Augmented Reality (AR)

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/30032139

I've been looking for it in reviews, official information, Lemmy and all. Nothing has come up. So let me ask the big obvious question here as an AR curious power user:

What is the FRAMEBUFFER SIZE (not the resolution of the physical display hardware) when using XReal One and One Pro as a USB-C monitor? Is it limited to 1920x1080 (which would me meh) or can one go higher?

When I first got the OG Quest, I setup a thing where a Raspberry Pi beamed a huge (in excess of 7000 x 3000 pixels) Herbstluftwm workspace over VNC on the Quest. The Quest VNC app was 3DOF only, so no peeking closer to see fine details, and of course the Quest didn't quite have the screen to make this usable, but the idea still tickles my fancy. Asking this to find if the time has come to try again :)

I created a simple Bash script that will always disable the default/internal monitor on your laptop when using AR glasses (or any other external monitor). I find this useful for when using AR glasses such as the XReal One which allows you to change the mode from regular mode to ultra-wide mode and when doing this, it will act as your unplugging the XReal ones and plugging in XReal one again in a new mode, causing the interal laptop display to become enabled.

To keep the laptop display always off, weather the laptop lid is either closed or open, this simple bash script will always disable the laptop screen every X seconds (You can change it by changing the wait variable)

Simply copy this script and create a new bash script such as disable-display.sh, make the script file executable and add it to your startup applications and it will run in the background. You will need to run xrandr command with all of your displays enabled to get the names of the displays and change the variable names in the script accordingly.

NOTE: This script may not work with a full Wayland setup and may only work on X11.

Enjoy

#!/bin/bash

#RUN xrandr TO GET THE NAMES OF THE DISPLAYS AND SET THE VARIABLES TO THESE NAMES

readonly default_display="eDP"
readonly external_display="USB-C-0"

readonly wait=5

while true; do
    #Check if there is an external display connected
    if xrandr | grep -q "$external_display connected"; then
        #Disable the internal display
        xrandr --output $default_display --off
    fi

    sleep $wait
done

cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/61216172

Back in September, supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claimed that mass production of a refreshed Apple Vision Pro with an M5 chipset was expected to begin in the second half of 2025.

The M5 chip hasn't yet been announced, but Apple claims M4 has a 50% more powerful CPU and 4 times more powerful GPU than M2, suggesting the M5 Vision Pro could deliver a phenomenal performance increase.

Kuo said he didn't expect the hardware design or price to change "much". Now, Gurman writes that while Apple had previously considered doing a basic chip refresh, it's now "looking to go further".

According to Gurman, the new Vision Pro will be both cheaper and lighter, addressing the two primary concerns of the current headset. Gurman doesn't say exactly how much lighter the headset should be, nor does he give an estimated price.

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