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XREAL AURA with frontline.io
Yes - frontline.io fully supports XREAL AURA.
The complete industrial XR platform (Digital Twins, Interactive Flows, Remote Assist, and the AIR AI assistant) runs on XREAL AURA, the sub-95-gram optical see-through Android XR glasses launching fall 2026.
Existing frontline.io content deploys to AURA with no rebuilding, reconfiguration, or additional development.
What is XREAL AURA?
XREAL AURA is a pair of lightweight optical see-through (OST) AR glasses built by XREAL in collaboration with Google and Qualcomm, launching in fall 2026.
For manufacturers, the weight is the headline. Heavy headsets have been the single biggest barrier to AR adoption on the factory floor and in field service. A device technicians will actually keep on changes the economics of every XR program.
Optical see-through optics
Workers always see the real machine, with digital content overlaid on it
Under 95 grams
Light enough for technicians to wear an entire 8-hour shift without fatigue
70-degree field of view
A virtually borderless visual canvas for 3D work instructions and digital twins
Powered by Android XR and Snapdragon Reality Elite
Qualcomm's latest dedicated XR platform with on-device multimodal AI
Hand tracking and 6DoF tracking
Via world-facing sensors, enabling fully hands-free operation
Why does XREAL AURA matter for factory floor and field service teams?
Because hardware comfort was the last barrier (the software has been ready). Until now, industrial AR meant a trade-off: powerful headsets that were too heavy for a full shift, or lightweight glasses too limited for real work. XREAL AURA removes that trade-off, and frontline.io ensures the software side is there on day one.
With frontline.io on XREAL AURA, a technician can:
Start a maintenance procedure by voice
No tablet, no paper manual, no walking back to a workstation
See a 3D Digital Twin of the exact assembly in front of them
Overlaid on the physical machine
Follow step-by-step Interactive Flows
with visual guidance anchored to the equipment
Escalate to a remote expert
Through Remote Assist without breaking focus
Ask AIR (Augmented Intelligent Reality) anything
frontline.io's industrial AI assistant that understands the worker's machine, location, context, and current task
A Practical Path Beyond HoloLens 2 for Industrial XR
As Microsoft HoloLens 2 approaches its official end of support on December 31, 2027, industrial teams need a future-ready path for their XR strategy.
XREAL AURA gives organizations a modern way to continue hands-free spatial workflows without the weight, complexity, or adoption friction often associated with earlier industrial XR headsets.
Teams can stay focused on the same business goals: faster onboarding, fewer support delays, better knowledge transfer, and more confident field execution.
XREAL AURA reflects a shift toward lighter, more wearable industrial XR, making XR easier to adopt across manufacturing, field service, healthcare, training, and other hands-on environments.
For organizations planning beyond HoloLens 2, it offers a practical foundation for connected workers, AI-assisted operations, and scalable XR deployment.
Where does XREAL AURA Fit within frontline.io supported devices ecosystem?
frontline.io runs across a range of devices. Each serves a different role. Choosing the right one depends on the task and environment.
The same content, the same digital twins, the same workflows, on every device your teams already use.
Use XREAL AURA for lightweight AR access
Hands-free Digital Twin access, AI-guided workflows and visual procedures in the field, without stepping away from the equipment.
Immersive training and simulation in a dedicated learning environment, away from the live floor
Ruggedized industrial AR built for demanding floor deployments on real equipment
Content creation, remote access and broad scale without headset hardware.