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First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good

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Re: First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good

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Post by amoss »

amoss wrote: post #445
projektfu wrote: post #288

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With stereoscopic displays you don't get to multiply by 2, so your calculation is 32pp°. If you think about a monitor in front, each pixel is seen by both eyes, but the headset is giving one 4k display to each eye.

It depends on the amount of binocular overlap: https://www.roadtovr.com/understanding-binocular-overlap-and... The correct number is somewhere between a multiplier of 1 and 2 depending on the setup of the display. But 2x 4k screens is only 16 megapixels, and so it also depends on where the other 7 megapixels are.

I can't edit this comment after 5 days but anybody coming along and find this - the multiplier is very close to 1. Go up a bit and find the sibling comment with the four links. Very good explanation of the difference between the monocular binocular FoV is buried within.

Re: First impressions: Yes, Apple Vision Pro works and yes, it’s good

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Post by TheHappyOddish »

CyberDildonics wrote: post #545
ztrww wrote: post #535

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Exactly, you’d use the to do the same thing more or less but the iPhone had way better UX. The idea of browsing the web on your phone wasn’t something new or revolutionary, it was all about the implementation.

No, it wasn't the same. Before people would only be able to use special mobile pages and scroll through a few options at a time. Looking at a general site like reddit was basically impossible. Reading a news article on a normal site was basically impossible. It was a total game changer and most people went from never using the mobile internet to using it frequently.

You seem to have forgotten Blackberrys were incredibly popular. Most people in the business world browsed and did emails on them. Windows phone, LG Prada, Hiptop - all of these had non WAP browsers well before the iPhone. You've missed the 2-4 year gap between WAP only phones and first iPhone.
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