Ordered the XReal 1 Pro+ with prescription lenses and the XReal eye camera. I'm pretty excited to have a less janky mic/camera setup for my cyberdeck and the onboard spatial tracking with extra large virtual displays should be nice. We'll see if it gets here in time for my next trip. (probably not)
@mauve I don't like these glasses with cameras on them, but I must say that I have the XReal without the camera, and it's a wonderful device, probably the best XR headset, but having a separate head tracking brick is impractical and no head tracking is also impractical. You are my XR display coding setup mentor, so I look forward to seeing how you like it!
@brandon Honestly I don't expect to use the 6DoF very often when doing actual work. the 3dof might be fun with a virtual ultrawide since that works well with niri. Longer term I think I'll be using the passthrough from the steam frame (especially so I can see in the dark with IR flashlights when I go walking in the forest and doing urbex). I think I'll mostly be using the camera for computer vision purposes like pulling text off of real surfaces or memorizing stuff.
@brandon yes! i fully agree. Also the always on audio recording devices like that apple watch. That's kinda why I prefer the removable Xreal camera over the built in cameras that other headsets have. I'm going to keep it in my pouch unless I really need to feed vision into my system (which I expect to be rare)
@mauve I do like that sort of stuff. I am a fan of the work of Steve Mann and went to the premiere of the documentary about him, "Cyberman" (2001). I just don't like the camera for privacy reasons in social situations. I won't talk to someone wearing a camera on their face. I understand that we're all being recorded all the time anyway, but I just think it's rude. I do like the gargoyle setup for sousveillance, though. (Snow Crash, 1992)