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Re: Nreal Air AR Glasses

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Re: Nreal Air AR Glasses

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Under 3 days to get here from Amazon jp.

Only had a very quick play with the Mac so far (and don't have a compatible Android phone, so will only be able to mirror right now) and, well, underwhelmed.

Plugging it with no software will act as an extra screen so can mirror or extend the desktop.

Mirroring is no good for working as it's at best just your single screen, slightly larger but lower res (and just a little far away that it reminds me I need to change my contact lenses). Using it to play full-screen video though looks great, if you use the blackout, so as a media device whilst traveling/in bed/playing your Steam Deck it could be pretty cool.

Extending is even less use, as right now, you can't lock it in place, so it will be wherever you look, ie it will cover your main screen. (Side note, even if you could see your main screen, you'd need to pump up the brightness as it's like looking at it through light sunglasses.

The Nebula software is not fit for purpose yet. This displays 1 to 3 screens side by side, you can lock these in place so look to each one moving your head, but other than slightly moving them back and forward you can't change the arrangement (I'd like to put them closer, and maybe one above). Currently, these aren't quite as clear as the mirrored screen and jitter so you can't work on them.

Nebula Mac is in beta and the next release is supposed to sort out the jitter and more.

I'll need some convincing that they'll be useful as a work tool. But as a media/gaming screen there is potential and I'll play soon.

Also, on my big head, they aren't that comfortable but need to play with the angle and other nose pieces.
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