Any interest in hacking on sol reader with us?

Hi! Sorry I didn’t see this when you commented. I would definitely be interested in trying to hack on one of these

This kind of interaction is what I love about HN! :D

The only particularly cutting edge tech on this thing are the custom pancake lenses. Same optics style as in the Vision Pro and Quest 3. Those are $$$

Feature not a bug :)

Working on more, but nothing exists off-the-shelf for >300ppi eink. No one has ever done eink under magnification like this so higher density screens don't exist (yet). We made a custom bitmap font system and font to squeeze every bit of optimization out of this screen that we can. Text rendering isn't pristine at this low res but it's good enough to not hinder reading. https://x.com/johnboiles/status/1715136868290081104?s=20

You nailed it -- this is exactly what we want to do -- make the most comfortable reading experience.

This is the alternative right now: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/best-kindle-accessor...

I posted some IRL through-the-lens views yesterday on Twitter https://x.com/johnboiles/status/1715136868290081104?s=20

We would love to get this down eventually.

Probably not, it's statically projecting (with fancy optics) an eink page out in front of your face. There's no 3d tracking / fast refresh or anything like that. Imagine something that mounts an ebook a meter out from your face, but in a small package.

Thanks for the report, I'll look into it!

Hello! Sol Reader CTO here. What a fun post to wake up to. AMA

While reading:

1. No more neck strain.

2. No more eye strain.

3. No more arm strain.

4. No more context switching strain.

5. No more distraction strain. (My Solreader is on? Do not disturb).

A truly strain free experience!

Nailed it. Here's how you do some of those things with a Kindle: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/best-kindle-accessor...

Also no glasses/contacts if your vision prescription isn't too intense.