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Yeah, I watched a few videos about the apple headset and this was one of my takeaways as well. Would I buy this? - I would if it were a viable replacement for m

Yeah, I watched a few videos about the apple headset and this was one of my takeaways as well. Would I buy this? - I would if it were a viable replacement for my computer monitor. I have a 48" monitor at home. Its basically a TV on my desk. I absolutely adore having so much space while I'm programming. If the resolution, price, battery life, weight and sweatiness issues of virtual headsets were all addressed to the point that I could use a headset like that instead of a giant monitor, I'd totally buy one. Especially if it meant I didn't have to lug my laptop around as a result. After all - the apple headset has an M2 chip in it. There's no good technical reason to need a laptop as well. The apple vision headset looks like its getting much closer to that dream. The displays and the software stack look much more appealing than the quest 2 I have. But they need to address the weight and battery life. And it needs to be a lot cheaper (or a lot more capable) to justify its price. I'll probably grab one in a few generations if they keep iterating on it.

satvikpendem 3y ago
Ah, another LG OLED convert.
- josephg 3y ago
  Sadly I got the gigabyte aorus 48U. Same panel, but rubbish display firmware. The display dims itself automatically if not many pixels have changed their value in the last few minutes - and you don't bother many pixels by programming. It works great for gaming, but coding on it for the first few weeks was a mess where every 5 minutes or so I'd need to alt+tab around or wiggle a bright window or I'd stop being able to read my code. (And the dimming behaviour is impossible to disable.) I complained to customer support about it - and they did nothing. Eventually I wrote a little background process which makes the whole display flash white every 5 minutes to stop it from dimming. Its a little weird and distracting - especially when I'm in the next room and don't expect a flash. But it works great. The display might get burn in in a few years as a result. If it does I'll look for a replacement from anyone but gigabyte.
  - satvikpendem 3y ago
    > The display dims itself automatically if not many pixels have changed their value in the last few minutes - and you don't bother many pixels by programming I turned this off in the hidden factory settings for the LG OLED: https://old.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/sbords/how_to_access_lg_service_menu_without_the_service/ https://old.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/sbords/how_to_... Perhaps there is something similar for yours too.

satvikpendem 3y ago

Ah, another LG OLED convert.

josephg 3y ago
Sadly I got the gigabyte aorus 48U. Same panel, but rubbish display firmware. The display dims itself automatically if not many pixels have changed their value in the last few minutes - and you don't bother many pixels by programming. It works great for gaming, but coding on it for the first few weeks was a mess where every 5 minutes or so I'd need to alt+tab around or wiggle a bright window or I'd stop being able to read my code. (And the dimming behaviour is impossible to disable.) I complained to customer support about it - and they did nothing. Eventually I wrote a little background process which makes the whole display flash white every 5 minutes to stop it from dimming. Its a little weird and distracting - especially when I'm in the next room and don't expect a flash. But it works great. The display might get burn in in a few years as a result. If it does I'll look for a replacement from anyone but gigabyte.
- satvikpendem 3y ago
  > The display dims itself automatically if not many pixels have changed their value in the last few minutes - and you don't bother many pixels by programming I turned this off in the hidden factory settings for the LG OLED: https://old.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/sbords/how_to_access_lg_service_menu_without_the_service/ https://old.reddit.com/r/OLED_Gaming/comments/sbords/how_to_... Perhaps there is something similar for yours too.