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I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Re: I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Post by fragmede »

Borealid wrote: post #8
tdeck wrote: post #5

I thought it would be a mini laptop like these: https://gpdstore.net/product-category/gpd-mini-laptop/ But no, he carries around a little Nuc style machine and a full, separate keyboard and charger. It's cool and all, but there's no way this whole jumble would fit in a pocket or be convenient to use on the go.

There was a recent announcement of a mini PC that was itself built into a folding keyboard - no screen. That would be the ideal device for this lifestyle.

raspberry pi comes in a keyboard form factor

Re: I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Post by tdeck »

fragmede wrote: post #11
Borealid wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There was a recent announcement of a mini PC that was itself built into a folding keyboard - no screen. That would be the ideal device for this lifestyle.

raspberry pi comes in a keyboard form factor

I have one of those and I love it, but it's not powerful enough to be a daily driver for most folks, unfortunately.

Re: I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Post by kotaKat »

tocs3 wrote: post #3

Can AR glasses be used as just a monitor? I am under the impression that they are sort of smart devices. How do they get a video signal from the computer?

So, the Xreal glasses are (generally) a dumb USB-C DisplayPort alt-mode device. Plug glasses in, get video to the little displays in your eyes. With a companion app (not needed) you can have your computer do some heavy lifting and make virtual displays out of it.

The new "One" unit referenced in this review is the same but does have some smarts to do on-glasses processing of the virtual displays itself instead, if I understand it.

Xreal also sells you some companion devices that are just little Android bricks to cast media to and from and play things from as well.

Re: I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Post by bobsmooth »

tocs3 wrote: post #3

Can AR glasses be used as just a monitor? I am under the impression that they are sort of smart devices. How do they get a video signal from the computer?

Checkout Voidstar Labs. He hacked a set of AR glasses to use as a teleprompter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAuwW7Wzrng

Re: I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Post by ganoushoreilly »

tdeck wrote: post #5

I thought it would be a mini laptop like these: https://gpdstore.net/product-category/gpd-mini-laptop/ But no, he carries around a little Nuc style machine and a full, separate keyboard and charger. It's cool and all, but there's no way this whole jumble would fit in a pocket or be convenient to use on the go.

I was hoping to see this too. I regularly travel with my vision pro and it has been fantastic. It's definitely bulky though. I also tend to carry a couple laptops for work and recently switch my windows laptop to a GPD pocket. While I like it (using right now), the keyboard has many nuances you have to adjust to. Both of those options end up with me bringing a small keyboard and mouse.

I own a previous gen Xreal set and it just wasn't there for me resolution wise. I may have to try this newer gen and see.

Re: I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Post by xattt »

kotaKat wrote: post #13
tocs3 wrote: post #3

Can AR glasses be used as just a monitor? I am under the impression that they are sort of smart devices. How do they get a video signal from the computer?

So, the Xreal glasses are (generally) a dumb USB-C DisplayPort alt-mode device. Plug glasses in, get video to the little displays in your eyes. With a companion app (not needed) you can have your computer do some heavy lifting and make virtual displays out of it. The new "One" unit referenced in this review is the same but does have some smarts to do on-glasses processing of the virtual displays itself instead, if I…

What’s the resolution? Can you see the small text of individual items of the Word ribbon?

Re: I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Post by mrbonner »

The Xreal is a nice device. I got the first gen for $199. I'm able to plug this into the MacBook pro and watch Netflix in bed. The fonts do look a bit blurry and small. I don't think I can work with it full time. I don't have myopia (or my number is small to notice).

Re: I ditched my laptop for a pocketable mini PC and a pair of AR glasses

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Post by luyu_wu »

Borealid wrote: post #8
tdeck wrote: post #5

I thought it would be a mini laptop like these: https://gpdstore.net/product-category/gpd-mini-laptop/ But no, he carries around a little Nuc style machine and a full, separate keyboard and charger. It's cool and all, but there's no way this whole jumble would fit in a pocket or be convenient to use on the go.

There was a recent announcement of a mini PC that was itself built into a folding keyboard - no screen. That would be the ideal device for this lifestyle.

I saw a video recently advocating for this exact use case of said PC. That would make it truly pocketable.

It is in Chinese however!

https://b23.tv/RxSHAhD

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