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I think it could easily surpass AVP as a productivity device if they added built in support for running a Linux distro on top of the Android kernel and there wa

I think it could easily surpass AVP as a productivity device if they added built in support for running a Linux distro on top of the Android kernel and there was a way to have free floating X11/Wayland app windows that are fully supported. You can already do a lot of this with Termux but you can't easily reposition windows and it's not as easy as it should be. There is also just weird limitations about resizing sideloaded apps in close distance mode.

doix 3y ago
Yes! That's exactly what I'm picturing. Running i3wm/sway (depending if I get X11 or Wayland) with N number of monitors laid out like I want. Then the actual development happens on my laptop or maybe the cloud with something like codespaces or whatever the competitors are. I don't really know much about that space. In my head, I can imagine it being amazing. On the other hand, I can't see myself ever using the AVP, because I'm sure Apple would lock it down too much. Right now, I'm pretty sure my girlfriends iPad pro would be good enough to replace my laptop. All the hardware is there, it even has usbc so theoretically I could hook up an external monitor and my keyboard. But the software is just too locked down to be of any use. I'm fairly confident that will be the case with the AVP as well (it definitely is today).
- zitterbewegung 3y ago
  There is an open source screencasting app that can take windows from macOS and have them as multiple windows in the Apple vision from a laptop. Productivity apps are already a part of the quest platform that allow for rdp or something similar but they require tethers.
zitterbewegung 3y ago
You would need a powerful system to tie that with. Even the Vision Pro deals with this by laptop integration . But the biggest problem in that is UI and UX. Also you can cast systems to oculus already but it needs a tether. Furthermore both solutions need a keyboard and mouse.
- goosedragons 3y ago
  You don't need a tether to cast. There's plenty of solutions on Oculus that work wirelessly (e.g. Immersed, Meta Remote Desktop). The Quest 3 is decently powerful for a lot of tasks, not for everything but certainly basic office stuff.

doix 3y ago

Yes! That's exactly what I'm picturing. Running i3wm/sway (depending if I get X11 or Wayland) with N number of monitors laid out like I want. Then the actual development happens on my laptop or maybe the cloud with something like codespaces or whatever the competitors are. I don't really know much about that space. In my head, I can imagine it being amazing. On the other hand, I can't see myself ever using the AVP, because I'm sure Apple would lock it down too much. Right now, I'm pretty sure my girlfriends iPad pro would be good enough to replace my laptop. All the hardware is there, it even has usbc so theoretically I could hook up an external monitor and my keyboard. But the software is just too locked down to be of any use. I'm fairly confident that will be the case with the AVP as well (it definitely is today).

zitterbewegung 3y ago
There is an open source screencasting app that can take windows from macOS and have them as multiple windows in the Apple vision from a laptop. Productivity apps are already a part of the quest platform that allow for rdp or something similar but they require tethers.

zitterbewegung 3y ago

You would need a powerful system to tie that with. Even the Vision Pro deals with this by laptop integration . But the biggest problem in that is UI and UX. Also you can cast systems to oculus already but it needs a tether. Furthermore both solutions need a keyboard and mouse.

goosedragons 3y ago
You don't need a tether to cast. There's plenty of solutions on Oculus that work wirelessly (e.g. Immersed, Meta Remote Desktop). The Quest 3 is decently powerful for a lot of tasks, not for everything but certainly basic office stuff.