AR is a step too far. I don't actually need anything augmented. It's useful enough to just have a surface that I can put some status windows on while I walk around the house.

Then you can go about your day and only zoom it in if something happens.

You can even exercise with them on.

Particularly for exercise, a pair of glasses feels like too much, until baked in to prescription frames with no added weight

I don't want to learn morse code to know what price my ring has found for me. Glasses displaying a price, please.

I have pretty bad phone hygiene, but I honestly can’t imagine being so switched on and plugged in that I couldn’t walk around the house without thinking that I missed the price of something.

So you want a HUD like in Oblivion or Skyrim? On you head? Telling you how healthy you are and when you need to eat?

There is something about distance which we can't fool our brains about (yet), I can watch something on 42" screen 1m from me or on 75" screen 4m from me, that big screen, despite visibly smaller makes somehow more 'wholesome' experience.

The solution here is to not use Windows, or to disable this auto-install feature if you do, not to avoid all external hardware the OS is capable of identifying (read: every device connected through any modern bus or I/O interface).

  My fear is that as usual if they become popular, they’ll just be yet another device used for more invasion of privacy and spying. They won’t stay dumb for long. ... Look what happened with TVs lol

I really hate how prescriptive comments have to be on HN sometimes.

Here: at present they are dumb and are generally not being used for spying or paired with invasive apps. However, if they become more popular, that is likely to change, which is something I am not looking forward to. It would mean you’d have to use older, inferior hardware, which is fine for basic laptops and Linux and such but displays get noticeably better every few years. I’d rather not have to use dated hardware for something my eyes have to stare at for long periods just because companies are greedy about data.

Is that clear enough?

Display glasses are a subset of HMD's, a more specific term. The "display" part of it implies that they're monitor replacements -- both in their interface (DisplayPort alt-mode) and an FOV suitable for monitor replacement.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=display+glass&ti...

Still, if support for that becomes more standardized and the FoV gets better, I do think this category of displays is pretty exciting. I've found them useful despite those drawbacks!

How much did you pay - what do you think about the price?

Do you use prescription glasses?

Uses - HDR high res video (4k/8k big screen equivalent)?

Design? Color accuracy?

Programming/writing and reading - precieved dpi and contrast? (Print, eink, retina, OLED, 1080p lcd?

I don't need all of the best from the above - but would like to know...

Best steam deck experience I’ve ever had though. Sekiro and Elden Ring with a giant virtual display is fantastic

As a rule of thumb, you probably want a font size similar to what you'd use on a 12 or 14 inch screen. People code quite well on 12 - 14 inch displays but it's not the advertised "57 inch screen equivalent" if you're displaying text.

Yes, there are prescription inserts that you get with the glasses.

I only use one setting, and it isn't ultra-wide screen or anything.

Visually the text is worse than looking at text on a laptop screen (or any other screen); the advantage is in the neck. It's so much better not having to look down.

- do you use these in 'ultrawide' mode (3840x1080)?

- if so, do you find the head tracking works well (i.e. it just works)?

- do you notice the lack of vertical resolution?

(I don't own a pair of these or similar, and like the idea. But a portable monitor gives me a second screen in addition to my MBP. AIUI the glasses would mean I would no longer be able to see my MBP screen, so the glasses would be a substitute, not a complement.)

I do not wear prescription glasses, I have used VR glasses and do FPV drone on regular basis. So it is not just me.

I would strongly advice against buying such a product without trying them first! Because at this moment it clearly does not seem to be suitable for everyone.

These little wearable dumb displays can be a great alternative to lugging around a laptop. The only problem right now is that the software ecosystem on smartphones is decidedly half baked. Desktop mode on the Pixel series is OK, but it's still janky and a lot of apps don't scale correctly.