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Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by Rediscover »

m463 wrote: post #107
mncharity wrote: post #44

For a reality check on those large virtual desktop illustrations, while I do like the (same hardware?) NReal Light's 1080p, its 52 deg FOV means looking at such a desktop through a smaller, not-curved, head-pointed portal. Picture holding up your laptop, so it appears 5 fists across diagonally, and then waving it around, likely synchronized with your neck. Which looks something vaguely like these:[1][2]. [1] Phone ph…

Can you use the nreal without activation?

Yes, Nreal Air (March 2023) without activation.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by amadeuspagel »

butz wrote: post #48

I would gladly buy a PC built into decent keyboard. Considering performance of ultra portable laptops and their size, it should be a perfect fit. I would even go for an option without battery, powered by USB-C by connecting this computer to external monitor. Monitor could act as a hub, thus reducing the need for ports, although there should be ample space for all the ports on the back of the keyboard.

Where do you have an external monitor but not a keyboard?

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by seanhunter »

lampd1 wrote: post #91

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I don't think it's valuable to call people who are excited about this "simps". People on HN are very frequently tech-enthusiasts who are very optimistic about future possibilities of these technologies. You may disagree but that doesn't give you the right to call them names.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by Twirrim »

soulofmischief wrote: post #39

Fascinating. Hard to know if it's worth it at this stage due to the 1080p per-eye resolution, but the second incarnation of this product ought to be a real game-changer. Also, I noted this passage: even with a very odd prescription (one eye is near-sighted, and one far-sighted) the default corrective lenses Sightful had available worked well. I've never encountered another person with this same eye disorder... It can…

> I've never encountered another person with this same eye disorder... It can be a real nuisance in certain cases. Nice to see this specifically addressed :)

I had this as a child, meant that it wasn't clear I had vision issues for a bit. I could see things clearly.

While my far-sighted became near-sighted eventually, it remains a dominant eye for me.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by AmigoCharlie »

It looks a little bit idiotic to me. Imagine how much effort should your eyes take in order to keep focus on all these minute elements, windows, fonts, and so on, which happen to be also so near to your eyes. I think that after 30 minutes looking at all this minute mess, your eyes will just shut down for overload and fatigue.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by lampd1 »

seanhunter wrote: post #164
lampd1 wrote: post #91

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I don't think it's valuable to call people who are excited about this "simps". People on HN are very frequently tech-enthusiasts who are very optimistic about future possibilities of these technologies. You may disagree but that doesn't give you the right to call them names.

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Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by paraknight »

anonzzzies wrote: post #149

I have been doing this for months now with the nreal air, my phone and a portable keyboard with trackpad (I use keyboard shortcuts for anything anyway). It works really well and I haven't taken my laptop anywhere for 2 months or so. It is not perfect, but it's much better than lugging my laptop everywhere (no matter what it weighs; it's the dimensions). And the battery life is outstanding (it's that of my phone and c…

There are dozens of us! I use the phone as trackpad when I need to. Small BT keyboard, but thinking of learning the Charachorder. Nreal Air + S22 Ultra DeX + AVNC + proot Ubuntu (via Andronix) + VSCode with the Remote Development extension has been my daily driver for almost 6 months now I think. I even play games on this via GeForce Now and a Switch Pro controller, even voice chat on Discord at the same time and it doesn't break a sweat.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by jiveturkey »

neat. gave me an atari 800XL vibe. battery power aside.

the latest inside news on the apple "XR" headset is that the fight was for portability vs beaming the info from a mac mini. that latter of course having much more power and being able to do much more, at the expense of being tethered.

it will be most interesting to see how this plays out. clearly the spacetop is more of a POC build level, but for anyone not Apple it's smart to test the waters this way.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by FullyFunctional »

anonzzzies wrote: post #149

I have been doing this for months now with the nreal air, my phone and a portable keyboard with trackpad (I use keyboard shortcuts for anything anyway). It works really well and I haven't taken my laptop anywhere for 2 months or so. It is not perfect, but it's much better than lugging my laptop everywhere (no matter what it weighs; it's the dimensions). And the battery life is outstanding (it's that of my phone and c…

Thanks for sharing this. I was exactly hoping to find something like this in the comments. I had forgotten about the nreal but it looks more useful than the specialized notebook.
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