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dgellowtoday at 7:57 AM2 repliesview on HN

What makes it fantastic and the future? Your comment is just saying it’s great but doesn’t explain why


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kurigetoday at 11:41 AM

Having your "workstation" with monitors floating around you in space wherever you're sitting or standing with zero cable management. Whether you're at home in the comfy chair, at a treadmill getting your steps in, or at a hotel on a work trip.

Once the resolution and UX gets good enough a lot of people would love to have their entire office setup replaced by a portable wearable with next to zero cable management. Doubly so if that opens up space in your expensive SF apartment.

That's all good in theory, but we're still a long, long away from this being the future, let alone a future that everybody wants.

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BoorishBearstoday at 9:42 AM

I have one and think it's meh. The display is great, but the lenses are a let down and the FOV is not great for using a (simulated) large monitor.

I only use it when traveling. It's not better than a high quality computer monitor for coding for me, and I'd expect the same to be true for most.

Also a bit meta but... if you ask a question that involves using the AVP in 2026, you're mostly getting answers from a minority of die hards.

Anyone else has probably left theirs sitting around gathering dust for a while now. Last I checked there are actually fewer AVP apps over time, so this isn't exactly a thriving platform.