VITURE Luma Ultra vs XREAL One Pro

Two companies, two ideas about what to add to a screen on a USB-C cable. VITURE put cameras on Luma Ultra so it can track your position as well as your head. XREAL left them off One Pro and built it around a wider optic it calls X Prism, with its own X1 chip handling the head tracking.

Specs compared

Spec	VITURE Luma Ultra	XREAL One Pro
US price	$599	$549 on sale, $649 regular
Virtual screen	152 inches at 4 meters	Up to 171 inches at 4 meters; 310 inches ultrawide
Field of view	52 degrees	57 degrees (X Prism)
Display	1200p Sony micro-OLED	0.55-inch Sony micro-OLED, 1920 × 1080 per eye
Refresh rate	Up to 120Hz; 60, 90 or 120Hz in desktop SpaceWalker	60–120Hz
Brightness	Up to 1,500 nits	700 nits perceived (XREAL US shop)
Weight	Not published	87 g without the cable
Head tracking	6DoF on Pro Neckband and desktop SpaceWalker; 3DoF on phones	3DoF on the X1 chip
Cameras	Front RGB; two grayscale depth	None built in; optional XREAL Eye
Speakers and mics	HARMAN AudioEFX; built-in microphone	Sound by Bose; four microphones
Dimming	Electrochromic, 0.5–40%	Electrochromic, three levels
Prescription	Myopia dial to −4.0D	Partner prescription lenses; no dial
Frame sizes	Regular only, 58–70mm	M 57–66mm, L 66–75mm (US shop)
Cable	1.2m USB-C to magnetic	USB-C; a Nintendo Switch needs the XREAL Hub
Battery	None	None
Water resistance	Not published	Not published

More pixels on Ultra, more width on One Pro

Ultra has the higher resolution, 1200p against One Pro’s 1920 × 1080 per eye; VITURE markets it as “4K-like 1200p”, and XREAL’s shop sells One Pro on “4 million pixels, 1080p”. One Pro spreads its pixels across a wider 57-degree view, against 52, and XREAL sizes its picture at up to 171 inches at 4 meters, or 310 inches in ultrawide, where VITURE quotes 152 inches at the same distance.

Brightness is harder to call. Ultra’s rating is up to 1,500 nits. XREAL’s shop puts One Pro at 700 nits of “perceived” brightness, and the One Pro feature page gives no figure, so the two numbers aren’t a like-for-like comparison.

XREAL also quotes color accuracy of delta E under 3 for One Pro, and a 3-millisecond motion-to-photon time for the X1 chip, meaning the picture catches up with your head movement in 3 milliseconds.

Both darken electronically, on different scales. Ultra’s electrochromic film runs from 0.5 to 40 percent light transmission, with haze under 1 percent, a 0.1-second change and a one-click shortcut to near blackout. One Pro has three electrochromic levels.

6DoF with conditions, or 3DoF with none

3DoF tracks which way your head points; 6DoF adds where your head is, so a pinned screen stays put when you step around it. Ultra gets 6DoF from its front RGB camera, two grayscale depth cameras and a chip in the glasses that does the math, but only SpaceWalker or an app built on VITURE’s SDK can show it. In practice that means the Pro Neckband, with gestures, or SpaceWalker on a Mac or Windows PC, with gestures still to come. Plugged into an Android phone or an iPhone, Ultra tracks in 3DoF.

One Pro’s X1 chip runs 3DoF, Anchor, Follow and ultrawide modes by itself, and XREAL markets that as needing no Beam or extra app. XREAL’s copy does use the word 6DoF for Anchor mode, but One Pro has an IMU and no built-in camera, so don’t read that as the camera-based tracking Ultra does.

If privacy worries you, Ultra’s front camera has to be enabled before it works and lights an indicator while it’s on; its depth cameras are for 6DoF. One Pro has no camera unless you add XREAL Eye.

For sound, Ultra’s HARMAN AudioEFX speakers have a fundamental of about 250Hz, and One Pro’s are tuned by Bose. For calls, One Pro has four microphones, and Ultra has a built-in microphone too.

Fit, prescription and weight

XREAL makes One Pro in M and L. On its US chart, M runs 57 to 66mm around a center of 63 and L runs 66 to 75mm around 69; where the two overlap, go with the nearer center. XREAL Europe’s FAQ puts it differently, at an average of 64.5mm and an optimal 59.5 to 70.5mm, so size by the chart of the store you’re ordering from. Ultra has one frame, Regular, for 58 to 70mm, with three nose pads in the box, and VITURE suggests taking it off after 3 to 4 hours.

For nearsighted buyers, Ultra has a dial to −4.0D with axis adjustment. XREAL’s answer is prescription lenses from its partners, with no dial.

XREAL puts One Pro at 87 grams, cable excluded. Ultra’s weight isn’t published, which matters if comfort through a long film is your main worry.

Plugging in

Both need a device that sends video over USB-C (DisplayPort), and neither has a battery, so a charge-only port won’t light them up. Ultra uses a 1.2-meter magnetic cable and One Pro a plain USB-C one. VITURE lists docks for connecting phones to Ultra; XREAL’s compatibility list for One Pro is long, but a Nintendo Switch still needs XREAL’s adapter.

Price

Ultra is $599 on viture.com, with free US shipping and 30-day returns; a $399 price may also appear on that page, and it’s for a different VITURE model. XREAL’s US page and collection tiles list One Pro at $549 on sale and $649 regular, yet a review blurb on the same page still says the price was cut for good from $649 to $599, which is what One Pro cost at launch. You pay what reaches the cart, so check both stores before you buy.

Skip both if you want camera glasses like Ray-Ban Meta for 3K clips and an assistant. Ultra’s cameras serve its tracking, and XREAL Eye is an accessory.