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Coding in Vision Pro

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Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is there a setting to allow the environment to change lighting conditions on a 24 hour schedule?

Yes, in fact that's the default, it tracks sunrise and sunset based on your location.

Yeah I changed the default to day which in hindsight wasn’t a great idea especially since I’m trying to recover from North America -> Asia jet lag.

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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My biggest problem is that it is sometimes difficult to read the keys on my keyboard. I really wish that it could do object recognition on my keyboard and re-render the keycaps. This would be especially useful in "environments", which make the keyboard disappear entirely.

That is a really good idea

Such a great idea that Meta implemented it for Quest already. https://www.meta.com/help/quest/articles/headsets-and-access...

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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I am thinking of upgrading my work station and I suppose this is cheaper than three 5K TB monitors. But is it really as good?

If that's the alternative you're considering, get the monitors. If you're like me and have been dying to be a bit less tethered to one location for a while, or you want to get a lot out of a little space, this device has finally crossed the threshold of usability (and being a joy to use). But if your baseline is three 5K monitors in one spot, you're gonna be disappointed.

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

#45

Use a straw to drink the coffee. ;)

My imagination ran a bit wild and I thought of a sort of "respirator" one could wear for enhanced immersion, featuring artificial odors. Maybe even a small straw to sip your preferred beverage from, like one of those water pouches hikers carry.

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I recently had a kid and lost my office :), I've been struggling to have a set space for work when he's asleep, but would absolutely love it if I could just put on a headset. Is it workable for that? I used to try to code in the quest3 but the resolution felt like I might as well be coding on my phone. I'll go buy one today if this would be an office replacement for me.

from experience — yes, absolutely. It's not as good as a dedicated, already-optimized work space, but it comes pretty darn close. I have a great workspace well-tailored for me with a massive desk, ultrawide monitor, nice speakers, etc., but I still pop into my vision pro and screen mirror my laptop to get work done. If I'm having trouble focusing, the environments and white noise generation are really helpful. I've a…

Wow, alright, strong endorsement. I might have to pick one up afterall. Thanks!

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

#47

My biggest problem is that it is sometimes difficult to read the keys on my keyboard. I really wish that it could do object recognition on my keyboard and re-render the keycaps. This would be especially useful in "environments", which make the keyboard disappear entirely.

It doesn’t need to do that, just be sufficiently high resolution.

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This feels like one of those activities that's so drastically different that there may be serious health concerns about it. Wearing a VR headset to play a few hours of games a week still lets your eyes mostly exist in a natural light setting. When you're wearing a VR display the light is right up against your eyes with no possibility for them to look away to relax. When we're normally working we can glance out at a h…

I wonder what it will do to our skin after long time use. I get red goggle rings around my eyes. Is it going to crest more wrinkles?

One improvement vs phones is there’s no more bending the neck down to look at something in your hands.

Interesting times!

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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Any idea how the author was able to have multiple desktop screens? What app is he using for this? I thought it only allowed you to mirror one screen per Mac and from my experience it is quite laggy.

Looks like iPad apps!

You can tell by the icon floating at the top right of the windows, which appears for "compatible apps" aka iPad apps.

Re: Coding in Vision Pro

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At first I thought it would be weird, but after a few minutes it all felt very natural and a deep work focus was achieved without me really realising it. I tried to grasp some of the awe I experienced in this blog post.

How is the resolution? I never tried a Vision Pro yet, but that was my main gripe with my Rift. Indeed, IME, the ‶real world″ size of the windows is nothing, it's their angular resolution that is a make or break.

It's better than anything else I've tried by a long shot, which admittedly is only the Quest 2, but still not good enough to work in all day. It wasn't the weight/comfort for me, just it was too blurry. I fully expect to be using one eventually as an external monitor replacement but it's got a little ways to go. Probably needs another generation or 2 of screen/camera improvements. It's _good_ but not worth keeping unless you already use mostly iPad apps for work.
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