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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

Guy modded his steam deck be as small as possible, with the only intended use to be to play with an external controller and AR glasses.

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[-] [email protected] 15 points 5 months ago

That actually is something that I've been contemplating doing. I never use the built-in display - HMD glasses are just much nicer.

[-] [email protected] 8 points 5 months ago
[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Previously, I'd have recommended Xreal Air but the company is allergic to open-source and doesn't have a great track record of supporting their own software. At the moment, Viture seems a better bet, from those that I'm aware of. For screen replacement, the high pixels-per-degree of birdbath optics, like both use, are extremely advantageous and cause much less eye strain. And that's while being far cheaper than waveguides or pancake optics.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago
[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

A slight modification as I have new information: If you can justify it, the Xreal One might be worthwhile as they have added an ASIC to do away when the buggy software and dongle nonsense. Still not super open-source friendly (they're not actively hostile either) but that seems to solve my biggest issue with the experience. They seem to have better quality optics as well.

I may end up getting a pair of those to replace my Nreal Airs that are held together with tape and CA glue (I'm unfortunately hard on my electronics).

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

No problem! My "dream" HMD would be birdbath optics with ~2k displays for each eye and probably some simple hardware upscaling. The glasses being "dumb" is a real perk. Doubling the pixels/° would make the experience that much better.

this post was submitted on 25 Jan 2025
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