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    “it runs a custom operating system called SpaceOS, which is a built on top of Google’s ChromiumOS (the open source version of the software that’s runs on Chromebooks)”

    So $2,000 for hardware that’s a brick in 5 years… nice!

    https://promevo.com/blog/chrome-os-expiration#:~:text=Does ChromeOS expire%3F,support will not be provided.

    "And that software runs on hardware that’s… basically what you’d expect from a decent smartphone. The Spacetop G1 features a Qualcomm Snapdragon QCS8550 processor, 16GB of LPDDR5 memory, and 128GB of UFS 3.1 storage.

    With Adreno 740 graphics and a Hexagon NPU, Sightful says the system supports up to 48 TOPS of total AI performance… which would be more impressive if Qualcomm hadn’t just launched its Snapdragon X Plus and Elite chips which deliver 45 TOPS using just the NPU, while also offering CPU and graphics performance that are said to be competitive with Intel, AMD, and Apple processors."

    Hmmm… not that you’d still WANT to be running that hardware in 2 years, much less 5…

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    … so they actually managed production/made it feasible … aaand then decided on ChromiumOS (supposedly because the “monitor” is a bit different)?

    Such glasses is what I need from (non-gaming) VR. But not like this :(

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        There are actually like 10 exact same glasses from different manufacturers/brands, from 250-ish moneys upwards (you might need various addition interfaces for your devices, like PC, HDMI, etc - sold separately and unreasonably expensive for what they are).

        They all use the same design, Sony OLEDs, speakers, batteries, accessories, etc, they only differ in front design.

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          I wish we had better open source options. I don’t want to download Chrome to update firmware on stuff.

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    This seems really neat, and I hope it doesn’t just die somewhere, certainly a cool idea, but 1080p is not nearly enough pixels to stop you from getting a headache after a short while.

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      Yes, disappointing, but this might not be for the full fov.

      It says 50°, and such glasses can be worn on different lengths from the eyes.

      Regardless, I agree with you - I absolutely want to see (a lot) more than 1080p of like financial data/code/hentai without moving my head, otherwise I’ll just keep using my office monitors.

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      It will definitely be a brick soon enough but I hope it’s at least hackable enough that people do something with it afterwards.

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    Looks interesting until you close the keyboard cover. Talk about lumpy.

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    If I had $2k and wanted to like like an idiot, I’d put on some giant granny sunglasses and keep the $2k in my savings account.

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    I can’t tell if this is a good idea or a bad idea. Probably a bad idea at that price point with those specs, but this seems like a much more usable and useful form factor than a fully head mounted system when you factor in the weight of the thing on your head and the input method. Like, I might actually be able to do work on this thing unlike an apple vision pro.

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      It’s a bad idea because you can get a regular laptop and AR glasses just as light as those. Check nreal, rokid…

      This way you can use the laptop as a regular laptop and the glasses with other devices.

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    Make it cost less that $2K and enable the use of a standard OS and I’d give it a go. Would also be great if the glasses could somehow not be wired, but trying to power them for any length of time would be a pain.

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      “Instead it has two USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C ports that you can use to connect peripherals including AR glasses that come with the device”

      OOOR… wacky idea… release the glasses for use on any device with the proper ports…

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        Yeah. People already sell laptops; this is basically a super expensive laptop with a fancy screen and a janky custom OS. But having this as an app for your phone, that let you pop other apps up into the heads-up virtual display or have “full screen” access to certain functionality while still supporting all your regular stuff, would be pretty different. So it can make your phone “laptop like” any time you wanted to pop the glasses on, or pop little notifications into the corner of your vision, maybe with a couple of little buttons on the glasses for “expand notification” “clear notification” “clear all” “up” “down” “minimize” “maximize”, something like that, would be super neat. And then any time you want to break out the keyboard you can use it like a computer.

        (I know the permissions and app compatibility and battery life etc would make that not necessarily trivial to do)

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        That too, I haven’t delved into the whole AR space a lot but would plenty well like the option to connect something lightweight and have a virtual giant screen.

        The other question I’d have for something like that is the contrast levels. If it ends up as a ‘ghost’ overlay it could make doing things with a lot of text/terminals a big strain to look at.

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        Yeah I’d absolutely consider replacing or augmenting my display with something like these glasses, but asking people to pay more, downgrade specs, replace their whole system, all while picking up an unfamiliar OS… I’ll wait for the gen 2. Or 4.

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        You can buy VR headsets in all shapes and sizes. The main differentiating factor for devices like these is that they don’t come with the screen.

        There are a bunch of AR glasses you plug into any modern laptop already, and none of them seem to be gaining any popularity unfortunately.

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    It’s a neat idea but it looks like the company doesn’t have the resources to create decent hardware to carry it out

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    XREAL Air 2 Pro glasses to give you a virtual “100 inch” display.

    Wow!

    It’s an ARM-based PC

    Good!

    it runs a custom operating system called SpaceOS, which is a built on top of Google’s ChromiumOS

    Unless the bootloader is unlocked and it’s possible to write an open driver for the glasses, Bye.

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      There are people reverse engineering the glasses right now (I have a pair):

      https://github.com/wheaney/XRLinuxDriver

      One of my longshot projects is to convert my framework laptop main board to exactly this. I basically use the glasses a lot more than the screen at this point (it’s more convenient at night before bed)

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    …SpaceOS, which is a built on top of Google’s ChromiumOS…

    I’m out.

    Linux is… right there. It’s right there.

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      Know any good AR/VR display environments for Linux? I like the idea of using lightweight AR/VR but I haven’t heard of anything open source that’s even close to production ready on devices like these.

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          They don’t! ChromeOS is a partially closed source Linux distro, after all. I just don’t know of any good pieces of software that aren’t part of proprietary products like the Quest or this thing.

          I don’t expect a closed source window manager to get much attention on Linux, but I guess it’s possible. Do you know any, perhaps?

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        Not sure what you’re asking for here. AR/VR is just a display technology. Steam VR obviously runs fine on Linux.

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        I’ve been using Sunshine for Linux with Moonlight on my AVP and that works great. The native Moonlight port for AVP is still very much a buggy, crashy WIP, but the iPad version is a decent enough standby.

        Honestly, using virtual Mac Display on AVP is so, so, so good, that I want that functionality everywhere… from any and all of my devices. Sunshine + Moonlight is currently the most promising path forward, IMO.