Apple undoubtedly faces a tough time trying to convince people to spend three and a half thousand dollars on a its upcoming headset. To ensure potential buyers...

Apple hopes to convince people to buy its $3,500 Vision Pro headset using free 25-minute in-store demos::undefined

  • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
    26·
    6 months ago

    Only because it’s an Apple product. They could have made it stream wirelessly from your MacBook, and make it smaller and lighter, but then you wouldn’t have to pay another $3000 for the onboard processors.

    • lovesickoyster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      6 months ago

      They could have made it stream wirelessly from your MacBook

      yeah, no. People really don’t understand how much bandwidth you actually need to stream even normal 4k 60hz video, let alone something like this. For reference, when I was figuring out how to dump my pc in the basement and have the monitor in my office, I had to run 12-strand fiber cables to do it.

        • lovesickoyster@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          6 months ago

          I’ve tried several remote desktop apps but the compression artefacts very quickly give me a headache. So I splurged for MTP cables and the display port dongles, and it works like a dream. Also, MTP connectors are pure fibre porn.

      • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
        33·
        6 months ago

        Yeah, no. Done it with WiFi 6, no problem. Meta has had Air Link for years. Works fine. You don’t understand how much bandwidth you actually need.

        • lovesickoyster@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          6 months ago

          you need about 20 gigabits per second for 4k 60hz. Or more, for higher resolutions and refresh rate - which vision pro has, compared to ~6 gigabits per second, that you need for your quest pro’s resolution. That’s why they make these.

          And having compressed video streaming to a VR device sounds like my worst nightmare.