Spacetop G1: New laptop reimagining arrives with Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM chipset and help from Xreal Air 2 Pro AR glasses for $1,900 starting price

[Redaktion]

The Spacetop G1 is the second product from startup Sightful. Succeeding last year's Spacetop, the Spacetop G1 is not only lighter and more powerful than its predecessor but also slightly cheaper to boot.

https://www.notebookcheck.net/Spacetop-G1-New-laptop-reimagining-arrives-with-Qualcomm-Snapdragon-ARM-chipset-and-help-from-Xreal-Air-2-Pro-AR-glasses-for-1-900-starting-price.842593.0.html

[Julian M]

It's no where near perfect and ready, but the lightweight and seemingly more practical approach makes me like this idea a lot after being constantly annoyed with most AR/VR contraptions.

This is simpler, the glasses need to be made a little lighter and less clunky, but we are finally getting closer to something actually usable for work vs Apple's awful spatial computing that just doesn't work.

[ParkoFalgore]

Conceptually im about it, but weird that they decided to go w/ proprietary OS, unless it android based i feel like its gonna be hard to justify its usability unless they're really well funded or its based on Meta's OS like how theres several forks of Android for phone developers. Battery life is surprisingly short for something that has no large display and a low powered SOC, And we really shouldn't be selling devices w/ 128gb in 2024. Pricing they would have had me if it was under $1500 tbh

[Julian M]

Conceptually im about it, but weird that they decided to go w/ proprietary OS, unless it android based i feel like its gonna be hard to justify its usability unless they're really well funded or its based on Meta's OS like how theres several forks of Android for phone developers. Battery life is surprisingly short for something that has no large display and a low powered SOC, And we really shouldn't be selling devices w/ 128gb in 2024. Pricing they would have had me if it was under $1500 tbh

Their SmartOS is based on ChromeOS, so this may explain the lowly 128 GB of storage as it's essentially designed for web-based stuff altogether. It's a weird choice, especially now that Qualcomm is pushing their latest chips for Windows (for ARM) and full-on use cases.

As I said, the OS, the limited battery life and the storage situation tell me it's not there yet, but so far it's got to be one of the most promising direction for a usable AR solution.

[kauisio]

It looks very beautiful. kadashika