[csande17]

I wonder how the performance of Vision.framework on desktop Mac hardware compares to a cluster of phones. (The author mentions that it was "fairly slow", but it sounds like they were running an iOS app in the simulator and not a macOS app.)

[lathiat]

I would expect an M1 native Mac app to work similarly well. Though the iPhone solution may win on price.

The framework is supported on macOS (even tvOS apparently) https://developer.apple.com/documentation/vision

[papito]

Same thoughts. You can make that fly on a Mac Mini (provided it can be made to work close to the metal and not in an emulator)