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As a person who wanted VR monitors, I backed the original Oculus Dev Kit 1 a decade ago, and it was terrible for that purpose. So I got the DK2, and the Vive, a
by wcarss 3y ago
As a person who wanted VR monitors, I backed the original Oculus Dev Kit 1 a decade ago, and it was terrible for that purpose. So I got the DK2, and the Vive, and the Index afterwards, trying each.
The Index pretty much has it -- it's doable. I can read comfortably in there, or watch a youtube video and not feel like I'm getting some grainy, crappy version, but it's just barely there. It's very heavy and hot, though, so I almost never choose to use it.
The claimed resolution of the Vision Pro is unbelievably larger than the Index. I forget what the numbers were exactly, but they claimed to be able to virtualize "multiple 4k monitors" or something, and the per-eye resolutions _actually supported that_.
The next thing is: it's gotta be reasonably light, balanced, and cool, so I can wear it for an hour and not get intense neck pain or nausea. I'm skeptical but, hey, we gotta keep trying.
If it hits those points: it'll be a great virtual monitor and a lot more.
- throwuwu 3y agoThere are other high resolution headsets on the market right now at comparable or less cost than the vision pro.
- czzr 3y agoSuch as?
- smoldesu 3y agoPimax 8k has been around for years: https://pimax.com/product/vision-8k-x/ https://pimax.com/product/vision-8k-x/
- jitl 3y agoApple’s headset claims to be >4K per eye, which is what the “8k” headsets of today offer. But they don’t have as compelling latency, hand tracking, or app development toolkits
- throwuwu 3y agowdym by latency? From what I can find the vision pro is 90hz which is the minimum for sota headsets with 120 being targeted by higher end devices. There are lots of hand tracking solutions for headsets that don’t have it built in but for a lot of interactions you want more than one button anyways. I’d rather have my pick of engines and SDKs through the open XR standard then be stuck with whatever Apple cooks up.