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by Retr0id 854 days ago
Sure, but if someone wants to use a Vision Pro for both work and non-work, having two of them is a bit steep.
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Retr0id 854 days ago
To elaborate, personally I draw the line at peripherals. I do try to use different devices for work and not-work, but I use the same monitor+keyboard+mouse+headphones (and desk, and chair...) for both.

The Vision Pro is a weird middle ground of device and peripheral. When it's operating as a virtual display it's more of a peripheral, and it'd be nice if it acted more like one.

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pests 854 days ago
That just seems reasonable. Those items are the interface with you, the human operator. Of course you'd want those to be of your preference.

I agree. Let work stuff be computed on work devices and I'll do my stuff on my own things. Still want the interface to be consistent and comfortable.

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threeseed 854 days ago
There are plenty of VNC clients for Vision Pro.

Seems easier to just use those if all you need is a virtual display.

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Retr0id 854 days ago
Is the experience any good? I've used VNC many times, and even over direct wired connections I'd describe it as "not great".
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gumby 854 days ago
Surely you could just log in and log out under the two names.
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weikju 854 days ago
On an iOS device that potentially means erasing GBs of content (photos, iCloud Drive and app files, Safari bookmarks etc) and re syncing GBs of content from the new account. Over and over.

Not to mention potential criss crossing of accounts that happens. Heck my work phone still rings when my personal FaceTime get a call even if I completely logged out of my personal iCloud on the work phone (was a bad idea should never have experimented). No obvious way to fix that.

At some point all my personal iCloud photos showed up on my work phone due to a similar problem. That’s fixed now but I’m always worried it’ll happen again.

I’ll never login with a personal iCloud on a work device ever again.

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