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Do you have to be looking at a Mac to see it’s screen?
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tobyringle69
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It's interesting that they have never shown this feature with a desktop Mac. Connection may be bluetooth, so proximity could be the factor.
DeepStuff
macrumors regular
It’s actually using AirPlay 2 for the Mac Virtual Display, which is WiFi, so I assume as long as you are connected to the same WiFi, you’ll be ok.
tobyringle69
macrumors regular
I've managed to use the Sidecar feature to wirelessly mirror the desktop of a headless Mac Studio to an iPad Pro. It felt fiddly and not resilient to reboots so in the end I switched to VNC instead, but it "worked".
This doesn't mean it'll work exactly the same way for a Vision Pro, but the two approaches do share similarities. My recommendation is to ask Apple or ask again once MacRumors users start receiving their units.
doelcm82
macrumors 68040
How much will you be able to control your Mac using your eyes and with tapping your fingers together?
Will it be a case of needing to stay with the Mac so you can use its keyboard and trackpad to work with what's on the screen? Will you be able to drag and drop things from Vision OS apps to the Mac screen? I think it's likely you can copy from a Vision OS app and paste in a Mac app, because you can do that from an iPhone.
Will it be a case of needing to stay with the Mac so you can use its keyboard and trackpad to work with what's on the screen? Will you be able to drag and drop things from Vision OS apps to the Mac screen? I think it's likely you can copy from a Vision OS app and paste in a Mac app, because you can do that from an iPhone.
We’ll see soon, but my guess is it only displays the Mac screen and you still need to interact with the Mac using keyboard and pointer. The targets in macOS are likely too small for eye tracking accuracy. No idea about drag and drop initially, but I would think it would come eventually. I agree copy paste should work because it’s basically what Continuity does now.
That also leads to the question of interacting with iPad apps in VP. My guess is the touch targets are big enough in iPad apps that eye tracking will work. Also because mouse support works in iPadOS like how eye tracking works in VP, with buttons enlarging before being clicked.