RayNeo Air 4 Pro AR Glasses Work With DJI Mini 5 Pro and Avata 2, Offering a $249 Alternative to DJI’s $499 Goggles 3

The DJI Mini 5 Pro has one well-known limitation: it doesn’t work with FPV goggles. For pilots who bought the Mini 5 Pro expecting an immersive flying experience, that’s a frustrating wall to hit. A new video from the YouTube channel Just a Tech Guy may have found a way around it, using $249 AR glasses that plug directly into the RC2 controller’s USB-C port and pull up a live feed in seconds.

• The Development: The RayNeo Air 4 Pro, a pair of 76g AR glasses with a built-in virtual screen equivalent to a 201-inch display at a perceived distance, works as a heads-up display for the DJI Mini 5 Pro via a simple USB-C connection to the RC2 controller, no additional hardware required.
• The So What: Mini 5 Pro pilots have no DJI goggle option at any price. The RayNeo gives them a dedicated heads-up display for $249 — $250 less than the DJI Goggles 3 at $499, and in a form factor that fits in a jacket pocket.
• The Catch: For the DJI Avata 2 or any drone running the O4 Air Unit, you still need the physical goggles — the RayNeo workflow requires a phone as a middleman via the DJI Fly app’s Share Live View feature.
• The Source: The full demonstration is available on YouTube.

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Connects Directly to the DJI Mini 5 Pro RC2 Controller

The RayNeo Air 4 Pro plugs into the USB-C port on the back of the glasses, and the other end goes into the USB-C port at the bottom of the RC2 controller. That’s the entire setup. The screen comes up immediately, reported as super bright, with physical brightness buttons on the glasses frame. No pairing process. No app install. No battery to charge on the glasses themselves, since they draw power directly from whatever they’re connected to — worth noting that this pulls from the RC2’s battery, a real-world tradeoff for field flying.

This matters because the DJI Mini 5 Pro has been one of the most discussed drones of early 2026, and goggle compatibility has consistently come up as a missing feature. The RayNeo workaround doesn’t turn the Mini 5 Pro into a true FPV drone, but it gives pilots a dedicated screen that sits in their field of vision rather than a small controller display. You can still see the controller underneath the glasses while flying, which helps with situational awareness.

The display uses a Pixelworks HDR10 panel with 10-bit color depth, rendering 1.07 billion colors according to RayNeo’s own product page. For comparison, most competing AR glasses top out at 16.7 million colors, the standard 8-bit figure. Whether that difference shows up during a drone feed is debatable, but it’s a meaningful spec for the editing and media consumption use cases where these glasses also apply. RayNeo’s product page also notes that the 201-inch screen figure is a virtual size based on optical principles at a specific perceived distance — not a physical screen dimension.

Avata 2 and O4 Air Unit Drones Require a Different Workflow

For pilots flying the DJI Avata 2 or any drone using the O4 Air Unit (the O3 also works), the RayNeo glasses don’t connect directly to the goggles. The video demonstrates a workaround: enable Share Live View inside the DJI Goggles menu, open the DJI Fly app on your phone, connect to the goggles’ live view, and the feed mirrors to your phone. The RayNeo glasses then plug into the phone via USB-C.

There is some lag in this chain, and occasional jumpiness, though the demonstrator describes it as mostly smooth. The critical point: flight range is determined by the goggles and the drone’s transmission system, not by the glasses. The glasses are just a display. This also means the setup works as a spectator mode — a second person wearing the glasses connected to a phone gets the same live feed without needing their own set of goggles.

If you’ve been following our coverage of the DJI Goggles N3, the spectator mode angle is particularly interesting. The N3 supports Share Live View, and the RayNeo glasses extend that capability to anyone holding a phone. That’s a low-friction way to let someone else see the flight in real time without buying a second pair of goggles.

RayNeo Air 4 Pro Specs and Pricing

The RayNeo Air 4 Pro weighs 76g, fits in a pocket, and draws power from whatever device it’s connected to. The audio is co-tuned with Bang & Olufsen. Pricing starts at $249 for the standard version, with a Batman collector edition at $269 that includes alternate shades and a different sound profile. Early bird pricing is currently $50 off.

Beyond drones, the glasses work with phones, laptops, the Steam Deck, and the Nintendo Switch 2. There’s a built-in 2D-to-3D AI conversion mode for watching standard content in simulated 3D. These are consumer electronics with drone compatibility, not a drone-first product — worth keeping in mind when comparing them to purpose-built FPV goggles.

If you’re exploring the broader FPV drone ecosystem, it’s worth understanding how these glasses fit against goggles designed from the ground up for low-latency flight video. The RayNeo glasses are not a replacement for serious FPV flying, but for the Mini 5 Pro pilot who wants a bigger, more immersive view and currently has no goggle option at all, they’re a genuinely different choice. The Mini 5 Pro has collected a few workaround-requiring quirks since launch. This is another one.

DroneXL’s Take

The Mini 5 Pro’s lack of goggle compatibility has been a genuine frustration in the community. DJI drew a hard line between their camera drone lineup and their FPV ecosystem, and that line still stands. What’s interesting is that the workaround didn’t come from DJI at all. It came from a consumer electronics company making AR glasses for gamers and travelers, not drone pilots.

I’ve spent time with the DJI Goggles N3 during Avata 2 sessions, and the full goggle experience is genuinely different from what a phone mirror can replicate. Latency alone changes how you fly. The RayNeo setup through a phone intermediary will feel noticeably different from strapping on a proper set of goggles. But for Mini 5 Pro pilots who have no goggle option at all? A 76g pair of AR glasses with a decent display and Bang & Olufsen audio at $249 is hard to dismiss. And at $20 more than the Goggles N3, it’s not even priced unreasonably for what it does.

The spectator mode angle may actually be the most practical use case here. Letting a client or curious bystander see the live feed in a pair of discreet glasses beats crowding around a controller screen. For commercial pilots doing inspections or real estate shoots, that’s a real quality-of-life improvement that doesn’t require anyone to own a second set of goggles.

My prediction: within six months, we’ll see at least two or three other AR glasses brands specifically market compatibility with DJI’s RC2-equipped drones as a selling point. RayNeo found an unserved gap, and that kind of discovery doesn’t stay quiet for long. DJI may respond with a firmware change or an official accessory, though they’ve shown no urgency on the Mini 5 Pro goggle question so far. Expect the third-party workaround market to fill that void first.

Editorial Note: AI tools were used to assist with research and archive retrieval for this article. All reporting, analysis, and editorial perspectives are by Haye Kesteloo.