Rokid Air Pro
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| Rokid Air Pro | |
|---|---|
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| Basic Info | |
| VR/AR | Augmented Reality |
| Type | Head-mounted display |
| Subtype | AR Glasses |
| Developer | Rokid |
| Manufacturer | Rokid |
| Release Date | October 2021 |
| Requires | Mobile phone and dock |
| Successor | Rokid Max Pro |
| System | |
| CPU | Provided by the connected mobile phone |
| Display | |
| Display | 2 x Micro OLED binocular |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 per-eye |
| Refresh Rate | 75 Hz (Rokid spec sheet, February 2022); 60 Hz (later Rokid spec sheet, from December 2022) |
| Image | |
| Field of View | 43° diagonal |
| Optics | |
| Optics | Birdbath optics |
| Ocularity | Binocular |
| Audio | |
| Audio | Stereo sound directed over the wearer's ears |
| Microphone | Array microphone |
| Camera | 8 MP, 1080p video streaming |
| Connectivity | |
| Power | Supplied by the connected mobile phone |
| Device | |
| Weight | 83 g (a later Rokid spec table lists 89 g) |
| Sensors | 9-axis IMU, GPS, camera, proximity sensor, array microphone |
| Input | Voice and visual recognition |
Rokid Air Pro is an augmented reality head-mounted display released in 2021 by the Chinese company Rokid. Rokid lists its release in October 2021 and describes it as "an AR intelligent glasses for exhibition and cultural tourism".[1] It is a foldable, binocular pair of glasses with two Micro-OLED displays, a 43-degree field of view, an 8-megapixel camera and voice control. It has no processor or battery of its own: computing and power come from a connected mobile phone.[2]
Rokid marketed the Air Pro as "The Best Portable AR Glasses for Training & Exhibition", with education, training and museum audio guides as its main uses.[2] In 2022 the company said the glasses were used in more than 60 museums worldwide.[3] The Air Pro came out one month after the consumer Rokid Air, which Rokid released in September 2021.[1]
Announcement and release
Rokid's corporate timeline places the release of the Air Pro in October 2021, after the Rokid Air in September 2021.[1] By February 2022 the product had its own page on Rokid's English-language website, which listed its hardware specifications and museum use.[2]
In 2022 Rokid promoted the Air Pro at trade events in the United States. At Field Service Palm Springs, held from 26 to 28 April 2022 in Palm Springs, California, Rokid announced that it would exhibit the Air Pro alongside the Rokid X-Craft, Rokid Glass 2 and Rokid Air at booth 406.[4] The company also brought the Air Pro, X-Craft and Glass 2 to AWE 2022 (Augmented World Expo), held from 1 to 3 June 2022 in Santa Clara, California.[5] A post-show news item on the website of AREA, of which Rokid is a member, said Rokid had shown its glasses to more than 5,000 attendees and described the Air Pro as binocular AR glasses with voice control.[6]
Design and hardware
The Air Pro is a pair of foldable glasses that Rokid says is small enough to fit in a pocket and looks like regular sunglasses. It has a visor for outdoor use.[2] In a 2023 overview of AR glasses for the museum and tourism market, the Chinese XR publication VR Tuoluo wrote that the Air Pro uses a split design with birdbath and Micro-OLED optics. Glasses of this type usually have a dark shade lens to improve display quality, which makes the real surroundings harder to see; according to VR Tuoluo, the Air Pro's shade lens flips up so the wearer can move between the virtual image and the real scene.[7]
The glasses have no processor, memory, storage or battery of their own. Rokid lists these as "Mobile Phone" or "Depends on cell phone" and says battery life depends on the model of phone. The product page describes the glasses as "Paired with Dock and Phone".[2]
Rokid's spec sheet changed between versions of the product page. The February 2022 version lists a weight of 83 g, a 75 Hz refresh rate and an operating temperature of -10 to 40 °C.[2] From December 2022, the spec table lists 89 g, 60 Hz and -10 to 45 °C, while the page's feature text still gives the weight as 83 g.[8] The consumer Rokid Air has the same 83 g weight and 43-degree field of view.[9]
Specifications
| Component | Specification (Rokid, February 2022) | Later Rokid spec sheet (from December 2022) |
|---|---|---|
| Display | 2 x Micro-OLED binocular | Same |
| Resolution | 1920x1080 per-eye (listed as "1920 X 1080 (Binocular)") | Same |
| Refresh Rate | 75 Hz | 60 Hz |
| Field of View | 43° diagonal | Same |
| Contrast ratio | 100000:1 | Same |
| Camera | 8 MP, 1080p video streaming | Same |
| Sensors | 9-axis IMU, GPS, camera, proximity sensor, array microphone | Same |
| Noise reduction | 90 dB | Same |
| Audio | Stereo sound directed over the wearer's ears ("Private Spatial Sound") | Same |
| CPU, memory, storage, battery | Provided by the connected mobile phone | Same |
