Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised

Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by zamnos on Thursday May 18, 2023 @05:25PM (#35994258)

Right. $3,000 is obviously a luxury/niche product, but $450 Nreal Air (which is a product you can buy today off Amazon) much less so. It's like 3D TVs, the idea will never die. Even if it's doesn't work out time around (which I doubt, having spent a tiny bit of time with an Nreal Air), expect to see it again in 10 years or so.

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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by verdverm on Thursday May 18, 2023 @07:19PM (#35995673)

Once there are true smart glasses, things will change. I love the Hololens 2 experience, it just needs better hardware and smaller form factor.

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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by jnsie on Thursday May 18, 2023 @11:07PM (#35997261)

Really curious about Nreal Air but would love to try before buying. Have you experienced them? If so, what's your take?

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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by aryc19 on Friday May 19, 2023 @06:30AM (#35999917)

I've used nreal air.

The good: - Great form factor - Image quality for screen mirroring is great - Display has good brightness - Decent speakers

The bad: - Nebula (AR software that allows projecting multiple screens) has a worse image quality (I see some flickering). It's also buggy (e.g. it doesn't work on latest MacOS) - Slightly heavy. You would start feeling the weight on your ears after wearing it for an hour or so. - When screen mirroring an M1 Mac, the display settings on Mac doesn't allow you to resize the screen. It works on an Intel Mac though.

Eventually I decided to return it as I want to wait for the device to mature and I don't really have a strong need for AR glasses at this time. I'd be looking forward to their next version.

I think the current AR glasses (Nreal, Rokid, etc) are probably at the same level of maturity as smart watches when they first came out in the early to mid 2010s.

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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by jnsie on Friday May 19, 2023 @02:25PM (#36005212)

Really helpful, thank you! Can't tell you how many times I've had this in my amazon cart.

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Re:Apple's Reality Pro headset compromised by theshrike79 on Saturday May 20, 2023 @08:05AM (#36011192)

Don't own them myself, but there is a huge number of people using them with the Steam Deck.

You can get a huge screen in a portable form factor anywhere.

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