Apple hopes to convince people to buy its $3,500 Vision Pro headset using free 25-minute in-store demos::undefined

  • @lovesickoyster
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    9 months ago

    They could have made it stream wirelessly from your MacBook

    yeah, no. People really don’t understand how much bandwidth you actually need to stream even normal 4k 60hz video, let alone something like this. For reference, when I was figuring out how to dump my pc in the basement and have the monitor in my office, I had to run 12-strand fiber cables to do it.

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        9 months ago

        I’ve tried several remote desktop apps but the compression artefacts very quickly give me a headache. So I splurged for MTP cables and the display port dongles, and it works like a dream. Also, MTP connectors are pure fibre porn.

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      9 months ago

      Yeah, no. Done it with WiFi 6, no problem. Meta has had Air Link for years. Works fine. You don’t understand how much bandwidth you actually need.

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        you need about 20 gigabits per second for 4k 60hz. Or more, for higher resolutions and refresh rate - which vision pro has, compared to ~6 gigabits per second, that you need for your quest pro’s resolution. That’s why they make these.

        And having compressed video streaming to a VR device sounds like my worst nightmare.

          • @lovesickoyster
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            9 months ago

            Maybe it does, and it still would (probably) not be enough for two 4k 90hz displays that this has.

          • @dustyData
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            19 months ago

            And is nowhere in any consumer product today. How is it relevant to this discussion?

            • @[email protected]
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              29 months ago

              Vision Pro is also not a consumer product today.

              WiFi 7 was all over the devices at CES though. It’s happening soon.