[Cialug] Pi 4

Will staticphantom at gmail.com
Mon Jun 24 17:21:22 UTC 2019


I sincerely doubt you will drive any VR with the pi, mostly because I doubt
there are arm builds. If it does happen it will take a few months for an
industry response to make it happen.

-Will C

On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 12:41 Derek Etnyre <detnyre at mac.com> wrote:

> With the pi 4 having dual HDMI output, will be interesting to see if I can
> drive a HTC Vive VR headset from it via OpenVR.  Run some ViveCraft on it.
>
> Derek
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jun 24, 2019, at 11:14 AM, David Champion <dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > This is the real thing:
> >
> > https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-4-model-b/
> >
> > The April Fools video was a lot more far out. I think it included a M.2
> > slot and some other B.S.
> >
> > -dc
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 11:05 AM Tim Wilson <tim_linux at wilson-home.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Where did you find this? I found something similar on April 1st, it was
> an
> >> April fools joke.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 8:43 AM Tim Champion <timchampion at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Prices go up pretty fast with more RAM; 2GB = $45 and 4GB = $55
> >>>
> >>> Also not so thrilled with going from full-size HDMI to Micro HDMI. The
> Pi
> >>> Zero uses Mini HDMI, so now there are 3 sizes of HDMI across the
> product
> >>> line.  Maybe they are going to switch everything to micro HDMI
> >> eventually,
> >>> but doesn't make me happy. Just to clarify, the 3 A+ uses full-size
> HDMI
> >>> still, and the FAQ says there's no plan to make a Pi 4 A+. So Zero =
> >> mini,
> >>> A = full-size, B = micro.
> >>>
> >>> However, I *am* happy about the switch to USB-C for power. It is all
> too
> >>> easy to bump your micro USB power adapter on the current Pi and
> >>> accidentally power cycle it. my 2 cents....
> >>>
> >>> Tim Champion
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 8:30 AM Dave Hala <dave at 58ghz.net> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> I'm surprised that it has that level of video capability.
> >>>>
> >>>> :) Dave
> >>>>
> >>>>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 8:25 AM L. V. Lammert <lvl at omnitec.net>
> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Pretty sweet, .. *especially* the memory options:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> RPi Broadcom BCM2711B0, 64-bit quad-core Cortex A72 processor @ 1.5
> >> GHz
> >>>>> RPi Available in 3 memory options - 1GB, 2GB, 4GB
> >>>>> RPi Dual mini-HDMI ports
> >>>>> RPi 4K UHD video output @ 4K/60fps
> >>>>> RPi OpenGL ES 1.1, 2.0, 3.0 graphics
> >>>>> RPi Dual-Band WiFi [2.5GHz & 5GHz]
> >>>>> RPi Bluetooth 5.0
> >>>>> RPi True Gigabit Ethernet
> >>>>> RPi Dual Super-Speed USB ports [USB 3.0]
> >>>>> RPi Addition multiplexed functions via 40-pin GPIO header
> >>>>>
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