| 5G | None | Same |
| Ingress protection | IP52 | Same |
| Weight | 83 g | 89 g in the spec table; 83 g in the feature text |
| Operating temperature | -10 to 40 °C | -10 to 45 °C |
Sources: Rokid product page, February 2022[2] and December 2022.[8]
Software and features
Rokid lists voice and visual recognition as the Air Pro's input methods.[2] VR Tuoluo reported that Rokid optimized the glasses for voice commands because museum visitors are a diverse group, and that Rokid tuned noise reduction and directional recognition for noisy spaces. VR Tuoluo cited Rokid's own data for a recognition accuracy of up to 98 percent.[7]
For museums, Rokid promoted customized content that shows hidden structures, information and stories behind cultural relics as overlays on the real exhibits, together with interactive question-and-answer features and games. Rokid presented this as an upgrade to the traditional audio guide.[2] Rokid's enterprise app store listed a Unity 3D exploded-view demonstration that runs on the X-Craft or on the Rokid Air and Air Pro, aimed at technicians who need to see the internal structure of components.[10]
Deployment
The Air Pro product page states that Rokid "served 59 museums worldwide".[2] In April 2022 Rokid said the glasses had been "widely used in 60+ museums around the world".[3] In its October 2023 overview, VR Tuoluo described the Air Pro as one of the AR glasses seen most often in major museums.[7]
Awards
On 13 April 2022, Rokid announced that the X-Craft and the Air Pro had been recognized with a Red Dot Award and an iF Design Award in 2022.[3] The Red Dot and iF online winner databases each have a 2022 entry for Rokid AR glasses under the name Rokid Air; the iF entry describes a model for consumers with a 500-degree diopter adjustment.[11][12]
Successor
According to VR Tuoluo, the Air Pro was succeeded at the end of August 2023 by the Rokid Max Pro. The Max Pro is similar in specification to the earlier Rokid Max, has a 50-degree field of view and adds a single front-facing grayscale camera that can be used for SLAM and gesture recognition.[7]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "About Us". Rokid. Rokid. https://www.rokid.com/en-US/about. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 "Rokid Air Pro - Everyday AR Glasses for Education, Training & Exhibition". Rokid. Rokid Inc.. 2022-02-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20220217221806/https://rokid.ai/rokid-air-pro/. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Rokid received 2022 Red Dot and iF Design Awards". Rokid. Rokid Inc.. 2022-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20240227035126/https://rokid.ai/rokid-received-2022-red-dot-and-if-design-awards/. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "Rokid To Showcase Its Global-Leading AR Glass At Field Service Palm Springs 2022". Field Technologies Online. Rokid. 2022-04-20. https://www.fieldtechnologiesonline.com/doc/rokid-to-showcase-global-leading-ar-glass-field-service-palm-springs-0001. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "Rokid Displays Its Well-Rounded AR Enterprise Solution And Awardwinning AR Glasses At AWE 2022". Field Technologies Online. Rokid. 2022-05-19. https://www.fieldtechnologiesonline.com/doc/rokid-displays-its-well-rounded-ar-enterprise-solution-and-awardwinning-ar-glasses-at-awe-0001. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "Rokid displayed their AR glasses to AWE 2022". AREA. AR for Enterprise Alliance. 2022-06-08. https://thearea.org/ar-news/rokid-displayed-their-ar-glasses-to-awe-2022/. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Wan Li (2023-10-12). "消费级AR市场内卷，文旅市场成新蓝海 (Consumer AR market competition intensifies; cultural tourism becomes a new blue ocean)". VR Tuoluo. https://www.vrtuoluo.cn/537917.html. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Rokid Air Pro - Everyday AR Glasses for Education, Training & Exhibition". Rokid. Rokid Inc.. 2022-12-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20221208031118/https://rokid.ai/rokid-air-pro/. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "Global shipments of Rokid Air exceed 30,000 Worldwide". Business Wire. Rokid. 2022-08-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20220831104919/https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220819005169/en/. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "Rokid Apps". Rokid. Rokid Inc.. 2024-04-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20240418142228/https://rokid.ai/rokid-apps/. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "Rokid Air". Red Dot Design Award. Red Dot GmbH. 2022. https://www.red-dot.org/project/rokid-air-59208. Retrieved 2026-09-27.
- ↑ "Rokid Air". iF Design. iF International Forum Design. 2022. https://ifdesign.com/en/winner-ranking/project/rokid-air/329605. Retrieved 2026-09-27.