TQSKY
| TQSKY | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Industry | Augmented Reality, Consumer electronics |
| Founded | 2021 |
| Founder | Wang Jie (Jessie Wang) |
| Headquarters | Shenzhen, China |
| Notable Personnel | Wang Jie (Jessie Wang), founder and CEO |
| Products | Audiovisual AR display glasses |
| Website | https://store.tqsky.com |
TQSKY (legally Shenzhen TQSKY Technology Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese consumer electronics company that designs lightweight Augmented Reality display glasses for video, gaming, and personal viewing. The company is based in Shenzhen and was founded in 2021 by Wang Jie, who uses the English name Jessie Wang and who previously founded and led the Chinese virtual reality maker 3Glasses.[1][2][3] Its products are marketed as "audiovisual glasses": tethered eyewear that uses birdbath optics and tiny Micro-OLED panels to project a large floating screen, rather than full standalone Mixed Reality headsets.[4][5]
The company's first product, the TQSKY T1, launched on Kickstarter in July 2022, where it raised roughly 449,000 US dollars against a 28,000 US dollar goal.[6] Alongside its own glasses, TQSKY also licenses its display platform to other brands under a business-to-business program it calls "Powered by TQSKY," which it presented at Mobile World Congress 2023.[7]
History
TQSKY was established in 2021 in Shenzhen, China, as a near-eye display venture by Wang Jie.[2][1] Before starting the company, Wang Jie spent about two decades in the near-eye display industry through 3Glasses and its predecessor, Shenzhen Jingweidu Technology. She founded 3Glasses, one of China's early VR headset makers, and led it for seven years before formally stepping down as its chief executive on 17 December 2021 while remaining a shareholder and founder. Reporting at the time noted that she was preparing to begin "a new career," which became TQSKY.[3] For its international sales the company has also operated under the name TQSKY Technology Limited Co.; its early press materials gave a New York address and a January 2022 founding date for that entity, while the research and development operation is registered in Shenzhen.[1][2]
The company introduced itself publicly on 7 July 2022 with the launch of the TQSKY T1 on Kickstarter, billing it as one of the first "audiovisual glasses" aimed at consumers.[1][4] The 31-day campaign ran through 7 August 2022 and finished with about 448,574 US dollars pledged by 699 backers, more than fifteen times its 28,000 US dollar goal.[6] Early-bird units were offered at 469 US dollars against a stated retail price of 799 US dollars.[1][6]
In February 2023 the company expanded beyond selling under its own name and announced a "Powered by TQSKY" reference solution at Mobile World Congress 2023, partnering with an unnamed phone maker to bring a co-branded pair of Smart glasses to market. The package included a wireless casting box supporting AirPlay, Miracast, and DLNA along with plug-and-play support for iPhone and Android devices, and was offered to other companies entering the Extended reality market.[7] The company followed the T1 with a second-generation product, the T2, which it began promoting in 2025.[8]
Technology
TQSKY's glasses follow the same broad design as other lightweight display eyewear from companies such as Xreal and Rokid. Each lens hides a small Micro-OLED panel whose image is bounced off a curved semi-reflective combiner, an arrangement known as birdbath optics, so the picture appears to float several meters in front of the wearer as a large virtual screen.[4][5] Because processing and power come from a connected phone, console, computer, or the company's wireless box, the glasses themselves stay close to the size and weight of ordinary sunglasses; the T1 weighs about 79 grams.[4][1]
The company emphasizes media playback rather than spatial computing. Its glasses do not include outward cameras or positional tracking, so they act primarily as a wearable display rather than a self-contained Augmented Reality computer. TQSKY highlights built-in vision correction (an adjustable focus that accommodates myopia up to roughly 600 degrees, or about -6.00 diopters, without separate prescription lenses) and audio quality, marketing the T1 as carrying a Hi-Res sound certification with directional speakers intended to keep audio private.[4][1] Through the "Powered by TQSKY" program the company offers this hardware and software stack to third-party brands as a turnkey solution for entering the smart glasses market.[7]
Products
TQSKY's catalog consists of tethered audiovisual display glasses. The T1 was its debut product, and the T2 followed as a higher-resolution, dual-mode successor.
| Product | Year | Type | Notable specs and notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| TQSKY T1 | 2022 | Tethered AR display glasses | Debut product; launched on Kickstarter 7 July 2022; dual 1920x1080 Micro-OLED panels, 60Hz, up to 1,800 nits, 100,000:1 contrast, 43-degree Field of view, 150-inch virtual screen; about 79 g; Birdbath optics; 0-600 degree (-6.00D) focus adjustment; Hi-Res certified audio; USB-C; 469 US dollars early-bird, 799 US dollars retail[4][1][6][5] |
| TQSKY T2 | 2025 | Tethered AR display glasses | Second-generation "dual-mode" model; 170-inch display (expandable to 340 inches), 4K-class resolution; adjustable semi-open directional audio; magnetic UV400 lenses; 0 to -6.00D focus adjustment; cinema, work, game, and "adventure" modes[8] |
Reception
Coverage of TQSKY has centered on its T1 glasses, which drew attention as an early, relatively low-cost entry in the audiovisual display-glasses category. The German technology site Notebookcheck reported on the T1's launch and described it as an augmented reality pair starting at around 466 euros through its crowdfunding campaign, while cautioning, as is standard for crowdfunded hardware, that backing such a campaign carries financial risk.[4] The product's strong Kickstarter response, finishing at more than 1,600 percent of its goal, was treated by the company and trade press as a sign of consumer interest in glasses that mirror a large screen from a phone or console.[6][1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "TQSKY launches T1 Smart Glasses for a Portable Entertainment Experience Like Never Before". 2022-07-07. https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/tqsky-launches-t1-smart-glasses-for-a-portable-entertainment-experience-like-never-before-301581269.html.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Shenzhen TQSKY Technology". https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shenzhen-tqsky-technology.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Wang Jie officially stepped down as CEO of 3glasses". 2021-12-22. https://equalocean.com/briefing/20211222230105505.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "TQSKY T1: Augmented-Reality-Brille startet mit hoher Aufloesung und breiter Kompatibilitaet". 2022-07-18. https://www.notebookcheck.com/TQSKY-T1-Augmented-Reality-Brille-startet-mit-hoher-Aufloesung-und-breiter-Kompatibilitaet.635544.0.html.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Features & Technical Information Of TQSKY T1". https://store.tqsky.com/pages/features-technical-information-of-tqsky-t1.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 "TQSKY T1-Your Personal Audiovisual Glasses by TQSKY :: Kicktraq". https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/tqksy/tqsky-t1-your-own-portable-and-private-cinema/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 "TQSKY ties up with partners to unveil new smart glasses at MWC2023 based on its complete solution Powered by TQSKY". 2023-02-23. https://www.prnewswire.com/in/news-releases/tqsky-ties-up-with-partners-to-unveil-new-smart-glasses-at-mwc2023-based-on-its-complete-solution-powered-by-tqsky-301751369.html.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "TQSKY Unveils T2 Dual-Mode Smart Audiovisual Glasses: A Fusion of Cutting-Edge Tech and Luxury Design". 2025-06-12. https://markets.financialcontent.com/kelownadailycourier/article/marketersmedia-2025-6-12-tqsky-unveils-t2-dual-mode-smart-audiovisual-glasses-a-fusion-of-cutting-edge-tech-and-luxury-design.