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I'm curious if anyone's tried using the Varjo VR-3 as a monitor replacement? The Vision Pro seems like it might be in the same league. It's got this unique setup where the central focus area (27° x 27°) is a uOLED display with 70ppd and 1920 x 1920 px per eye, while the rest of the view is over 30ppd on an LCD display with 2880 x 2720 px per eye.

While they're not directly competing (given that the Varjo is entirely wired and lacks the key attraction of Apple's software and ecosystem), they do seem to be somewhat comparable in terms of price and resolution.

https://varjo.com/products/vr-3/




Apple says they have 23 millions pixels, the Varjo seems to have only about 7 million pixels? That's quite a difference just in terms of resolution.


The Varjo would be more around 12 million per eye, but I think the actual feeling could be affect by the optics and how the central focus area is handled.

The central 70ppd feels like a pretty solid number. Funnily enough it's price not that far from Apple's headset.


1920 * 1920 ≈ 3.6 million pixels per eye, what's your calculation for the 12 million per eye?


There's 2880×2720 more outside of the 1920 focus area, if I understand correctly.


Yeah, but given that the central focus display is 70 PPD on the Varjo, it's probably higher PPD compared to the Vision Pro in that part of the screen. So, I'm curious if that 70 PPD area truly matches up to the clarity of a real monitor.




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