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Agreed, and in my opinion, Apple messed up with the Vision Pro with this. They took the battery and made it external, yet the head unit itself is heavier than

Agreed, and in my opinion, Apple messed up with the Vision Pro with this. They took the battery and made it external, yet the head unit itself is heavier than most battery-included head units! IMO they should have made the compute unit external as well (you already have to have a brick attached via a cable, it's madness not to (technical details aside, potential added latency, etc)). I don't really know the details and I'm sure someone has weighed all the components...but if the processing was not in the head unit, they ditched the external facing display + glass screen cover, and went all in on being light weight (maybe a carbon frame vs aluminum? not sure how much that would save), it would be much more enjoyable. Obviously the Vision Pro in a glasses format isn't possible now. However, the Vision Pro with a few hundred grams shaved off of it, plus being a little bit less "horizontally" bulky would result in a much more enjoyable user experience.

pfannkuchen 2y ago
I’m guessing that splitting the hardware between the face and the brick isn’t that simple and would require a lot of custom solutions. If the headset were solely a display then it seems straightforward, but I don’t know what existing system could be used to transmit all of the various sensor data down to a brick, especially in a way that would enable quickly iterating on the sensor set. I’m not a hardware person though so if someone from hardware land could chime in on plausibility I would be curious to hear that perspective. Once the sensor set is more locked in and/or the market is more proven I’m guessing they will go ahead and invest in a custom solution to split the face and the brick hardware. It would for sure be an obvious win, I just think it’s probably not easy to do.
- dpig_ 2y ago
  Sony's PSVR2 is essentially just a display, is incredibly lightweight and comfortable, and sends everything down the cable to the console. I think it's possible.

pfannkuchen 2y ago

I’m guessing that splitting the hardware between the face and the brick isn’t that simple and would require a lot of custom solutions. If the headset were solely a display then it seems straightforward, but I don’t know what existing system could be used to transmit all of the various sensor data down to a brick, especially in a way that would enable quickly iterating on the sensor set. I’m not a hardware person though so if someone from hardware land could chime in on plausibility I would be curious to hear that perspective. Once the sensor set is more locked in and/or the market is more proven I’m guessing they will go ahead and invest in a custom solution to split the face and the brick hardware. It would for sure be an obvious win, I just think it’s probably not easy to do.

dpig_ 2y ago
Sony's PSVR2 is essentially just a display, is incredibly lightweight and comfortable, and sends everything down the cable to the console. I think it's possible.