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Apple's screens each have 5x more pixels per inch.

That is significant for a headset designed to be used for work.

It’s my belief that very high pixel density (and the GPU power to drive it) becoming cheap is going to be one of the factors that proves crucial to taking AR goggles/glasses/etc mainstream. The densities that’ve been economical thus far don’t cut it.

I bought a pair of the xreal air glasses about 6 months ago, with the intention of using them to code. However, the pixel density is so low that text looks seriously janky, and I don't use them for code.

My backup use was to hook them to my iPhone & use them to watch netflix / appletv, etc, on a plane. However, that doesn't work as they don't support hdcp. So the only thing I can watch is non-DRMed video that I record myself. Sigh.

Would a legal HMDI converter help, https://www.avforums.com/threads/hdcp-2-2-to-1-4-converters....

> My backup use was to hook them to my iPhone & use them to watch netflix / appletv, etc, on a plane. However, that doesn't work as they don't support hdcp.

I use them with my iPad all the time to watch video.

I'm guessing you might be using the lightning-to-usb-c adapter.

Yes, I use the Apple MD826 / MD826ZMA Lightning to HDMI Adaptor & their XREAL Air Adapter. Is that what's not hdcp compliant?

Yes

Seems like it.

I plug my headset directly into the USB-C port without issue.

I have an Air 2 Pro. Last month I took it on a plane where I used it to watch Netflix on the iPhone and play games on the Steam Deck. I have an iPhone 15 Pro which uses USB-C. I wonder if that’s what allows it to work.

Apple's headset will have a significantly higher field of view so comparing PPI doesn't mean much

Apple's not really pitching it as a work device though. Their marketing is very consumer focused.

There was a fair bit of work stuff in the announcement; I personally am primarily interested in Vision Pro as a monitor replacement. Furthermore I’ve talked to someone who’s used it a few times and they see it’s two use cases as content consumption (like 3D video / experience, not so much gaming) and content authoring (3D/VR video, architecture, and desktop monitor use case)

Is it? I remember a lot of the launch video being depicted in an office or studio environment, aside from the dad taking 3d photos of his kids.

The opposite is true, actually.

I'd imagine the bulk of the sales at that price point will be people or companies justifying it as a work expense.

It would seem you have not actually seen the marketing before commenting on it.

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