This article is about having a portable dual 4k monitor in combination with macOS and you bring in an iPad Pro as an alternative? Serious?
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visionOS 2.2 Beta Adds Wide and Ultrawide Modes to Mac Virtual Display
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It has a M4 as well and there may be APPs you can’t install due to many reasons on a MAC or the AVP. My company has a very rigorous release process to allow installing company APPs - and the iPad Pro could easily drive virtually dual 4 k being officially. 6 k compatible
Holy shiii. Now, we’re talking! It’s really good. I am shocked at the quality of it. Wow.
Imagine being this eager to be completely wrong about something. Total failure.
I use it 4-6 hrs a day, and I don't doubt the reports of neck discomfort, but I honestly, no-kidding, have never had any issues, and I am an average-sized old guy. It has been a WFH gamechanger.
EDIT: just updated, and this is beyond amazing - the photo in the article really doesn't do it justice. I have been awaiting this feature, and I am pleased to report that it is far better than I had even hoped it would be.
Fellow AVP'ers: is it my aging eyes, or did 2.2 improve the Mac Virtual Display clarity? The text - which was fine - looks even crisper to me after the update.
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Are you sure about that resolution? 1440 is lousy.
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Tell us more. If you put something with text such as a browser far left and far right and then look, is it pretty readable?
How's finer detail stuff placed in the 4 corners?
Good to hear this take.
I haven’t pulled the trigger on an AVP, but this is my #1 use case for it.
Thanks for y'alls' reminder and info about the requirement of macOS 15.2 Beta. I wanted to try it now but idk if updating my Mac (as my main, daily work device) to Beta software is too risky. How do you feel about macOS Betas? How about visionOS beta? Are they stable enough on a daily basis?
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Confused here. Where did you get that resolution figure? 5120x1440 is not even a single 4k display‘s worth of pixels. The article said Apple claims ultra-wide is like two side by side 4k displays.
Works like a charm with my MacBook Pro with M1.
21:9 means I don't have to switch between multiple desktops. I have 3 main apps on one desktop in full view. This is awesome!!
Is your keyboard broken? What’s going on with your replies?!
Not bad at all. Have worn for way longer with no fatigue. It's an acclimation like anything else.
Works perfect on my M1 MacBook Air. All resolutions run at high frame rate, including new ultra wide. In fact, that runs at a 10240 x 2880 resolution (although that is a bit limited by the pixels per degree of the device). Runs at native 60 though thanks to on-mac foveated rendering. Plus Vision Pro can play the Mac audio now at super low latency.
All in all, this and submerged need to be tried by anyone who has used a vision pro before and not been impressed. Massive update.
Apple has been using resolution halving for over a decade, the resolution is 10240 × 2880
Just to reiterate - Apple said that ultra wide is equivalent to two 4k displays. It's actually equivalent to two 5k displays. The viewport is 10240 x 2560, running smoothly on a 5 year old base M1 MacBook Air, although it gets a bit grainy due to display constraints of Vision Pro.. Still an incredible feat of engineering.
It looks amazing connected to my M1 Pro MBP. This issues I have stopping me from using this for a full work day are more personal preference/personal issues.
- I'm a huge spaces + multi-monitor user and I wish I could divide the screen in half or thirds and use them as separate monitors so I could mix and match spaces like I do in my physical setup.
- My eyes get dry after a few hours because I had LASIK a few years back. Watching a movie is fine, but anything longer will require a break and eye drops.
Just upgraded to the VisionOS 2.2 beta. The 'connect' message shows up immediately above my MacBook Pro's monitor and the screen mirroring starts almost instantly. Above the normal screen mirror (size) there is a 'Mac Virtual Display' option to select another screen size. The attached image shows the ultra wide view.
The attached image does not do this justice ... anywhere you look, the screen is very sharp (I do CAD work and works with lots of Excel files ... I value a GOOD display). Also, the image does not show how large the screen really appears in your vision through the displays. It can be scaled up to be truly massive, requiring you to turn your head at least 120° from left to right.
In the images attached, I've scaled the window up and down in an attempt to show the full aspect ratio, as well as how large you can make this.
This is THE feature I have been really looking forward to ... so I will be using this quite a bit in the coming days.
The attached image does not do this justice ... anywhere you look, the screen is very sharp (I do CAD work and works with lots of Excel files ... I value a GOOD display). Also, the image does not show how large the screen really appears in your vision through the displays. It can be scaled up to be truly massive, requiring you to turn your head at least 120° from left to right.
In the images attached, I've scaled the window up and down in an attempt to show the full aspect ratio, as well as how large you can make this.
This is THE feature I have been really looking forward to ... so I will be using this quite a bit in the coming days.
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…How about actually experiencing the product before such proclamation with no substance?
Okay - I loved the AVP before, now I LOVE it.
I work daily on it, but for work that required a Mac I just sat at my Mac... this will now be my go to for almost everything. The resolution is great, the work space in ultra wide is insane! I knew this would be a game changer.
I work daily on it, but for work that required a Mac I just sat at my Mac... this will now be my go to for almost everything. The resolution is great, the work space in ultra wide is insane! I knew this would be a game changer.