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I would love to see _anyone_ release a minimal MR headset with the form factor/weight around that of the big screen beyond, a resolution equivalent to looking at a 1440p monitor and no onboard mobile hardware/battery.

WIRED data & video via USB-C. No compression. Latency equivalent to a desktop monitor with DisplayPort/HDMI, good colours and a high refresh rate.

If I want standalone VR; I would like to be able to plug my headset into my phone via USB-C and Android XR pops up. After all, what's the point of putting a phone in my headset when I already have a flagship phone with the same specs?

If I want to do productivity work; I would like to be able to plug my headset into my laptop/desktop and the OS displays a minimal/familiar virtual space to do stuff in (unlike WMR home) that lets me arrange several virtual monitors around me - or better yet, no monitors, just floating windows themselves.

Having tried to use the Q3 for productivity, I can see that we actually have the technology for this but headset vendors cram hardware we don't need into these devices making them impractical for anything other than 45 minutes of VR gaming.

Give me a headset I can wear for 8+ hours a day that replaces my multi-monitor workstation and I can pack in my laptop bag.




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