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Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by fyloraspit » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:28 PM UTC

throw9away6 wrote: post #23

I don’t really understand why my iPhone can’t just be a desktop. It should just hook up to a dock and turn into a desktop pc. It’s got the power to do everything I do I just need a monitor and keyboard hookup

At a point some time ago, I think around when Windows mobile OS was still a thing, they released a phone and a dock and you could use it as a desktop for modern apps. It was limited to apps due to architecture but that always seemed like the next step to me for many people. A mobile you could just use as a PC via a dock and run desktop apps on it. I think we will still see it, but it really felt like Microsoft was going to deliver years ago on it.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by manicennui » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:35 PM UTC

$2k for an underpowered ARM laptop running Android seems like a good way to make sure this fails.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by beambot » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:40 PM UTC

This is the simple "metaverse" product Facebook should've started with. I just want a full-sized display headset that hooks into USB-C port and emulates a 4k external monitor

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by Murrawhip » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:41 PM UTC

soulofmischief wrote: post #39

Fascinating. Hard to know if it's worth it at this stage due to the 1080p per-eye resolution, but the second incarnation of this product ought to be a real game-changer. Also, I noted this passage: even with a very odd prescription (one eye is near-sighted, and one far-sighted) the default corrective lenses Sightful had available worked well. I've never encountered another person with this same eye disorder... It can…

I have this. As a kid, it made catching a ball pretty difficult as my dominant eye would switch right as the ball gets to me.

I like to think that's the reason, anyway.

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by sleepybrett » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:42 PM UTC

throw9away6 wrote: post #23

I don’t really understand why my iPhone can’t just be a desktop. It should just hook up to a dock and turn into a desktop pc. It’s got the power to do everything I do I just need a monitor and keyboard hookup

Yeah. I'm the same. At some point we're going to get to a point where your 'laptop' is your phone or another 'phone sized thing'. That can be docked into various configurations (laptop configuration: small keyboard with an attached screen. desktop configuration: Monitors, full sized keyboard, mice other peripherals. Or some kind of ultra mobile configuration like this: keyboard pointing device glasses based display.) Or used in a more limited way via a touchscreen (or not!).

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by croes » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:43 PM UTC

I doubt that the resolution is high enough for long text reading.

Sounds like the idea of a Kickstarter project, sounds good but doesn't really work

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by sleepybrett » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:44 PM UTC

butz wrote: post #48

I would gladly buy a PC built into decent keyboard. Considering performance of ultra portable laptops and their size, it should be a perfect fit. I would even go for an option without battery, powered by USB-C by connecting this computer to external monitor. Monitor could act as a hub, thus reducing the need for ports, although there should be ample space for all the ports on the back of the keyboard.

Lots of guys building raspberry pi based (or other similar SBCs) 'cyberdecks' some of which have no built in displays. Hell they made one of these: https://www.raspberrypi.com/products/raspberry-pi-400/

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by _trampeltier » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:46 PM UTC

throw9away6 wrote: post #23

I don’t really understand why my iPhone can’t just be a desktop. It should just hook up to a dock and turn into a desktop pc. It’s got the power to do everything I do I just need a monitor and keyboard hookup

Sadly Wondows Mobile was already death when HP X3 came to public. The concept was great. CPU and storage in the cellphone, transmitted wireless to the "lapdock". You could plug the things together and load the cellphone from the lapdock battery.

https://www.windowscentral.com/hands-hp-elite-x3-lap-dock

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by Phenomenit » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:47 PM UTC

joezydeco wrote: post #29

Phenomenit wrote: post #19

I don’t get how you’re supposed to use the webcam? Maybe it applies your eyes on to your face?

brought to you by the chief executive behind the Microsoft Kinect. It's a Kinect. It's a head tracker.

The webcam?

Re: Spacetop, a radical laptop with no screen

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Post by sleepybrett » Thu, May 18, 2023, 8:55 PM UTC

prox wrote: post #14

Sakos wrote: post #3

> Priced at $2,000, the Spacetop is purpose-built as a business tool, with an optimized Arm processor, AOSP (open-source Android) operating system, and, of course, the custom headset. But you’ll need to act fast: Sightful is inviting just 1,000 early adopters to purchase the final hardware, enticing them with the opportunity to provide feedback on subsequent products. It sports a Snapdragon 865. I don't see anything…

Android makes it a hard pass for me. Give a me a decent Linux and I will give it a look.

i'm not sure, other than the battery solution that you couldn't get this through nreal glasses and a raspberry pi 400.