Linus Sebastian's AR rethink runs from tabletop games to Zelda
His XREAL-sponsored hands-on puts floating screens and Gemini assistance to work, with an overheating interruption along the way.
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Story of Why this story? One of the most watched videos since yesterday, with 630,239 views.
I was wrong about Augmented Reality
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- 1:05Micro-OLED displays sit behind electronically dimming lenses, with cameras and sensors supporting the mixed-reality setup.
- 5:01Demeo places a tabletop role-playing game in the room, controlled through hand tracking.
- 7:50An overheating warning briefly interrupts the processing puck before Sebastian continues with an interactive-media demonstration.
- 11:00The lenses clear when someone speaks; a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse then support work in Google Docs.
- 12:03A connected Nintendo Switch supplies Tears of the Kingdom, while Gemini offers live gaming hints.
- 13:47Google Maps' immersive 3D view lets Sebastian explore the Carcross Desert and Vancouver.
A tabletop dungeon appears in the room, and Linus Sebastian reaches into the game using hand tracking. "Now that's mixed reality," he says. It is the most direct demonstration of the promise behind his new Linus Tech Tips upload, "I was wrong about Augmented Reality."
The video has drawn roughly 630,000 views since yesterday. It is sponsored by XREAL, which provided an early look at its Aura spatial computing glasses and the separate processing puck that runs them. This is a hands-on tour of that setup, rather than an independent buying verdict.
Sebastian moves between entertainment and ordinary desk work. He resizes a flat video window, tries a mode that keeps it following his view, then uses a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse in Google Docs. When someone speaks to him, the tinted lenses automatically clear, letting the room back in without requiring him to remove the glasses.
The Nintendo Switch demonstration gives the built-in Gemini assistant something more playful to do: offer live hints while Sebastian plays The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Not every exchange produces a revelation. One answer emphasizes the freedom to explore, rather than supplying a particularly specific solution. Elsewhere, the processing puck briefly interrupts proceedings with an overheating warning.
Several viewers ask for a separate, unsponsored review, with commuting and travel among the uses they want examined. Another proposes replacing the dedicated puck with an existing Android phone. Those are practical questions about what would make the glasses worth carrying.
Sebastian's final substantial demo is less about getting things done: he explores the Carcross Desert and Vancouver in Google Maps' immersive 3D view, turning the glasses into a window onto places beyond the studio.
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The Aura hands-on has passed 630,000 views in its opening hours. That is its actual audience so far, not a projected full-day total.
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Which Zelda game is Tears of the Kingdom a direct sequel to?
Tears of the Kingdom continues the version of Link and Hyrule introduced in Breath of the Wild.