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You can surround yourself with floating terminals using the Blink app. Here I code from the couch surrounded by nvim, Claude Code, etc.: https://x.com/dvdsgl/status/1948840477970841720/video/1
Amazing! How long can you do this for before you feel any fatigue (neck/eyes)? Do you feel you're more in focus when using Vision Pro like this, as opposed to using an external monitor?
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Yeah this would honestly be incredible and actually deserving of the "spatial computing" moniker. I would love to be able to have a dedicated spatial location for each part of my Django app: look over here for the CSS, step here for the views, scroll through the logs over here...
People keep insisting this but 1) It's been doable for years and yet AR/VR doesn't take off 2) It will only ever be a hyper niche use case of an already hyper niche market. People do not want a giant screen glued to their face. Have you actually tried "working" in VR? It is awful and pointless and zero percent of my work is limited by the size of my screen FFS. Are you one of those people that keep 100 terminal windo…
And no I haven't tried working in VR. I do actually just work with one monitor and only have a few terminal tabs running at any one time, but honestly do think there are so many improvements I could make to my workflow before even a perfect VR solution would be worth considering.
Any monitor recs? My current one has started flickering and it's slowly driving me insane
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> They likely have enough talented developers to make iOS run Mac apps natively I’m struggling to see this amount of work translate into more sales or a better experience for more than a token number of customers.
Well, it would obviously result in fewer Mac sales. Because people could use their iPhone (or iPad, or Vision Pro) as a Mac. So it would be good for iPhone owners, who don't need to buy a Mac, but bad for Apple.
I’m super doubtful it would be that impactful. Also, switching Mac sales to Vision Pro sales probably works well for Apple in the long run.
The AVP has greatly enhanced my productivity through access to a large virtual mac window inside a variety of environments, facilitating deep focus while reclining, sitting outdoors, or traveling. And the 3D image conversion of treasured photos is remarkable. On the whole, I've used it near daily for over a year and a half, and marvel at how many naysayers there are.
I would ask for more observations.
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OSX is at 16% of the market (Windows is 63%). Exactly how is this breaking anti-competitive laws?
Anti-trust does not require someone to have 100% of a market. I also don't think think this breaks anti-trust but percentages doesn't stop market manipulation.
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People keep insisting this but 1) It's been doable for years and yet AR/VR doesn't take off 2) It will only ever be a hyper niche use case of an already hyper niche market. People do not want a giant screen glued to their face. Have you actually tried "working" in VR? It is awful and pointless and zero percent of my work is limited by the size of my screen FFS. Are you one of those people that keep 100 terminal windo…
I don't know if it's satisfactorily available anywhere yet though, right? Most VR headsets aren't great at text but yeah definitely agree with you about not wanting to wear any current iteration for any length of time. I can't seem to find a long term comfortable and secure fit for my Quest which is part of why I don't use it a whole lot. And no I haven't tried working in VR. I do actually just work with one monitor…
Pimax and Bigscreen I think work hard for that market? Bigscreen has those neat goggles which I'd like to try. Rumors are that Valve is building another headset, with better specs. That might put pressure on that market.
For monitors, I must confess I am somewhat wrong. My 32inch (or something) LG monitor might have been $400, not $200. But I used a giant TV for years thinking I didn't need "nice" monitors and I was so wrong. 1440p and over 120hz refresh rate are so worth it, even for work tasks. When I bought it a couple years ago, the caveats were that it's a VA panel, so it has really bad ghosting. It's noticeable in games, but somehow has not ruined my experience. The other types of panels have their own drawbacks I think. OLED is the best non-compromise for image quality but then you will have to keep burn in at bay.
I like my LG monitor. My girlfriend's ASUS monitor is nice. I hear nice things about BenQ, but you're better off with review sites than my anecdotes.
My window management "trick" is that no window is full screen, and every window is overlapped such that there's always a sliver of the "under" window I can click even if that window is otherwise not in view. I also make significant use of alt-tab. I think people who use the multiple desktop feature of modern windows and mac have a much better system. One desktop per "Task" I think works really well.
The AVP has greatly enhanced my productivity through access to a large virtual mac window inside a variety of environments, facilitating deep focus while reclining, sitting outdoors, or traveling. And the 3D image conversion of treasured photos is remarkable. On the whole, I've used it near daily for over a year and a half, and marvel at how many naysayers there are.
On a plane this is so useful. Flights go by much faster.
When traveling it’s so much less of a productivity drag to be able to pop this on and work with more real estate and focus.
The spatial videos and photos, whether taken with a real spatial device or upgraded later, are… so immersive. Seeing very old memories in 3d is emotional.
But I would pay so much to have a great gaming experience. Like a racing sim or something else realistic. The hardware is so impressive.
Frankly, I think this shines most as a consumption device for 3d content. There’s just not nearly enough yet.
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I have one. I use it primarily for keeping my drawer full. That said, it's AMAZING as a home theater replacement, other than an issue with internal reflections in the optics. So in dark scenes it gets a bit annoying. If I lived in an apartment, I would absolutely use it in place of a large TV that eats up a lot of my space. Especially coupled with the airpods MAX and spatial audio. Watching a 4k 3d movie in it is min…
Do you never entertain guests with your home theater system? I believe you when you say that it could replace the experience for yourself, but, at least for me, hosting with my home theater is the main driver for improving it.