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The Xreal glasses are going to be the near-term winner for AR/VR form factor. A “personal screen” you can carry around with you and use to look at whatever is on your phone in a much larger, private format. This just adds more value more simply than the new ecosystems most AR/VR glasses are trying to establish.
I've long wondered whether working within AR glasses improves one's ability to focus. My hypothesis is that I have fewer shiny objects in my periphery to create distractions. Can anyone who has experience with AR glasses comment?
There's roughly 4 different approaches to Linux on Android: • virtual machine emulating x86_64 • Termux • arm64 binaries running in chroot • proot.. Same idea as chroot, but doesn't use forbidden system calls Fifth option: arm64 pKVM VM from Android 15 on Pixel 7+ phone/tablet hardware using nested h/w virtualization. Shipped in 2025 under the uninformative name of "Linux Terminal" via Development options, Android no…
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Seriously. Why is using your own pocket computer so hostile to user intent these days?
Because the world is full of malicious entities who want to exploit people and most people do not need root.
Here is the blog I did discussing the limitations: https://benkaiser.dev/web-development-in-vr/
I wonder if something like this running on the quest could technically work, but I suspect it would be too heavy running Linux chrome in a chroot. You also lose the cool "place and resize your windows anywhere" if it's all stuck inside one window for a desktop.
Very cool experiment and the piece is written really well, manages to communicate a ton of relevant information without being overly verbose. One side note though - whats the deal with working in the park/on the bench etc, is the author really able to be productive in an outside environment? I dont think I could ever work like that, either with or without the AR glasses.
First thing I thought. If I go to a coffee shop or the park, it's because I want to enjoy that place, not do the same work I could do (better) at my desk. That's an aside, though, the OP's setup is really cool and intriguing.
Well, though not in production any more, there is one that is absolutely perfect: Microsoft Universal Foldable Keyboard.
You can still find it on eBay, and it’s unfathomable — though perfectly in-character — for Microsoft to have terminated it.
One overlooked aspect is ergonomics. Laptops are terrible for posture, unlike the poster's HMD setup.
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I think custom prescriptions for the xreal air 1 are around $80: https://vroptician.com/prescription-lens-inserts/nreal-air Which I could see that being a deal breaker, but maybe it's lower than you thought
With import tax to the EU, yeah, it's a deal breaker. Even from the UK. Also, that site only has lenses for the first gen, and above -10 there's a surcharge of EUR 70. I pay more for eyeglasses than for a Quest 3, so... I don't want to double that.