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On May 27, 2026, RayNeo, a globally leading consumer-grade AR brand, jointly held a summer new product launch event with TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It officially launched the industry's first professional film-grade AR glasses, the RayNeo GT series. With an ultimate large screen, cinema-grade audio and visuals, and lightweight wearing experience, it brings a portable viewing experience truly comparable to that of a cinema, starting at a price of 1,899 yuan. At the same time, the new-generation AI shooting glasses, the RayNeo V4, comprehensively refresh the industry's upper limits in core experiences such as AI response, long battery life, low-light shooting, and dust and water resistance. It brings the ability to be worn daily, truly replacing traditional glasses, starting at a price of 2,199 yuan.
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As the number one brand in the global AR glasses market, RayNeo, with its self-developed capabilities across the entire chain from underlying optical design to mass production of the whole machine, comprehensively deploys and covers three major categories: AR viewing, AI shooting, and AI + AR spatial computing platforms. Li Hongwei, the CEO of RayNeo, said, "In 2025, RayNeo proved its number one position with sales; in 2026, RayNeo will prove its number one position with products." During the period of accelerated market explosion, RayNeo focuses on products and technologies themselves. By gradually improving the industry standards for basic experiences, it promotes smart glasses to truly reach the experience level expected by users.
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At the launch event, RayNeo announced that Jiang Qiming, a new-generation powerful actor, officially became the brand spokesperson. In the era of noisy traffic, Jiang Qiming has won wide acclaim with his pure and focused creative attitude, maintaining a rare sense of recognition and solid word-of-mouth among the audience. This focused attitude is highly consistent with RayNeo's brand spirit of not chasing short-term gimmicks, deeply cultivating technological innovation, and pursuing the ultimate product experience. By combining the public influence of the spokesperson with the brand's technological strength, RayNeo will accelerate consumers' recognition and acceptance of smart glasses, and make smart glasses truly integrate into the daily lives of the general public.
Trinity of large screen, picture quality, and sound field, the GT series creates the industry's first professional film-grade AR glasses
RayNeo defines the new GT series as professional film-grade AR viewing glasses and jointly develops them with six professional film directors throughout the process. The RayNeo GT Max is equipped with the new Peacock Light Engine 3.0 Max. For the first time, it uses a hybrid glass-plastic prism light module to create the industry's largest 59° field of view, breaking the standard for cinema-grade large screen experience. It provides an equivalent 267-inch large screen experience at a distance of 6 meters. Moreover, with its lightweight body of 78g, it becomes the lightest AR glasses in the same category.
RayNeo has always been a promoter of AR display technology. The RayNeo GT series is equipped with the latest generation of double-layer Micro-OLED display technology and is superimposed with the first picture quality chip, Vision 4000, specially designed for AR glasses. Through frame-by-frame adjustment, it reaches the professional film-grade standard. This time, in cooperation with Dolby Laboratories, it completes the full-link customization. Through the new RayNeo Magic Box 2 Dolby Vision Edition, it creates the world's first AR glasses set that supports Dolby Vision video playback, allowing users to enjoy Dolby content on mainstream platforms.
The picture of traditional AR viewing glasses can only move with the head. When users turn their heads, the picture will shift accordingly. Prolonged viewing can easily cause discomfort due to the mismatch between vision and physical sensation. The RayNeo GT series is equipped with the self-developed spatial computing chip, Zone 360. With the native 3DoF, it realizes a hovering large screen and provides three spatial modes: follow, fixed, and anti-shake. Even on high-speed trains and airplanes, the picture can still remain stable and anti-shake. At the same time, the RayNeo GT series supports hardware-level head-tracking spatial audio, and the sound is always anchored in the direction of the picture, unifying the sense of audio-visual space. In terms of acoustic hardware, the RayNeo GT series jointly tunes the industry's largest four-speaker system with the century-old Danish acoustic brand Bang & Olufsen. The new 6-magnetic circuit back-to-back symmetrical layout achieves vibration cancellation and low sound leakage, and the sound remains clear and clean even at high volume. For the first time, the cinema-grade large screen, cinema-grade picture quality, and cinema-grade sound field are gathered in a pair of AR glasses, making the GT series truly the "next-generation cinema".
