Thread of stuff I wanna buy. Will "like" my own toot if I get it.
1. BOOX Mira USB-C #EInk display. I have a little Boox e-reader and have been liking it for reading manga on the go. I'm currently using an LCD USB-C monitor so the form factor works great. I think this would be useful for improving battery usage + working outside.
2. Nreal Air #AR display. I tried a shittier version of this in the past (Mad Gaze) and it was almost good enough for typical use. I think this thing will be a good companion for when I'm on the plane and want to do some productivity stuff or maybe walking around. Might also be useful once there are #monado #OpenXR drivers for this thing and I can use @stardustxr with it.
3. Probably instead of the Nreal Air I'll get the https://air.rokid.com/ since the app is installable in Canada and I like the look more. :P
Also seems about as compatible with my Steam Deck.
4. Since I'm really liking my Rokid Max, I might get their Rokid Station device which they're marketing as an Android TV for AR headsets. I could probably get termux on this thing at least. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bensin/2023/08/02/rokid-station-is-the-first-android-tv-box-for-ar-glasses-and-it-works/?sh=1894b1d05cde
5. Kinda want to add EEGs to my loadout. Maybe for controlling a cursor in XR? Biggest question is whether there are SDKs that work on Linux. https://www.emotiv.com/insight/
6. A cool robot arm that can act as a 3d printer, laser engraver, or pen plotter.
7. A head mounted display with an Android TV box you can wear as a neckband. It can do everything my rokid max can and more. I could install termux to do dev on it or RDP into other boxes.
8. This funky bluetooth mouse that's made to be thumb controlled.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzS_3HB1dyg
My hand pain has been really bad lately and this could make it easier to use my phone. A bit more pricay than I usually risk on bluetooth stuff tho.
10. This is like the final step in evolution for me. It's purely a controller meant to hook into external displays. Some folks have already managed to get Linux on it too. Main thing it's missing is a keyboard. If I could figure out a proper text input scheme with a controller and get that working with my LUKS encryption it'd be golden.
11. Kinda want to get a phone replacement that uses eink displays to save on battery and discourage doom scrolling.
This one is nice cause it has a keyboard: https://www.minimalcompany.com/
12. Alternately, a phone that has a built in projector and IR camera would be fancy :P If only I could run Linux on this thing.
13. Instead of a LilyGo T-Deck I might have luck getting this "Smart watch" form factor that comes with LoRa built in to see if I can do some #meshtastic tinkering.
14. Since I'm into alternative input devices, I might get one of these smart rings for their gesture support. Also the sensors are supported on gadgetbridge so it could be a nice alternative to wearing an entire watch.
15. Since I am insatiable I'm thinking about replacing my GPD Win 4 with a Framework 13 mainboard case and a bunch of peripherals: https://www.printables.com/model/1051364-framework-13-mainboard-case-with-battery
Ideally I'd need to remix this to add places for straps to attach.
16. I feel like I'm the sort of weirdo that'd wear chair pants in public and sometimes I really do be wanting to sit whenever. Feels like it'd be a good part of my "cyborg setup" with the scanner thingie.
BTW I got a shittier (and cheaper!) version of this so I'll see if I can make any progress on it.
gonna try to sleep with this "smart ring" for the first time. Should be collecting heart rate and blood oxygen. Huge thanks to @gadgetbridge for being able to pull data out of this tbing without needing a proprietary app.
@mauve i find no info about a "new wearable setup"? They look awesome but not very portable
@kris I found this video on youtube which is what got me into this again. Also saw some vids of them doing programming which is my main use case for keyboards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVzi4fDzxq0
@kris I'm excited to pair it with my Viture Neckband for portable computing. https://neckband.viture.com/
@mauve re text input on a controller—
close to two decades ago now, i was at a friends house and he was showing me this game on ps3 and this game had a super unique take on using the d-pad to filter letters
i don’t know exactly, but from reverse engineering my memory, each direction represented 1/4 the letters of the alphabet, maybe symbols too, so for sake of example, let’s say there’s
32 characters in this alphabet dictionary
at the root, each direction would represent 8 characters, drilling into that, each direction two characters, into that, each direction one character
with a tree three levels deep, any character could be selected with exactly three inputs.
it was like t9 for gamers
@tychi That's interesting. I was thinking of using a combo of dpad + amalog stick. Analog stick rotates to select one of 6 zones, then clicking the dpad in six directions to type the character / symbol. My main issue is I really need all the special characters needed for programming which drastically increases the number of combos I must represent 😅
@mauve the d-pad trick is exponential, so four levels gets you up to 64
maybe keeping it to three though, clicking a thumb stick could get you to capitals, then symbols, then lowercase, the capitals, then symbols
in symbols mode, left could get you {[<( and right can get you }]>)
up and down can be the others
the joystick directional approach does remind me of the roller coaster tycoon for console— the 8 directions selected different modalities
@mauve I was really conflicted between the GPD Pocket 4 and the Framework 12. I ultimately pre-ordered a Framework 12 because of the repairability, but the KVM mode for the Pocket 4 is *so cool*.
@mauve I think the ultimate vision is a phone that I can connect my XR headset to to do work (or dock to a monitor and keyboard, etc), but the phones that best support this atm (Pixel and Samsung S series) don't seem likely to support Linux anytime soon.
@j3rn Yeah big same. Or even something with the same specs of my GPD WIN 4 but just a compute puck with a battery.
Phones are a bit too weak IMO
@mauve I'll take your word for it; I've not earnestly tried to work on my Pixel 6 since it doesn't support display out, so I'm limited to the small screen. That said, the Pixel 9 has 12GB RAM and the Pixel 9 Pro has 16GB RAM—combined with the fact that they have display out and Google is working on a first-party Android Desktop makes me think they're gunning for this vision. I wouldn't trust a Google working environment though, for obvious reasons 😅
@j3rn Jeeze, these things are getting so beefy :P The xreal beam pro might be an OK alternative too. Termux or VNC into a linux box could get around some system limitations for example. I guess it also depends on what you want to do on em? I mostly do node/rust dev lately which is okay ish on ARM.
9. I saw this in the past but the new wearable setup makes it a lot more appealing to my use case. Might getone eventually and see if it helps with the eternal hand pain more :P
https://www.charachorder.com/en-ca