Review of breezy-desktop-gnome (on specific hardware)

[rmeissn]

I tried the Viture XR Pro with breezy-desktop-gnome today (May 22, 2025, Fedora 42, Framework 13 12th gen Intel). Overall, breezy-desktop is an excellent piece of software that supports the Viture glasses exceptionally well. It includes all the features I consider relevant for this type of glasses, such as a curved display, virtual desktops/displays, and head tracking. Thank you for developing it!

The simple mirrored monitor works well but falls short in terms of hardware capabilities, not software support. There is always a spot that isn't sharp enough for reading text. Perhaps the blurry areas can be addressed through software in the future by identifying and applying software-based corrections/calibration, if possible. Additionally, even slight head movements shift the display around, which feels very unfamiliar in comparison to real monitors.

In my opinion, virtual displays are interesting to try, but due to head tracking, their position needs to be recalculated frequently. This causes a slight blur during head movements, which is quite distracting (even though the glasses were operated at 120Hz). Additionally, it's hard to keep a display fully in sight, as head movements always cut off some edge or corner (which is a hardware drawback, not software). Of course, I can shrink the display size, but then it seems like a 21" monitor rather than a 27" monitor, which is too small for my taste nowadays. Apart from this, the feature works exceptionally well, and all necessary adjustment knobs are available. The related curved monitor option is nice and feels much better than an angled but straight display setup.

Overall, the developed software is fantastic, but the hardware is lacking for my specific demands.

Three potential features for future consideration:

1. It should be feasible to employ AI techniques to transform 2D images into 3D images (e.g. for video playback). The 3D effect demonstrated in their showcase video is truly impressive, making this a potentially interesting feature for users of breezy-desktop.
2. Software-based sharpness calibration, like outlined above
3. The default sound-quality of these glasses was terrible, much like cheap 10$ in-ears (again, a hardware drawback). Automatic application of a hardware specific EQ-Profile through e.g. easyeffects might improve this situation, in case an improvement is possible at all.

[ToddE]

Thanks for this. As someone who is trying to determine WHICH glasses to purchase, this is somewhat helpful. The supported hardware list is somewhat helpful but it also assumes that someone knows a lot about each set of glasses to know what breezy features are supported by the glasses. For example, my main use case is to use this as a virtual multi-monitor setup for productivity. Because of that I think the glasses need to support 3dof but I'm not 100% sure. I know from the videos that you can "pin" the location of monitors in the display -- and I believe these demos are done with the XREAL glasses, which are NOT recommended (probably due to their non-collaborative approach) -- so I'm trying to figure out what will give me the same experience that I'm seeing in the demo videos.

[wheaney]

All the glasses on the supported list have the same features demoed in the video you saw.

[rmeissn]

I'm a computer worker and I wouldn't recommend the Viture glasses for productivity use-cases related to reading text, coding, presentation preparation, etc. They might be okay for a limited amount of time in e.g. a train, but not daily due to slightly blurry areas (hardware specific) and possible blur on head movement (multi-display setup). Also, they got relatively hot on my head, which was okay but not too comfortable.
In contrast, these glasses are absolutely okay for multimedia use-cases (gaming, watching films/series).

[wheaney]

Not sure what glasses you mean by "these glasses." The blurry spots with VITURE will not be true for everyone, depends on the optics of your particular set plus your personal IPD. A lot of people use them for daily use. But I don't personally recommend any of these glasses for productivity at their current resolutions, except as a backup/travel workstation.