Nailing the trends? Lenovo may release gaming AR glasses alongside Steam Deck competitor

The AR (augmented reality) market is doing pretty well in 2023, with glasses like the Xreal Air and Rokid Max enjoying growing popularity, and an augmented reality headset by none other than Apple having been announced – the Apple Vision Pro.

Samsung too has been rumored to be preparing an AR/VR headset of its own, and now we're hearing Lenovo might be targeting a very specific market with its own AR glasses – the handheld gaming one.

Citing anonymous, but "reliable" sources, Windows Report says that the Chinese giant Lenovo is quietly working on an entire gaming ecosystem, hitting several new tech trends. One of which we already know about – it's a Steam Deck and Nintendo Switch competitor – the Windows 11-powered Legion Go handheld.

Another is now claimed to be a new pair of Legion AR glasses, designed specifically for gaming, presumably meant to be plugged into said Legion Go, and serving as a big virtual gaming monitor for it.

As someone who's already used AR glasses with his Steam Deck, I can definitely confirm that it is a fantastic, futuristic and ultra-portable gaming setup, so it's not hard to presume Lenovo might be seeing the potential in it, and thus looking to continue investing into the growing AR and handheld gaming markets as soon as possible.

Of course, those AR glasses Lenovo is supposedly preparing to release will have to compete with the likes of the Xreal Air and Rokid Max, and giving them 120Hz might just be the common sense move that would give them a leg up against the competition.

And considering Lenovo's AR glasses are rumored to be specifically gaming-oriented, a higher refresh rate than what we usually get would make perfect sense.

We don't really have much else on Lenovo's rumored AR gaming glasses, but for reference, the above-mentioned competition costs between $379 and $439. Will Lenovo's AR glasses undercut those prices, or the opposite? Will they have head tracking, or will they serve as a simple but effective fixed virtual display for gamers? Stay tuned for updates.