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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 rho4 »

johnh-hn wrote: post #96

Does anyone know if these glasses, or any other glasses, can be tried in-person and used on desktop? I'm legally blind, but have just enough vision to use a screen without a screen reader. The problem is I have to be about 6 inches from a 27 inch screen. I'm tall, and I'm almost bent in half to do it. It's been hell on my back and neck. I've only really made it work because I've modified so many things to get around…

I have a colleague at work who also has to get within 6" of the screen.

2 years ago I switched to a 55" 8k TV as my primary monitor.

While everyone was giving me the usual crap about it, this guy, when I showed him what it would look like with 400% Zoom, he went and bought one for himself at home.

He thanks me every few weeks, but still didn't dare to set one up in the office.

(ps I have mine standing on a normal height-adjustable table, so you wouldn't have to hunch at all)

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

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Post by sesm »

johnh-hn wrote: post #96

Does anyone know if these glasses, or any other glasses, can be tried in-person and used on desktop? I'm legally blind, but have just enough vision to use a screen without a screen reader. The problem is I have to be about 6 inches from a 27 inch screen. I'm tall, and I'm almost bent in half to do it. It's been hell on my back and neck. I've only really made it work because I've modified so many things to get around…

Regarding monitor arms, what if you put a regular monitor straight in your face and use a split keyboard (like Ergodox) on the sides?

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

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Post by froh »

CGamesPlay wrote: post #166
brigade wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Glasses like these put the screen at a focal distance further than a monitor, closer to TV distance. Optics wise it’s basically the same as VR, if a VR headset is easier to try. If your corrected vision needs stuff 6” away, don’t expect AR or VR to be a solution with current optics

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.

possibly this is rather a template to cut a.preacription lens to the right size, just like glasses come with templates for the prescription lenses. the prescription lenses are shipped in a large round shape, and then cut to match the template.

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

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Post by ffaser5gxlsll »

Using VR glasses instead of screens is a wet dream of mine, but VR tech has been one of the worst vendor-locked tech I have ever seen.

I haven't keep up lately, but as a linux-only dev, is there any hw combo which would give me full native hardware support and the ability to develop for the platform?

(I don't count linux-on-[android|win] as a solution)

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

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Post by westpfelia »

rho4 wrote: post #281
johnh-hn wrote: post #96

Does anyone know if these glasses, or any other glasses, can be tried in-person and used on desktop? I'm legally blind, but have just enough vision to use a screen without a screen reader. The problem is I have to be about 6 inches from a 27 inch screen. I'm tall, and I'm almost bent in half to do it. It's been hell on my back and neck. I've only really made it work because I've modified so many things to get around…

I have a colleague at work who also has to get within 6" of the screen. 2 years ago I switched to a 55" 8k TV as my primary monitor. While everyone was giving me the usual crap about it, this guy, when I showed him what it would look like with 400% Zoom, he went and bought one for himself at home. He thanks me every few weeks, but still didn't dare to set one up in the office. (ps I have mine standing on a normal hei…

Dude thanks for at least helping! And while he might not be comfortable enough to use it at work at least you were able to help set him up in his personal life. I had a colleague with a rare form of macular degeneration and this stuff is a game changer for him.

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

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Post by numpad0 »

Onavo wrote: post #279
numpad0 wrote: post #269

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What if you built a wheeled carriage to go over your desk? Something made of precisely cut 2x4 lumber or 2040 frames, assembled like a whiteboard frame but have just a single beam where the board would be. Then the pole of monitor arm can be bolted onto the beam to hang upside down. Once assembled, the whole thing can be rolled in and up to the front edge of the desk, right up to your face. If someone else needs to u…

Or you can get this thing called an "office chair". The overpaid tech bros here prefer names like Aeron, Embody, and Mirra. Some execs swear by their Eames too.

GP needs to have display right up his face. Chairs don't solve that problem.

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

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Post by goodpoint »

hparadiz wrote: post #121
montebicyclelo wrote: post #12

> I really didn't want to root the phone, but nothing else did what I needed Shame that rooting is such a pain, and risks bricking the device. (Apparently Google's introduction of an anti-rollback bootloader this month has caused a few people's devices to get bricked when they tried to root.)

Seriously. Why is using your own pocket computer so hostile to user intent these days?

The hardware is owned by the user but the OS is essentially owned by Google or Apple. The user is a tenant or a cow to be milked.

The main goals is preventing a spread of "google play" alternatives with paid apps.

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

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Post by KeplerBoy »

ffaser5gxlsll wrote: post #286

Using VR glasses instead of screens is a wet dream of mine, but VR tech has been one of the worst vendor-locked tech I have ever seen. I haven't keep up lately, but as a linux-only dev, is there any hw combo which would give me full native hardware support and the ability to develop for the platform? (I don't count linux-on-[android|win] as a solution)

The xreal glasses mentioned in the article are just displays (or at least they can operate in that way). Their website claim it works with basically anything that outputs HD video (game consoles, PCs and whatnot).
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