Mauve 👁💜 @mauve@mastodon.mauve.moe

@cwebber@octodon.social Yeah totally. I appreciate it when I can just clone a repo and run `make && make install`.

Sometimes it's a huge pain in the ass if they expect you to have a specific OS/distro with a specific set of packages installed. 😭

@cwebber@octodon.social Just got whiplash imagining a world where I have to compile electron and chromium from source to install a shitty desktop app 🤣

Cool article on ChatGPT and Large Language Models. It does a good job of putting some of the worries I've had about people's misconceptions of how they work into words.

https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/chatgpt-is-a-blurry-jpeg-of-the-web

Any reason I shouldn't get a #SteamDeck to replace my lil Intel NUC setup? Mostly for some dev workflows and having it docked into my large screen + my BT keyboard and trackpad.

Also been thinking it'd be handy to have for basic #VR with #Monado and some sort of cheap headset like an #NReal Light

Neat! Looks like some folks have added support for the #LynxXR R1 to the #Godot engine.

Hopefully this will make it easier to build stuff for the less Big Tech side of #VR :P

Godot+Lynx could be a nice alternative to Unity+Quest.

@technobaboo Yeah..... I really hope they don't get any extra slowdowns. I'm just waiting to get one of these things.

It sucks that Facebook's thing is the main thing that people can just buy and use. At least it's still not great for productivity. :P

@technobaboo That's perfect! Yeah, that's exactly the sort of thing I wish was out in the wild.

XR Linux only using old headsets seems like a big barrier to entry atm. :/

I really wish I could just buy something like a simula and get going without having to run a bunch of scripts and stress about compatibility.

@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

@technobaboo What software does NorthStar have which I can just pick up and use tomorrow? Stardust seems to be the most advanced thing I've seen but honestly setting it up is way too daunting even if I could get my hands on hardware for it.

What hardware does xrdesktop work on right now that I can just buy and plug in? I've only seen tech demos and it generally seems like you need to rely on ancient lighthouse based headsets tethered to a desktop computer that requires hours of setup to run.

@olm_e From all those things I think Simula is going to be the best option once they actually release, but I was really hoping that there would be something out there already. 😅

@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.

@itspomf Deployimg to dozens of package managers is very difficult for small developers and the altrrnative is limiting the users you can reach by focusing on just one or two. Being able to distribute a binary means I can spend more time on features instead of packaging differences.

At least that's been my reasoning for the stuff I make.

Is there an alternative to the #hololens but with full #VR instead of their janky #AR setup? I've been thinking about it and a mobile vr setup that lets me arrange windows around me is really all I want from a computer right now and #WMR seems to be the furthest along for that.