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I agree with pretty much everything he said except I still don’t see how people enjoy the Mac Virtual Display. It’s just too fuzzy. He is a writer though and ma

I agree with pretty much everything he said except I still don’t see how people enjoy the Mac Virtual Display. It’s just too fuzzy. He is a writer though and maybe if the text is larger and the only thing on MVD you can write without issue? Code was too rough on mine. Tomorrow I plan to try it on my couch with just my laptop to compare the experience. Sitting at my desk I just wanted to take off the AVP and use the monitors that were sitting right there. But even if the couch experiment goes well, I prefer to work at my desk and the AVP can’t come close to that level of productively for me so I’ll probably return it.

jebarker 3y ago
I haven't tried AVP. I was under the impression that Mac Virtual Display could be at 4K - why is the text fuzzy if that's the case?
- joshstrange 3y ago
  It’s something to do with how your screen is AirPlay’d to the AVP. I too thought it would be 4K but I think all that was said is something like “4K per eye” but that doesn’t mean 4K for monitors. Text in AVP apps is crisp but Mac Virtual Display is not. I put an image at the top of this post https://joshstrange.com/2024/02/10/the-use-case-for-mac-virtual-display/ https://joshstrange.com/2024/02/10/the-use-case-for-mac-virt... and the previous post has some video looking at code to give you an example.
  - jonwest 3y ago
    I havent used the AVP but I remember feeling the excitement of being able to watch a movie in a theatre all to myself with the Oculus Rift all fade away in the first half an hour with the loss in clarity. I have zero doubts that the comparison is night and day between the CV1 Rift and the AVP, but when I think about how much I'm bothered by blurry text when I'm working, I can't help but be a bit bearish on pulling the trigger on getting one. I'm sure I will get there, but maybe not on the first generation.
- layer8 3y ago
  In the best case, the original 5K resolution is downscaled to 4K for streaming to the AVP (3K on Intel Macs), and the AVP then 3D-projects those 4K onto the pixel grid of the AVP’s display panels (whose width is a bit less than 4K). This means two steps of downscaling and pixel interpolation, with the corresponding loss in sharpness. For the AVP’s native UI, text glyphs are apparently first 3D-transformed in their vector form before being directly rendered onto the panel’s display grid, maintaining maximum sharpness.

jebarker 3y ago

I haven't tried AVP. I was under the impression that Mac Virtual Display could be at 4K - why is the text fuzzy if that's the case?

joshstrange 3y ago
It’s something to do with how your screen is AirPlay’d to the AVP. I too thought it would be 4K but I think all that was said is something like “4K per eye” but that doesn’t mean 4K for monitors. Text in AVP apps is crisp but Mac Virtual Display is not. I put an image at the top of this post https://joshstrange.com/2024/02/10/the-use-case-for-mac-virtual-display/ https://joshstrange.com/2024/02/10/the-use-case-for-mac-virt... and the previous post has some video looking at code to give you an example.
- jonwest 3y ago
  I havent used the AVP but I remember feeling the excitement of being able to watch a movie in a theatre all to myself with the Oculus Rift all fade away in the first half an hour with the loss in clarity. I have zero doubts that the comparison is night and day between the CV1 Rift and the AVP, but when I think about how much I'm bothered by blurry text when I'm working, I can't help but be a bit bearish on pulling the trigger on getting one. I'm sure I will get there, but maybe not on the first generation.
layer8 3y ago
In the best case, the original 5K resolution is downscaled to 4K for streaming to the AVP (3K on Intel Macs), and the AVP then 3D-projects those 4K onto the pixel grid of the AVP’s display panels (whose width is a bit less than 4K). This means two steps of downscaling and pixel interpolation, with the corresponding loss in sharpness. For the AVP’s native UI, text glyphs are apparently first 3D-transformed in their vector form before being directly rendered onto the panel’s display grid, maintaining maximum sharpness.