@mauve hmmm .. ?? hololens is an AR headset specifically ... what do you want from it if not the transparent screen ? (and for that a better one is the NorthStar)
for a virtual desktop check the https://simulavr.com project (if you have the budget)
- but you can also install their windows manager on other (less portable) headsets ...
there is also the https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xrdesktop/xrdesktop project
& maybe the Lynx-R1 would be an option somehow too
@olm_e The thing that I liked about the hololens is that it just works out of the box. Norhtstar doesn't have software or hardware figured out.
SimulaVR doesn't have hardware yet and is Linux only.
XRDesktop also has almost no hardware support that I'm aware of (in particular for mobile use cases).
Lynx-R1 has hardware, but it doesn't have much software and only supports Android apps. :P
I just want a cli and browser and honestly the Hololens was the closest to that. Just too small a screen.
@mauve yeah but hololens is not "mobile" ... you need a computer to make it work 🤔
XRDesktop has all OpenXR headset compatible, meaning the one supported by SteamVR on Linux (vives and index) plus the ones supported by Monado (incl. WMR and Sony PSVR)
and it's pretty plug and play and usable in my pov
for mobile you get android or wifi tether to a computer
and btw often Windows things are often "windows only" too ;)
@olm_e I'm not sure if we're talking about the same Hololens. The one I used had the compute pack built into it :o Not like the other WMR headsets out there.
I appreciate that xrdestkop tries to support headsets, but in reality it's just the vive and index that are usable and even those aren't perfect.
Have you tried using any of the MWR headsets with it? I was under the impression stuff like SLAM was barely figured out there.
Windows sucks but at least I can get a CLI and a browser there. :P
