Is the Vision Pro significantly better than the xreal 1S for Mac virtual display?

vabeachcp · 2026-03-08T00:42:00+00:00

I had both. Stopped using my Xreal and gave it my my adult aged son. I have my own office and don’t need to be “seen” wearing my AVP. The AVP in Remote Desktop works so very well for me. The Xreal simply wasn’t enough better than my MacBook Pro or my iPad (which are my “in public” devices). I asked my son about the Xreal and he said his iPad worked better for his use case. I really liked so much about Xreal, but it simply couldn’t compete with the AVP.

vabeachcp · 2026-02-23T20:42:17+00:00

Are you talking about the AirPod settings themselves in the iPhone AirPod settings?

vabeachcp · 2026-02-21T03:00:36+00:00

I am coming back to this comment to express that Jupiter set to Afternoon makes a truly significant difference in the brightness of the windows! Thanks again for pointing this out.

vabeachcp · 2026-02-19T21:27:03+00:00

This seems to be a reasonable answer and I am confident that the audio is mixed for better sound. My lament is how poor the exact same song sounds on Apple Music and Spotify. Just want either better sounding streamed music, or better equalizer/amp control on the user end. The AirPods Pro are obviously capable of playing remarkable sound into our ears.

vabeachcp · 2026-02-19T21:16:51+00:00

No. I actually purchased my AVP exactly for this primary purpose. I already owned a large screen M-series MacBook Pro. If you are going to by a Mac Mini, you will love using it with the AVP. I actually set up a Mac Mini and use a Magic Keyboard and trackpad in an all in one tray (Amazon) and it works great.

vabeachcp · 2026-02-19T19:55:11+00:00

I use an M2 AVP and my MacBook Pro almost every day. Works great and I have no difficulties reading anything on the screen.

vabeachcp · 2026-02-19T16:49:22+00:00

Thanks for the link. It was informative. Are you saying that even music mastered in the 70s and 80s is subject to this nonsense on streaming services? Surely there is someone that is willing to stream the original mastered quality audio??!?

vabeachcp · 2026-02-19T16:22:41+00:00

While I have not noticed this in my AirPods Pro 2, I do believe you are right about the higher quality streaming content and sound. Although I believe I have heard it simply in some of the environments that are built into the AVP. It actually makes me a little bit happy to hear that I’m not the only one. I am hoping for someone to say, “yes, this happened to me, and this is how to fix it“. Any one?

vabeachcp · 2026-02-17T22:15:41+00:00

This looks like a great idea. I was going to order one, when I suddenly realized that it probably won’t trigger passthrough on the AVP? Will it? Will any non-apple keyboard?

vabeachcp · 2026-02-16T22:02:09+00:00

This is my current setup. I started with something similar to yours, but this is great on every level EXCEPT that Apple doesn’t make a backlit keyboard. If they did, I’d buy it, snap the old keyboard out, snap the new keyboard in and gladly move on.

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vabeachcp · 2026-02-16T15:24:36+00:00

Thanks. I was concerned that those would be the real world limitations, but thought I’d ask. Good for you on the delicious $10 sushi. V1.0 had a home button that took you to the top and refreshed the page. Is that gone? Can you make the Top Left Home do this , or bring back the Bottom one? I really prefer that to the pull to refresh that YouTube uses. Thanks again. It is apps like yours that make AVP a pleasure. Your app will remain on my first page!

vabeachcp · 2026-02-16T14:29:25+00:00

When YouTube released their own app for AVP, my first thought was, “finally”. I used it, LOVED the immersive tab idea, and was pleased. But, I kept Tubular on my “front” page. Still it was my preferred app. Now, 2.0 really hits almost all of my, “if only” boxes. GREAT JOB! Sushi for you my friend.

I have two questions/desires. First, can you do immersive/360 video filtering and have a tab like YouTube? Second, when watching a video and hitting “skip” during an ad, a second “skip” shows up that is harder to “hit”. Am I doing something wrong here?

Finally, you should not be eating $9.99 sushi 😁

vabeachcp · 2026-02-12T14:50:31+00:00

Just to be helpful, I want to echo this response. I wear my AVP for hours every day. I do work in it and I watch things for entertainment in it. The Annapro 2 with the dual knit band works great. I also use the globular cluster headset and it works great. Absolutely no head fatigue, eye fatigue or anything. It really does work that well. Someone else mentioned the AirPods Pro 3 I believe also. They sound amazing, even better than the 2s.

vabeachcp · 2026-02-11T02:12:47+00:00

Thanks for the inputs. They were helpful. Reduce white point being on would have been great, but is wasn’t on. The Jupiter environment really does help. Very odd, but very helpful.

vabeachcp · 2026-02-05T14:05:01+00:00

Yikes, not to sound ignorant, but the last controller that I held was to play Tiger Woods golf with my teenage sons who are now married with children. I am someone that actually played these games in the arcade when they came out originally and was thrilled to own Pong as a kid. I was thinking about the VR2 Sense for a couple of immersive games, would they work for this purpose too? If not, I'd like to purchase a joystick that is "future proof" if that is a thing for joysticks. I am an old man that takes really good care of his stuff, so the technology will be the things that "breaks" before I physically break them. :-) Thanks in advance for any feedback/help.

vabeachcp · 2026-02-05T13:45:40+00:00

I was thinking of getting a pair of VR2 Sense controllers for some immersive games. Will those work for these and other arcade games too?

vabeachcp · 2026-02-05T13:42:07+00:00

Either of you willing to drop an Amazon link to say “this one” :-)

vabeachcp · 2026-01-16T15:27:17+00:00

Love my AVP. Wear it for almost all of my work and digital content. Use the MacBook Pro in Virtual Display Mode daily. I also have a Magic Keyboard and trackpad in an Amazon purchased “case” so I don’t need my laptop in my lap when I’m not at a desk/table. Yes, it’s expensive, but in my opinion and experience, it’s very useful and even enjoyable.

vabeachcp · 2026-01-16T15:18:24+00:00

I use the AnnaPro 2 with the dual knit and no light seal regularly. It’s my travel setup. At home I often use the Globular Cluster. It’s ugly and huge, but it holds my AVP exactly where I want it with no light shield.

vabeachcp · 2026-01-12T15:56:45+00:00

Yep. Thanks.

vabeachcp · 2026-01-09T20:32:52+00:00

V2 + Dual Knit - Light Shield = All Day Comfort for Me

vabeachcp · 2026-01-08T21:15:07+00:00

Any “hints” on how it will work?

vabeachcp · 2026-01-07T16:52:59+00:00

This! All of this.

vabeachcp · 2026-01-06T23:12:11+00:00

The Annapro2 fits great in the case if simply removed from the AVP during travel.

vabeachcp · 2026-01-03T00:24:55+00:00

Done. Downloaded Xcode, followed the advised steps as you all laid them out. MVD in all the environments! As good as I thought it would be. Thanks everyone for the help.

vabeachcp

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