After nearly three years of development, Sightful has unveiled the Spacetop G1, the world's first augmented reality laptop that uses AR glasses to deliver a 100-inch virtual display and runs on Chrome OS.
Currently priced at $1,700 (it usually sells for $1,900), the Spacetop G1 is available to pre-order for a $100 refundable deposit and is expected to begin shipping in October 2024. For now, it's only available in the US.
Developed by a team of more than 60 space computing experts, including veterans from Apple, Microsoft and Magic Leap, Spacetop offers a private virtual workspace. The laptop form factor houses custom hardware and a proprietary spatial environment, allowing users to design and customize their workspace wherever they are.
Tethered AR Glasses
The Spacetop G1 measures 0.51 inches tall, 2.44 inches wide, 11.81 inches deep, and weighs 3.08 pounds. It runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon QCS8550 platform with a KRYO CPU and Adreno 740 graphics, and comes with 16GB LPDDR5 memory and 128GB UFS3.1 storage.
The G1 features two USB-C ports and connectivity options include Wi-Fi 7, 5G (there is support for Nano-SIM and eSIM) and Bluetooth 5.3. The 60 Wh battery promises up to 8 hours of battery life, or a “full day of work,” as the company says.
The G1 integrates NReal glasses with the patented Spacetop environment, providing clear, high-resolution AR windows overlaid on the real world. The glasses, which attach to the laptop, weigh 0.18 pounds and come with two OLED display panels (1920×1080 pixels per eye) with a 90Hz refresh rate and a 50° diagonal field of view. Custom prescription lenses are available from -8.00D to +6.00D.
It will be interesting to see if companies are ready to embrace the concept of a screenless AR laptop like the Spacetop G1, especially given its high price.
“Laptops are essential to our daily work lives, but the technology has not evolved to accommodate the modern 'work from anywhere' mentality,” said Tamir Berliner, CEO and co-founder of Sightful. “Meanwhile, augmented reality shows promise but lacks an everyday use case. Spacetop G1 is the first step towards a new paradigm.”
