Orion: iPad as an external HDMI display for video game consoles

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Post by whalee » Wed, Sep 20, 2023, 3:49 PM UTC

Orion: iPad as an external HDMI display for video game consoles
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Post by floydnoel » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 1:15 AM UTC

really nifty! i've wanted this feature for a long time, glad it's finally here.

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Post by jauntywundrkind » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 2:07 AM UTC

I spent a while trying out webcams and hdmi-to-usb (also usb-video class devices) adapters on Android.

There were a bunch of apps that could do it, but it seemed pretty obvious that Android itself was basically useless & sad, that these folks were basically writing userland usb drivers.

I was really hoping I could just open a chrome webcam test page, and everything would work. It really felt so infernal that Android, built atop Linux which makes this all so easy & simple, would have such a shitty sad state of affairs. What a terrible Linux. And the bloody AOSP docs make it sound like it should just work. Liar. https://source.android.com/docs/core/camera/external-usb-cam...

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Post by tiahura » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 2:39 AM UTC

Not sure about consoles, but does seem like it would be useful for photographers.

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Post by alanwreath » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 10:40 AM UTC

I’m dumb, is the only reason this couldn’t be done on an iPhone because the iPad has usbc?

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Post by robsh » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 12:20 PM UTC

Good start! There aren’t too many nice battery powered screens.

It would be nice if the U in USB-C really meant universal. If I plug in an iPad to a computer over USC-C it should advertise itself as a storage device, a battery (bi-directional charge), a monitor, a touch input device, and two webcams. The computer should also advertise to the iPad what it has. Then both devices would need OS level software to control which features they want to use. Mirror iPad screen to computer screen? Sure. Use iPad as extra monitor? Sure. Use iPad as drawing tablet for computer, yes please.

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Post by MassiveBonk51 » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 12:34 PM UTC

So all it needs is a USB c to hdmi adapter? Could I use this on an sbc like an Raspberry pi then?

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Post by polski-g » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 1:28 PM UTC

Nice to see Apple catching up to Samsung finally! (re: Dex)

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Post by doloputer » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 2:44 PM UTC

alanwreath wrote: post #5

I’m dumb, is the only reason this couldn’t be done on an iPhone because the iPad has usbc?

The device needs to support usb webcams. I don't know if any iphone does that.

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Post by bdavbdav » Thu, Sep 21, 2023, 4:41 PM UTC

polski-g wrote: post #8

Nice to see Apple catching up to Samsung finally! (re: Dex)

Isn’t Dex doing the opposite? I.e. displaying the UI on an external screen (which I believe iPad does too).

I think this is capturing video and using the iPad as a monitor