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Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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Re: Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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Post by MobiusHorizons »

d_burfoot wrote: post #323

I feel like we are due for a revolution in computer interface design that will free us from our desks. I want to be able to do work while walking on the bike trail or sitting in a lounge chair by the pool. All the core concepts of GUI design - "mouse", "window", "file", "folder", "desktop" - were developed in a previous era with far tighter constraints on what could be done. Now we have voice understanding, wearable…

I have been thinking about this a lot recently. There is a lot you can do to work through programming problems away from your computer if you have enough of it in your head. Unfortunately, it seems harder and harder to keep the project in my head the more I rely on autocomplete, linters or other IDE features. These bring my process of reprogramming out of my head and into a more constant conversation with the editor. Autocomplete disincentivizes me from remembering the interface of my dependencies. On personal projects it’s much easier, since I have usually written all the code myself, and I have been using basic vim with no plugins at home.

Re: Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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Post by luyu_wu »

dontTREATonme wrote: post #329
wolfv wrote: post #218

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The phone market is stuck at 1080p bc the screens are small. When the wearable market is large enough, someone will develop glasses with higher resolution.

This confuses me, many phones have 4k screens, the Apple Watch has a 330ppi which is much higher than the 5k 27” display Mac display. So basically you can almost certainly source a high enough pixel density to support 2k on AR lenses.

These displays in the glasses are significantly smaller than even your Apple Watch though (0.58" or so I believe). Essentially the displays they're using are the same ones found in DSLR viewfinders. There should be higher resolution options, but I suspect the resolution limiter is the optics not the pixel size (just a suspicion).

Re: Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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Post by dlgeek »

mh- wrote: post #164
johnh-hn wrote: post #137

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That's kind of you to offer, and I'd appreciate that if you wouldn't mind. I have seen some that are a bit longer, but the height is too low for them to be of use.

Happy to (hopefully) help. I have the Fully Jarvis monitor arm[0]. But it looks like you can find substantially more options here[1] from Uplift, some of which might have better range. Back to the Jarvis, though: see how the photos of it show the arm in a typical "bent knee" shape? You can totally use it with both halves of the arm pointed in the same direction. I just did a quick measurement on mine and each of the…

I have an uplift arm and while I'm not at my desk right now, it's height adjustable and I can get it pretty close to my face (without sacrificing the height adjustment) - I have both the range and the crestview (Upgraded when I got a bigger monitor).

Re: Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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Post by asveikau »

fouc wrote: post #213
asveikau wrote: post #21

> I unfortunately had to upgrade my phone, because to drive the glasses you need to have DisplayPort Alt mode. My very cheap, very crappy old phone did not. I also run a low spec android phone, and I tried the same brand of glasses with it. My workaround was a screencast to HDMI adapter, paired with an HDMI to to DP over USB-C. Both are cheap. Occasionally the screencast flakes out. But when the network is working we…

is your HDMI to DP adapter active (powered)? what brand?

https://a.co/d/hJ99gxr

This is what my Amazon purchase history linked to, but I think the one I got in September looked very similar but without a logo on it.

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Post by realinfktop »

d_burfoot wrote: post #323

I feel like we are due for a revolution in computer interface design that will free us from our desks. I want to be able to do work while walking on the bike trail or sitting in a lounge chair by the pool. All the core concepts of GUI design - "mouse", "window", "file", "folder", "desktop" - were developed in a previous era with far tighter constraints on what could be done. Now we have voice understanding, wearable…

>I want to be able to do work while walking on the bike trail or sitting in a lounge chair by the pool

I think this is only a bandaid to the problem that we're still spending so awfully much time at work, despite massive improvements in worker productivity. I _don't_ want to be working on the bike trail or while lounging or by the pool, I want be in places that are not work

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Post by baq »

dzikimarian wrote: post #273
shlomo_z wrote: post #214

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Does it include package management? Can you run Python for example?

Yes, this is Debian, apt is present and working. I was able to install & use mtr for example. However for python I got "no install candidate". Probably doable after adding necessary package repos

With Python you should be `uv run`ning stuff nowadays anyway.

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Post by haiku2077 »

rcarmo wrote: post #171
CGamesPlay wrote: post #166

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The pair I have (original xReal Air) include a glass insert that can be ground to your prescription. It's a thin piece of glass, I don't know exactly what kind of prescription can be put onto them, but it might be helpful.

That is usually for very low prescriptions. Judging by the photos, I don't think you can use those blanks for much more than -2.

I'm around -6 and was able to get an insert for my VR headset. There are third parties who partner with eyeglass lens manufacturers to make them for most headsets.

Re: Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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Post by ctenb »

hoppp wrote: post #339

Ive been thinking about this too. Got the glasses and was thinking about small wireless split keyboards like the corne-ish zen My issue is the phone. I will need at least 24Gb of ram for my work.

Perhaps it's an option to use an SSH session into your workstation or some other remote client technology?
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