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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.
So it's not multiple desktop screens it's multiple windows from locally running apps.
Had the opposite experience. My 6k monitor kicked the butt of the spatial computing screen. My Macbook was easier to use. I could use my phone laying on the side. There were ultimately a lot better, less blurry display options.
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Wow, alright, strong endorsement. I might have to pick one up afterall. Thanks!
Go get a demo at an Apple Store. They won't show you Mac Virtual Display and the clarity of the AVP/iPad apps is good, pictures/experiences are breathtaking. MVD is not that clear, full stop. Also, try to resize an app with text down to the size you would use for a window on your computer. You can't. I constantly found myself wishing to make apps smaller but you can't and so you get limited quickly on what you can fi…
Despite its imperfections, wow is it fantastic. I'm writing now from a Mac virtual display (which, yes, is a bit blurry). But how could I return this thing? It's the most impressive product Apple's ever made and it's genuinely useful. It's not an expensive novelty by any means. What an achievement.
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I was surprised Apple didn't have this. My Meta Quest 2 had a super crappy version I tried for all of 2 minutes. The AVP passthrough and rendering content behind your hand (cut out?) both leave some to be desired. The little indicator that floats over your keyboard is cool, touch bar coming back from the grave. But I felt like I couldn't dial in the environment past the point where I could still see my keyboard/hands…
I found setting the environment immersion to around 50% lets me see enough of my keyboard so I’m not groping around for it. I’d also like to see app re-render your iPhone, Apple Watch and ipad screens which are pretty blurry in pass through. Also some sort of workaround for Face ID on iPhone when you’re wearing Vision Pro. Seems like things Apple is uniquely positioned to do.
Totally agree, I just made the same comment elsewhere in this thread. And yes, if I've authenticated with IrisID or whatever it's called then when I raise my phone do the same thing that allows my mac to unlock from my watch. Throw a little notification in the headset (some sound/animation) so if it's not me picking up the phone then it alerts me that someone else is and/or force me to do the IrisID to unlock the phone. After years of FaceID I just expect it to work 99% of the time and it was annoying to enter in my code to use my phone, felt very anti-Apple. A very Apple thing was the Universal Control when using Mac Virtual Display which lets you control/type in other AVP apps, that felt like magic.
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…
Were you using macos virtual display? Using the passthrough to look at monitors is passable but not suitable for even a few minutes of use.
Because of lag, or why?
Many people work on remote desktop all day long, and I spend my fair share of time in SSH sessions as well. It's not like it improves the experience compared to working locally, but for me it works fine so long as you're within a few hundred kilometers without much jitter. On the VR, the screen should move as you move your head because that position isn't what's being passed through, so that can't be the difference either. I don't understand (without having a device myself) how/whether this is worse than normal video streaming over LAN?
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Were you using macos virtual display? Using the passthrough to look at monitors is passable but not suitable for even a few minutes of use.
> not suitable for even a few minutes of use Because of lag, or why? Many people work on remote desktop all day long, and I spend my fair share of time in SSH sessions as well. It's not like it improves the experience compared to working locally, but for me it works fine so long as you're within a few hundred kilometers without much jitter. On the VR, the screen should move as you move your head because that position…
> Yet, it is fake, as I am sitting on our top floor, a barely furnished room full of items belonging to a family house with two young kids Define dystopia.
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Were you using macos virtual display? Using the passthrough to look at monitors is passable but not suitable for even a few minutes of use.
> not suitable for even a few minutes of use Because of lag, or why? Many people work on remote desktop all day long, and I spend my fair share of time in SSH sessions as well. It's not like it improves the experience compared to working locally, but for me it works fine so long as you're within a few hundred kilometers without much jitter. On the VR, the screen should move as you move your head because that position…
And I'd assume that yes, it would be torture to try to view a monitor through the AVP just due to the resolution loss. It would be like poorly downscaling the 4k/5k resolution of your 27" monitor to like 1366x768 but much worse since the pixels are not even staying lined up on a level grid but resampled at slightly diagonal angles as your head moves even a couple of degrees. I am pretty sure setting up 2 more big $1000 monitors left and right would be better than "center monitor + AVP with virtual apps left and right" (and it would save about $2000 lol).
What app are you using to write code? How do you get a terminal without using a MacBook?