I’ve been so tempted but some of the reviews say it’s not good for reading code. What’s been your experience? What is the effective resolution of the screen you get? Is it sharp enough for coding?

Currently working on an Amtrak with XReal One Pro glasses and a ThinkPad bluetooth keyboard from my Macbook Pro that is folded up in the seat pocket.

They are "OK enough" that it will be a matter of taste if they are acceptable or not at this point for you to use.

For coding they work fine for me, terminal tools work particularly well as I can bump the font size up. IDEs and web browsing aren't bad either, it's about the equivalent of a single 1080p screen. They are nicer than hunching over a laptop for travel use but I still prefer a proper monitor when available.

The optics are a generation or two from being where they need to be to market these as productivity devices, but if you like being an early adopter with all the quirks that come with it, they're fun.

They're like reading a projector. It's not very good, but it's better than awkwardly staring at the computer screen.

Don’t listen to anyone saying it is fine for reading or writing extensively with the xReal. I have one and it is PITA to do that over a long period. You better just stick with watching videos or playing games with it.

It's a definite "it depends". The resolution is fine, but I think it's more about the specific pair of glasses you get? I got the same model three times (long story), and the first two were fine, the third has some blurring in the middle of the right eye.

It's also uncomfortable to look at the very bottom of the screen (which is where all the chat text boxes are), so I usually resize all my windows to be a bit smaller. With that, it's very good (and you can always just increase the font size).

I would like glasses with smaller fov, so I didn't have to look around so much, but that's probably just me, since everyone else likes them larger.