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> Gaming: 2.4 hours of usage on average > Social: 2.2 hours of usage on average > Productivity: 1.5 hours minutes [sic] of usage on average How is this ac

> Gaming: 2.4 hours of usage on average > Social: 2.2 hours of usage on average > Productivity: 1.5 hours minutes [sic] of usage on average How is this accurate? What kind of "Productivity" tasks are people doing inside a Quest if it uses more power/battery than gaming? Also, "Social" drawing more power than "Gaming" too? Something seems weird.

paxys 3y ago
Going by how my Macbook's battery life evaporates with 10 Chrome tabs + Slack + Zoom, I believe it. Gaming is definitely less load than multiple windows of modern work apps.
- capableweb 3y ago
  Compared to playing a game which would definitely use both GPU and CPU, instead of mostly just CPU?
  - paxys 3y ago
    Almost every such app uses GPU as well.
    - capableweb 3y ago
      True, but nowhere near the level that a game would. As an example, it'll be hard to find a productivity/office application that is bottlenecked by the GPU, while for games, it's relatively easy to find.
  - londons_explore 3y ago
    The modern web is pretty taxing on a GPU... Plenty of webpages have 100+ layers to composite together...
    - capableweb 3y ago
      Sure, but those only get rendered when stuff is actually changing on the screen, otherwise it stands still, compared to games which would (usually at least) continue to render N FPS no matter if the screen is identical or not compared to previous frame.
- afgrant 3y ago
  If your MacBook battery is recent and lasting for less than 8 hours, you’re doing something very unusual.
gglanzani 3y ago
Microsoft Teams can absolutely use more battery than many games. Ditto for Instagram.
- silviot 3y ago
  Isn't that "social" though?
  - layer8 3y ago
    It’s certainly not productivity.
pianohacker 3y ago
I wonder if that's AR, and the cameras/processing involved are what use more power.
throwaway29812 3y ago
To be fair, I could only game for 15 min before getting dizzy anyways
zitterbewegung 3y ago
There are also apps that basically render your desktop screen in VR.
ggreer 3y ago
I'm pretty sure productivity refers mixed reality stuff such as projecting virtual screens and objects in the environment around you.[1] That requires more computation than rendering a fully virtual scene. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imOp7QrBs0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imOp7QrBs0c

paxys 3y ago

Going by how my Macbook's battery life evaporates with 10 Chrome tabs + Slack + Zoom, I believe it. Gaming is definitely less load than multiple windows of modern work apps.

capableweb 3y ago
Compared to playing a game which would definitely use both GPU and CPU, instead of mostly just CPU?
- paxys 3y ago
  Almost every such app uses GPU as well.
  - capableweb 3y ago
    True, but nowhere near the level that a game would. As an example, it'll be hard to find a productivity/office application that is bottlenecked by the GPU, while for games, it's relatively easy to find.
- londons_explore 3y ago
  The modern web is pretty taxing on a GPU... Plenty of webpages have 100+ layers to composite together...
  - capableweb 3y ago
    Sure, but those only get rendered when stuff is actually changing on the screen, otherwise it stands still, compared to games which would (usually at least) continue to render N FPS no matter if the screen is identical or not compared to previous frame.
afgrant 3y ago
If your MacBook battery is recent and lasting for less than 8 hours, you’re doing something very unusual.

gglanzani 3y ago

Microsoft Teams can absolutely use more battery than many games. Ditto for Instagram.

silviot 3y ago
Isn't that "social" though?
- layer8 3y ago
  It’s certainly not productivity.

pianohacker 3y ago

I wonder if that's AR, and the cameras/processing involved are what use more power.

throwaway29812 3y ago

To be fair, I could only game for 15 min before getting dizzy anyways

zitterbewegung 3y ago

There are also apps that basically render your desktop screen in VR.

ggreer 3y ago

I'm pretty sure productivity refers mixed reality stuff such as projecting virtual screens and objects in the environment around you.[1] That requires more computation than rendering a fully virtual scene. 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imOp7QrBs0c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imOp7QrBs0c