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In the market where flagship AR glasses are generally priced above 4,000 yuan, the RayNeo GT Max is priced at 2,599 yuan, and after the national subsidy, it costs 2,209.15 yuan. While maintaining the same core experience, the RayNeo GT provides a 201-inch large screen viewing experience with a lightweight body of 68g and is priced at 1,899 yuan. After the national subsidy, it costs 1,614.15 yuan. In terms of accessories, the RayNeo Magic Box 2 Dolby Vision Edition is priced at 999 yuan, the light shield at 99 yuan, and the sound guide fin at 49 yuan.
Comprehensively refreshing the industry's upper limits, the RayNeo V4 makes AI shooting glasses go from a novelty to daily life
The RayNeo V3 detonated the domestic AI shooting glasses market. Now, the RayNeo V4 is a major upgrade. It doesn't follow the industry's homogenization and doesn't benchmark against any other glasses. It only benchmarks against the industry's upper limits of experience, making smart glasses as natural, unnoticeable, and available all day long as ordinary glasses.
In the past year, smart glasses have launched more than 200 new AI functions, but the long-term usage rate of users is less than 6%. Although there are more and more functions, the daily experience hasn't really improved. The RayNeo V4 doesn't focus on short-lived new AI functions. Instead, it goes back to two most basic questions: whether the response is fast enough and whether the battery life can last a whole day. In terms of AI interaction, it uses the first-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon AR1 paired with the BES2800 from Airoha to create a dual-core collaborative architecture, bringing double optimization of performance and power consumption. With a lightning-fast AI speed of 0.2 seconds to wake up and 2.1 seconds to answer, it fully matches the level of in-vehicle systems. The natural dialogue rhythm of waking up once and being able to have continuous conversations makes the experience of talking with AI more natural and smooth. In terms of battery life, the RayNeo V4 is the first in the industry to be equipped with the Blue Whale semi-solid-state battery and the special-shaped steel shell packaging technology. The battery capacity is greatly increased by 57%. For the first time, it achieves all-day battery life. It can play music continuously for 11.5 hours and can standby continuously for more than 2 weeks. At the same time, it can be charged to 80% in 25 minutes with fast charging in the charging box.
Moreover, the RayNeo V4 brings many industry-first technologies in imaging and protection. The industry's first 1:1 large-bottom square sensor has a single-pixel photosensitive area 109% larger than that of the IMX681. Both horizontal and vertical shooting have native lossless picture quality, which is more in line with users' current sharing habits. At the same time, it is equipped with a large memory combination of 4GB + 64GB, allowing for more unrestrained shooting. Through the reconstruction and optimization of the whole machine structure, the RayNeo V4 reaches the IP67 level of dust and water resistance for the first time, fearless of rain and sand. It truly enables AI shooting glasses to be worn in all scenarios and can accompany users all day long during travel, sports, and creation. With the comprehensive upgrade of the experience, the RayNeo V4 controls the body weight at 38 grams and improves the wearing comfort through special human factor optimization, making the wearing experience close to that of ordinary glasses.
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The RayNeo V4 comes in three new color schemes: Midnight Black, Misty Gray, and Wilderness Green. In addition, there is also a sunglasses version available. In terms of price, the RayNeo V4 starts at 2,199 yuan. After the national subsidy, it can be as low as 1,869.15 yuan. When purchased with the charging box, you can enjoy a 100-yuan discount. The RayNeo V4 all-in-one set, including the charging box, sunglasses lenses, and sound guide fin, is priced at 2,799 yuan. Old users of the RayNeo V3 can enjoy a special price of 2,199 yuan. In addition, RayNeo simultaneously launches the anniversary limited edition of the V3, starting at 1,199 yuan. After the national subsidy, it can be as low as 1,019.15 yuan, providing an entry-level option for more users to experience AI shooting glasses.
The RayNeo GT series and the RayNeo V4 are now available for pre-sale on major platforms and will be officially delivered starting from May 30.
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As an Easter egg of this launch event, RayNeo previewed that the "next-generation AI glasses", the RayNeo iO, will officially debut in the third quarter. The first official preview image shows that the RayNeo iO breaks the traditional impression of thick and clumsy AI glasses. With a slimmer and lighter design, it brings a more natural and comfortable wearing experience. At the same time, the newly added knob interaction design may bring a new interaction method to the AI glasses category. Stay tuned for more information.