Chinese start-up Nreal is launching its augmented reality glasses in the UK this spring

Attendees look at NReal’s augmented reality glasses, on the last day of CES 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Nreal, a Chinese augmented reality start-up, is planning to bring its smart glasses to the U.K.

The Beijing-based company said Tuesday it will launch its Nreal Air AR glasses in Britain later this spring through an exclusive deal with local carrier EE.

Users can watch movies or play games with Nreal's glasses. Users can connect the glasses to their phone with a cable. They are similar to the Spectacles line of smart glasses.

Air Casting allows users to view their phone screen on a 130-inch virtual display when standing four meters away.

Nreal didn't give an exact price or release date for the device. At a later date, more details will be revealed.

Nreal is one of many companies trying to bring augmented reality to a more mainstream audience. The tech has been around for a long time but has struggled to find success.

With the tech world abuzz with talk about the so-called metaverse, it has given technologies like augmented and virtual reality a new lease on life. Microsoft and Facebook want to build vast digital worlds in which millions of users can interact and transact with one another.

The co-founder of Nreal believes that the internet will start a revolutionary transformation just as it did.

When it comes to watching videos, exercising, and playing PC and cloud video games, the current mobile experience will be rendered useless by the augmented reality.

The Nreal Light and Nreal Air are the only two headsets the company has created. The company has raised over $200 million from investors. It was most recently worth $700 million.