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Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Post by nilkn »

Turskarama wrote: post #228
nilkn wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I got an acrylic tray [0] that holds a keyboard and trackpad and can comfortably sit on my lap to use with the Vision Pro. It’s truly marvelous and makes the VP feel like an actual laptop replacement, with the only real problem being that visionOS has too much iPadOS heritage and not enough MacOS. [0] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCS71K6P?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_...

Sure, but one of the big upsides of vr is the ability to move around a space. If you're just sitting at a desk (or on a couch) anyway then you might as well just have a couple of huge monitors. In the case of the vision pro it would even be cheaper to use several large monitors instead.

The ability to move around while I’m actively wearing it is not particularly compelling or relevant to me. I didn’t get it for room-scale VR games, and I tend to take it off when I get up anyway. I find it really amazing that I can set up a huge workspace on-the-fly pretty much wherever I want, including the couch. I have a very slick dedicated home office I could be in right now but I actually enjoy using the VP from the living room more for anything other than serious 9-5 work for my employer.

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Post by adastra22 »

jb1991 wrote: post #237
sensanaty wrote: post #225

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It's always crazy reading those kinda comments. He keeps maligning the product that he had to pay a premium for, comparing it to equivalent products that are cheaper and perform the same, yet he's still going to make his next purchase another, by his own admission, overpriced Apple product. It's mind blowing, I don't wanna reach for the low-hanging quips here but it really is like an Apple iCult type of vibe

Why “he”?

Because "he" is grammatically correct when the gender is unknown.

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Post by numpad0 »

jb1991 wrote: post #237
sensanaty wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's always crazy reading those kinda comments. He keeps maligning the product that he had to pay a premium for, comparing it to equivalent products that are cheaper and perform the same, yet he's still going to make his next purchase another, by his own admission, overpriced Apple product. It's mind blowing, I don't wanna reach for the low-hanging quips here but it really is like an Apple iCult type of vibe

Why “he”?

singular they is preferred on Reddit but not here, learned hard way

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Post by antman123 »

buffington wrote: post #142
sircastor wrote: post #132

I rented a Quest 2 a couple of years ago to try out programming in it. I’d read a post someone made about his spending 8 hours a day in it. For me it wasn’t quite enough. The fresnel lenses make “God rays” at the edges and the text was readable, but not pleasant to read. I’m planning sometime to try the Quest 3. The Vision Pro seems like it might be the best option because it’s purpose built for that. Also I’m a Mac…

I have the Quest 2 and the text isn't legible enough for me to write code for any length of time. I work with someone who has said "if the Quest 2 was a 0 on the usability scale, the Quest 3 is an easy 8 - it's that much better." I've not tried it myself, but I don't think my coworker is exaggerating.

your coworker isn't "wrong" but that scale is off. If Quest 2 is a 0, Quest Pro is a 4.5, Quest 3 is a 6 and the AVP is an 8.

(edited) I still could not program for 2 hours comfortably on Quest 3. I can do that on the AVP

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Post by paganel »

He has a little daughter around and he's staying with that concoction around his face, so that said kid won't be able to see her dad's eyes but instead she'll get to see that electronic thingie. Very bleak.

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Post by 8n4vidtmkvmk »

It sounds like it might be pretty hard to exceed 3.3K PPI and yet it's not nearly enough. Would it be possible to pull the headset a little further off the face and just counter balance it to get better PPD?

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Post by anonzzzies »

charcircuit wrote: post #242
anonzzzies wrote: post #236

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This is the problem(with Apple); this device, like iOS devices, is fenced off, so you cannot run vscode etc if you don’t connect a MacBook. For this device it’s actually worse than an iPad to disallow that: it’s 4x as expensive as a MacBook Air here but I cannot run most apps I want on it while that would make me buy one today. I don’t want another iPad (which I bought because it’s nice and small and great battery, b…

>is fenced off, so you cannot run vscode No, the only reason you can't run vscode is that no one has put in the effort to port it. It's a problem of financial incentives and not a problem of "fences."

So visionOS is more open than iOS? That would be good. I read it was similar.

Edit: so it is indeed similar/same; cannot run normal desktop software even though desktop cpu.

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Post by dclowd9901 »

jm20 wrote: post #10

I tried to use the Vision Pro for work, and I'm not sure if it was just my eyes or what, but looking at code inside of that thing was just...exhausting. When I took it off, I looked at my regular monitors with a newfound love. I'd love for this thing to reach it's full potential as this 'work from a mountaintop, but really your garage' device, but I feel like until the resolution gets to the same as existing monitors…

VR headsets’ resolution are still a couple orders of magnitude away from being indecipherable from normal vision, and that doesn’t even include motion.
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