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skgough | 1 year ago

It would super cool if they eventually make this a part of the phone OS and all you would need to do is buy a headset and plug it in over USB-C. Same idea as Dex, different display form factor, but same computer.

Then with Android Auto, Dex, and XR, you would just need a single computer you can carry with you.

Seems like the end state for personal computing. Instead of buying separate computers, you buy human interface devices and plug them in over USB-C.

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999900000999|1 year ago

I had a very weird day and I thought about this.

Cloud sessions for everything, one unified OS for your phone, VR, PC, TV, etc.

Built from the ground up, it both runs on a 30$ phone and a 6k computer. Do it on Risc V or another open source architecture.

Then I came back to earth and realized this would cost hundreds of billions to build and market.

Android is close. But ultimately you can't run any PC apps on it( although Dex + Remote Desktop to a Microsoft Cloud PC can fake it).

In my dream we don't even need USB C, your just limited to whatever device your currently using. For example you're TV could probably play the Sims, or use cloud gaming. Your PC could also play the Sims, but AAA games as well.

We'd have to build a new OS( probably a Linux distro) which is heavily dependent on cloud services.

I'd be hyper aggressive with the marketing. A 50$ mini Risc V PC gets you started.

Hilift|1 year ago

> Android is close. But ultimately you can't run any PC apps on it

Android can run KVM. What Android cannot do is run Windows due to the consumer would not have or bring a license or purchase a license.

Thorrez|1 year ago

What about wireless? Wireless earbuds popular. People might find it a UX downgrade to need a cable running from their glasses to their phone in their pocket as they walk down the street (the demo shows AR navigation as someone walks down the street).

elcritch|1 year ago

WiFi 6 does ok for VR. The current limitations IMHO are the hardware on glasses / headsets in terms of compute and power. Not too dissimilar to how wireless earbuds just weren’t practical til what 5 years ago?