@mauve It's struck me before that if I were to persue a full cyborg setup, I might want to use the same boards that MNT is already using on their computers, since I'd like to see that direction of computing succeed. And @mntmn posted this thing a bit ago https://mastodon.social/@mntmn/114241921879862683 which makes me wonder whether that's a positive possible direction for full cyborg-dorkification

@cwebber @mntmn My gameplan right now is to get a framework mobo on a portable 3d printed case. https://www.printables.com/model/1051364-framework-13-mainboard-case-with-battery

My GPD WIN 4 setup has been pretty good TBH. Getting the physical keyboard + controllers in my hands has been handy. Been doing presentations with my HMD as a teleprompter lately and doing supervised walking while coding on the go.

@cwebber Yeah if your eyes are having trouble it might make things worse. One tip I got thanks to @burrito.space was to have the screen blank out periodically to force you to give your eyes a break which I've been meaning to incorporate

@cwebber @mauve I have the Viture Pro and yeah I get some eye fatigue from it after a while. The FoV is also pretty disappointing, which might be unavoidable with glasses that use birdbath optics like these

I'm hoping in the next few years we'll see glasses with waveguides that you could conceivably just wear as your regular glasses and then boom it's a display when you plug it in

@cwebber @mauve Also a weird thing I've noticed that may be tricky to compensate for: my heartbeat through the frames makes the virtual display visibly shake a bit

@jfred @cwebber Whoa. I haven't encountered that. Is it your forehead or your eyes, do you think?

@mauve @cwebber I think it's my nose actually. The bridge of the glasses rests right on your nose and the nose has a lot of blood vessels, so it kinda makes sense

@jfred @cwebber @mauve My main issue is the lack of an IPD adjustment. I mostly like them but using them to game on my ROG Ally X I have to use a plugin that shrinks the display area slightly to keep the edges sharp instead of blurry.

For my uses they are nearly perfect, but I'd really appreciate if they stopped marketing stuff like this as a "giant tv projected in front of you" and instead went with "small monitor right in front of your face" which is more honest.

@reflex @jfred @cwebber IIRC the new xreal glasses come in two sizes for physical IPD and have software level IPD adjustment within the glasses themselves which can help a lot. I have yet to test it myself however.

@mauve @jfred @cwebber Interesting. Do they have anything like the polarization button because that is awesome on these.

Oh, one other unexpectedly good use of the Viture is as a monitor for my camera. Cheaper than an Atomos Ninja V, and my body has most of the features those monitors have.

@reflex @jfred @cwebber Yeah! They actually have an extra level of dimming rather than just on/off.

I mostly use my vitures for coding when on the go and for watching stuff via the neckband while I'm doing chores.

The xreal beam pro seems neat as a companion device but I'll probably just use my phone instead if I end up getting their glasses.

@mauve @jfred @cwebber If the Vitures were sharp corner to corner I'd absolutely use them as a regular display. My kingdom for an IPD adjustment. I really, really like the image quality otherwise.

@cwebber @mauve

I have the XReal Air2 pros and now the One Pro.

i love them for movies/tv and gaming with steam deck. it’s great! i use it all the time and recommend it. eye strain is not too bad.

BUT… i don’t love the resolution and text aliasing, especially when moving your head when stabilized. it is workable for sure, and can serve well in a pinch - but i find it unpleasant for work/coding in any real capacity.

@Ember @cwebber Yeah IDK why they think taking over scroll and making it that janky / heavy is good. They should just have a video with text instead. 🤷 Design consultants gotta justify their costs I guess.