Comment by pksebben
5 hours ago
Came this close to buying an AVP, before learning that they only mirror a single screen with no virtual monitors.
Like, guize, c'mon. Virtual desktop can do three. For 3.5k you gotta do better. I don't particularly need a virtual me in space as much as I need more screens that can do, like, actual work.
I've always used 2-3 monitors pretty comfortably but with high latency AI agents adding more concurrency to my workflows I'm feeling very crowded. I would love a VR experience with an arbitrary number of screens/windows as well as more clearly separated environments (like having a visually different virtual office per project) that I can quickly switch between.
My assumption is that it's a network bottleneck, and apple clutches their pearls when anyone suggests lowering resolution or allowing for some latency.
My take is like, make me tether with usb-c, reduce resolution and increase latency if I go over what the connection can handle. Use foveated rendering. All I want is more screens.
For now, I'm working with Virtual Desktop on my Quest 3. It's not ideal - pixel density at the edge sucks and even in center it's not quite good enough for text unless I enlarge my screens to be the size of barn doors, but I get 3 very large screens out of my m1 and that makes me happy enough. It's also lighter than an AVP, which after test driving I assume multi-hour sessions would become a literal pain in the neck.
Whatever the tradeoffs are, though, if apple offered infinite screens with text-readability I'd gladly throw money at them for the privilege.
Tinfoil hat moment - I do wonder if the AVP devs got a visit from a bat-wielding gang of monitor engineers. Apple screens ain't cheap.
is this still the case even with the new M5? if so, wtf apple
it is. There's a third-party app that can add 1 virtual monitor, for a total of 2, but FWIG it's not terribly stable (and 2 is still like 5 fewer than I want).
wtf apple, indeed.