Was just going to mention Immersed. If the Quest 2 or Quest 3 can run multiple displays using an app like that, there's no technical reason that the Vision Pro shouldn't be able to do the same.
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Was just going to mention Immersed. If the Quest 2 or Quest 3 can run multiple displays using an app like that, there's no technical reason that the Vision Pro shouldn't be able to do the same.
That 80% charge limit sure would be laggy on anything older than an A16, wouldn’t it.
We would prefer it if Apple offered this value by default instead of getting out-innovated by indie devs.
I have MacBook Air M1 and Dell's dock ( too lazy to look up the model ) and Display Link Manager and I can use 2 displays with no issues at all.
That's not really the point. My home office has my MBP hooked up to two 4k monitors, and I'm also using the MBP display itself. My main monitor is like 43". I also travel quite a bit. The dream is to be able to recreate my home office and productivity in a hotel, plane, etc. The AVP gets really close to this already. With some software improvements, it can get even closer. I can tell you I'm not as productive with just my laptop compared to my home office.
Also… it's really not that uncomfortable and not sweaty at all in my use.
I think this was simply left out due to time constraints more than anything. It’s pretty clear VisionOS 1.0 needed more time in the oven. Probably a case of the software team lagging far behind the time the hardware team considered their work finished.
Yes soooooo many buyers upgraded so they can get the 80% charge limit, Apple intentionally made it a way to nudge them /sarc
i bet 99% of the market has zero idea about that feature
Your first sentence is a proposition that I believe to be just posturing, not real history.
Your second sentence is just ignoring the reality of living in a physical world with physical limits.
Processing, interface bandwidths, storage bandwidths, etc. are all real things. And real engineers deal with them methodically.
In this day, of 2024, it is absurd to think that any computer-device company is not aware of the intense competition for customer money.
Apple is fully aware of what it can deliver at any given price. And it knows that it will price its products to deliver not just a profit, but also to maintain the company's viability.
Of course they've tested multiple monitors. They tested all sorts of things. That's part of making a new thing - you test things. Experienment. You wonder what can this thing do? What can't it do? What can it do today vs. what can it do tomorrow? Just because they can make, or prove, a concept today does not necessarily mean it will make it to the consumer today, tomorrow, or ever. That's what's so exciting about a completely new platform: potential. While the clicks will be about what Vision Pro does today (obviously), I'm more interested in what this platform will offer in a decade. Two decades. Like the keyboard, then the mouse, then touch - eye tracking (+ gestures) may be the way we interface with our computers moving forward. It may not. That's the fun part - the unknown. I'm glad to see Apple go after something so bold, so ambitious, so innovative.. It's refreshing af. And despite the popular punchline, leveraged by so many in this community, Vision Pro is, without question, the most courageous endeavor in the personal computing space right now. It's going to be fun to see where the Vision Pro/spacial computing thread leads when pulled.
Bull crap.
Why did I have to find workarounds to use Night Shift, Handoff and Continuity, GPU hardware acceleration, and many more things on my old hardware when the machine is otherwise perfectly capable of doing those things? They cause zero issues when actually enabled but Apple decided my old computer was keeping me from giving them more money.
Apple feature-rations because they’re greedy.
Mac, iPad and AVP all have the same M2 chip, but only the first is fairly unrestricted in functionality.
Gosh. Why don't they let us connect a USB-C or Thunderbolt cable and have as many Mac virtual monitors as we want?
It won't take a couple of years. Even 10+ windows is already possible. It doesn't have to be over wifi. Imagine an HDMI/USB-C port for the Vision Pro. Or whatever new product comes out in the future.Actually, once we get multiple displays, this becomes very compelling. I would need to see the actual quality of the displays for myself to see if this could replace real monitors, but I'm almost at the point at which I can't work without at least two screens.
I look forward to when I can travel with a headset and still have a 2+ display setup equivalent or better than my home office. It's probably a couple of years out, but one can dream.
So they have always been slow to make drastic changes. This complete desktop means they can drip feed features and makes sure they work. I am guessing that a single 4k has proven to be rock solid so they ent with that.
I am Sure the next version will include either more desktops / spaces or a disassociated apps like this.
It would be cool if you could stick an dock flat on your desk. Hell bring back the Touch Bar in AR.
Thanks, you gave me an idea for an AVP version of the "I Am Rich" app... "I Am AVP Monitor Stand"!
With Apple, the feature hold backs are usually marketing and money related (artificial segmentation) more so than technical issues
Wow, I had totally forgotten about that app!!!Thanks, you gave me an idea for an AVP version of the "I Am Rich" app... "I Am AVP Monitor Stand"!