the laptop’s own display looks dim, and the keyboard is half-hidden. I could touch-type, but it felt like working in a dark theatre.
- Multi-screen dream: To float multiple virtual screens you need Viture’s SpaceWalker app. Company machines without admin privileges? You’ll be stuck with just one virtual monitor (still usable for slides or email).
What I Liked (Pros)
- Bright, crisp picture. Text in Word and Excel was perfectly legible, even under hotel room lighting.
- 120 Hz smoothness. Great for scrolling long documents; motion blur is minimal.
- Built-in diopter dials. I could share the glasses with a colleague who normally wears –3.0 D lenses.
- Better-than-expected speakers. Fine for Netflix in bed; you may want earbuds on a plane.
- True plug-and-play. Works as a regular display on almost any modern device, including iPhone 15’s USB-C port. Some people reported that the right side will warm up while connected to the cable, and this is true. But I did not find its unconfortable.
- 77g weight is also very light to ware.
What Held Me Back (Cons)
| Drawback | Why it matters |
| No peripheral vision. Outside the lenses you only see a faint outline – fine for movies, awkward for touch-typing. | You’ll keep lifting the glasses to peek at the real keyboard. |
| Primary laptop screen becomes useless. The tint darkens your built-in display on the laptop, so you effectively swap, not add, a screen. I felt a screen on the glass was about 17” screen, but its only 1920 x 1080. | Limits true dual-monitor workflows unless you install SpaceWalker (Viture’s app). With SpaceWalker app, you can show a few screen horizontally or vertically, depends on your environment, but still, you should be able to work without looking at the keyboard at all! |
| Screen feels smaller than the spec. 135″ sounds huge, but it feels more like a 24″–27″ monitor hovering in front of you, for work environment. For the media use, may be still less than 135” but around 100-110” in my feeling. | Fine for video; cramped for side-by-side spreadsheets. It was really fun to have multiple screen in front of me virtually, one showing video and other showing browser, for example. |
| Admin rights needed for multi-display mode (since it will require the SpaceWalker app). Travellers on locked-down corporate laptops can’t unleash the full potential. | Road-warrior reality check. |
My feeling of Viture Screen without Space Walker app. Roughly 17” size screen but with 1920 x 1080.
Who Will Love It
- Movie buffs – Perfect “private cinema” on long-haul flights.
- Handheld gamers – Pair with Switch or Steam Deck for big-screen play without a TV.
- Anyone craving a light bag – One cable, no extra monitor, no hotel-desk clutter.
Who Should Skip or Wait
- Heavy spreadsheet warriors who need two or three windows visible at once.
- Developers/designers who rely on colour-accurate multitasking setups.
- Corporate-laptop users without admin privileges aiming for multi-screen work.
Bottom Line
For media and single-screen tasks the Viture XR Pro is a shockingly fun travel companion. As a true productivity replacement for a dual-monitor desk, it still isn’t magic—especially if your IT department locks down installations. I’ll keep packing it for flights and hotel Netflix nights, but my folding 15″ portable monitor is not retiring just yet.
Footnotes
- Viture official product page https://www.viture.jp
I some how having hard time to find a spec info on English site…
