- The Sunday Dragon 3D One wearable prototype will now be released in mid-November as the abxylute 3D One.
- The company claims it will be the world’s “first” glasses-free 3D gaming laptop PC
- Its retail price will be $1,799, costing almost the same as the GPD Win 5, which is the most powerful portable gaming PC.
The portable gaming PC market is seeing new additions in quick succession, with the recent launch of the Lenovo Legion Go 2 and ROG Xbox Ally X and ROG Xbox Ally devices, and this ambitious new one might be the most ridiculous yet.
As reported by Notebookcheck, the abxylute 3D One handheld will launch on Kickstarter (a crowdfunding platform), with an estimated release date of November 13. The retail price is $1,799, while the early bird price is $1,499 for a limited time.
The abxylute 3D One handheld has a 10.95-inch display, possibly the largest portable gaming PC display we’ve seen yet, with a screen resolution of 2560×1600, using Intel’s impressive Lunar Lake Core Ultra 7 258V (also found in the MSI Claw 8 AI+), and abxylute also claims that this is the world’s “first” glasses-free 3D handheld. world.
This device might ring a bell if you tuned into the CES 2025 coverage, as there was a handheld called the Sunday Dragon 3D One in its prototype phase from Tencent, and there was a chance it hadn’t even seen the light of day, but here we are, with the concept-based abxylute 3D One.
It’s certainly not the world’s first glasses-free 3D handheld gaming device, considering the Nintendo 3DS. Still, it may technically be the world’s first glasses-free 3D gaming laptop PC if it launches before the DigiEra HoloMax laptop-notebook hybrid PC, which seems possible since the latter hasn’t launched yet.
If it wasn’t already obvious, I think this is pretty ridiculous, as I first thought when the prototype was revealed in early January, alongside the Acer Nitro Blaze 11 (priced at $1,099). Both handhelds have a ridiculously large 11-inch screen, which ignores any idea of ​​portability (mind you, that’s one of the most important aspects of a handheld), but what makes the abxylute 3D One possibly the worst offender is the $1,799 retail price.
There’s already a lot of criticism from consumers (and me) about handheld pricing, and this one manages to cost almost as much as the most powerful handheld on the market, the GPD Win 5 (which uses the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395), without achieving the same performance capabilities.
Many may feel that glasses-free 3D capability is not guaranteed and especially not the 11-inch screen size, which pushes a handheld into gaming laptop territory. It’s another stark reminder of why Valve’s Steam Deck has been so successful, sticking to affordability, with a reasonable screen size and a processor that does more than enough for portable gaming.
There will no doubt be an audience for an 11-inch handheld, but as I mentioned before, let’s hope this is the limit for portable devices, because it doesn’t look great as is.
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