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This makes me want to try and prototype something I've been thinking about for a while. Keep the lens and display assembly + tracking cameras on headset but po

This makes me want to try and prototype something I've been thinking about for a while. Keep the lens and display assembly + tracking cameras on headset but power and computing is USB-C to an android device. So same concept software wise as the Go but not strapping a phone to your face. With pancake lens and all I think you'd get a very thin and light headset with the same computing power as a Quest 2 with a better profile and something people might actually be comfortable wearing for many hours.

corv 4y ago
Like the Nreal Air?
neodymiumphish 4y ago
Not to mention upgradeability from a graphics perspective. If your phone is the processing unit , this would also mean software that's almost always up to date. I hate that I get hit with an update about half the time that I put the headset on.
- chaostheory 4y ago
  This issue with going this route is that smart phones are about to lose a physical connection port. At least the Apple ones will be first, but more will follow.
modeless 4y ago
Magic Leap has a "compute puck" like this. Apple's headset was also rumored to tether to iPhones. I'm not sure what the most current rumor is.
- chaostheory 4y ago
  The current rumor with the Apple headset is that it will be standalone and Apple will sell it at cost at $3000. It will run on an M chip though so they can justify it. No controllers needed. Supposedly, Ive’s last decision was to kill the puck or hub which is why Apple’s headset is shipping so late, but the new rumors dispute that
hnuser123456 4y ago
And put that where, in your pocket? You know how hot phones get when generating high-res, high-refresh-rate 3D graphics?
- lalopalota 4y ago
  clip it to a belt
  - ianbutler 4y ago
    Exactly, like an AV pack
  - threeseed 4y ago
    Which is the approach Apple is rumoured to be taking: "A waist-mounted battery, connected via a magnetic, MagSafe-like power cable to the headset's headband" https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/03/report-reveals-wave-of-features-for-apple-headset/ https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/03/report-reveals-wave-of-...
- dymk 4y ago
  Hold it in your mouth
bioemerl 4y ago
Problem you run into is that the screens need a pretty fair amount of power and phones just can't deliver it. USB-C can't deliver it either.
- thfuran 4y ago
  Phones may not be able to deliver it, but isn't usb c spec for power delivery over 200 W? You'd go blind if a head mounted display used that much power.
- nine_k 4y ago
  Doesn't USB-C drive the 5120 x 2560 Apple screens? I mean, there must be a capable variant of USB 3.whatever standard, and a compatible cable. Maybe some phones already feature it (iPhones should, shouldn't they?), and, if it's a worthy thing, more phone makers will feature it.

corv 4y ago

Like the Nreal Air?

neodymiumphish 4y ago

Not to mention upgradeability from a graphics perspective. If your phone is the processing unit , this would also mean software that's almost always up to date. I hate that I get hit with an update about half the time that I put the headset on.

chaostheory 4y ago
This issue with going this route is that smart phones are about to lose a physical connection port. At least the Apple ones will be first, but more will follow.

modeless 4y ago

Magic Leap has a "compute puck" like this. Apple's headset was also rumored to tether to iPhones. I'm not sure what the most current rumor is.

chaostheory 4y ago
The current rumor with the Apple headset is that it will be standalone and Apple will sell it at cost at $3000. It will run on an M chip though so they can justify it. No controllers needed. Supposedly, Ive’s last decision was to kill the puck or hub which is why Apple’s headset is shipping so late, but the new rumors dispute that

hnuser123456 4y ago

And put that where, in your pocket? You know how hot phones get when generating high-res, high-refresh-rate 3D graphics?

lalopalota 4y ago
clip it to a belt
- ianbutler 4y ago
  Exactly, like an AV pack
- threeseed 4y ago
  Which is the approach Apple is rumoured to be taking: "A waist-mounted battery, connected via a magnetic, MagSafe-like power cable to the headset's headband" https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/03/report-reveals-wave-of-features-for-apple-headset/ https://www.macrumors.com/2023/01/03/report-reveals-wave-of-...
dymk 4y ago
Hold it in your mouth

bioemerl 4y ago

Problem you run into is that the screens need a pretty fair amount of power and phones just can't deliver it. USB-C can't deliver it either.

thfuran 4y ago
Phones may not be able to deliver it, but isn't usb c spec for power delivery over 200 W? You'd go blind if a head mounted display used that much power.
nine_k 4y ago
Doesn't USB-C drive the 5120 x 2560 Apple screens? I mean, there must be a capable variant of USB 3.whatever standard, and a compatible cable. Maybe some phones already feature it (iPhones should, shouldn't they?), and, if it's a worthy thing, more phone makers will feature it.