Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android

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Post by mikenew » Wed, May 14, 2025, 3:11 PM UTC

Coding without a laptop: Two weeks with AR glasses and Linux on Android
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Post by az09mugen » Sat, May 17, 2025, 8:34 AM UTC

Nice to read I'm not alone thinking of this nomadic kind of setup. And also I got the feedback I hoped on the Xreal Air 2 glasses : https://eu.shop.xreal.com/fr/products/xreal-air-2

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Post by mikenew » Sat, May 17, 2025, 4:27 PM UTC

az09mugen wrote: post #2

Nice to read I'm not alone thinking of this nomadic kind of setup. And also I got the feedback I hoped on the Xreal Air 2 glasses : https://eu.shop.xreal.com/fr/products/xreal-air-2

Hey thanks (I'm the author)! BTW the "Pro" version has the electrochromic dimming, so I recommend paying a little extra for that unless you're really sure you're not going to need it.

EDIT: To clarify, I meant the "Xreal Air 2 Pro", not the "Xreal One Pro". The latter are much more expensive.

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Post by rramon » Sat, May 17, 2025, 7:36 PM UTC

Might even use the phone as a trackpad/mouse for other non cli tasks.

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Post by theflyestpilot » Sat, May 17, 2025, 7:37 PM UTC

this is rad

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Post by Blankono » Sat, May 17, 2025, 7:43 PM UTC

mikenew wrote: post #3

az09mugen wrote: post #2

Nice to read I'm not alone thinking of this nomadic kind of setup. And also I got the feedback I hoped on the Xreal Air 2 glasses : https://eu.shop.xreal.com/fr/products/xreal-air-2

Hey thanks (I'm the author)! BTW the "Pro" version has the electrochromic dimming, so I recommend paying a little extra for that unless you're really sure you're not going to need it. EDIT: To clarify, I meant the "Xreal Air 2 Pro", not the "Xreal One Pro". The latter are much more expensive.

Your price point for the used glasses is quite lucky to just play around with it or using it sometimes.

They cost 800 new :|

1080p is that really okay?

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Post by worldsayshi » Sat, May 17, 2025, 7:48 PM UTC

az09mugen wrote: post #2

Nice to read I'm not alone thinking of this nomadic kind of setup. And also I got the feedback I hoped on the Xreal Air 2 glasses : https://eu.shop.xreal.com/fr/products/xreal-air-2

I've been thinking about using xreal glasses for coding but all the reviews I've seen seems to think that the fidelity isn't good enough for reading text for lengthy stretches of time. This article is the first counter argument here.

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Post by gejose » Sat, May 17, 2025, 7:52 PM UTC

What a shame that you really can't do this using an iPhone. Unless things have changed recently the closest you can come to this is using iSH to run some linux binaries (x86_32), but it's quite limited last I checked.

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Post by rasengan » Sat, May 17, 2025, 7:56 PM UTC

Now that Google is rolling out native Debian with Android, this will only get better - in addition to Google's native DeX.

I'm sooo ready for the one device life! :D

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Post by ireadmevs » Sat, May 17, 2025, 8:01 PM UTC

Awesome! Regarding the keyboard I would recommend going towards the mechanical path. Browse https://kbd.news/ for some inspiration. I built a 36 keys for myself that is portable and very capable. You can even map keys to control the mouse and much more. Definitely going to keep an eye on the advancements of AR glasses from now on.