With Apple offering their own mirroring solution baked right into their operating system, the small company has struggled to remain an appealing alternative for Mac users. Seeking a resolution, Astro decided to extend their portfolio beyond the Mac. In the past twelve months, the developers put a lot of effort into bringing their tech to Windows PC users' doorsteps. After raising the necessary funding in yet another successful Kickstarter campaign, the new dongle, Luna Display for Windows, is now ready for public beta testers. Just like the Mac version, the PC alternative of the Luna Display dongle comes in two unit options: USB-C or HDMI (Photo by Astro HQ)Īstro is not the only player in town providing PC users with the ability to turn an iPad into a wireless second display. Duet has also been offering this capability via hardware acceleration for quite some time. Where Astro's solution excels is the seamless, virtually lag-free, and lightning-fast connection delivered via WIFI or USB thanks to their little dongle that does the heavy lifting. Naturally, we're most excited about the Luna Display's PC performance when used with Astro's excellent drawing software, Astropad Studio. The iPad app was recently updated adding support to Apple's M1 processors doubling the performance when used with the latest MacBook Air, 13-inch MacBook Pro, and Mac Mini. We've been eagerly awaiting to see how drawing on a PC will measure up when tethered to the iPad. Well, now the time has come for everybody to try out Astropad Studio on Windows, thanks to the company's freshly announced public beta program, called Project Blue. Suppose you are a PC user looking into drawing digitally but hesitating over investing into a graphics tablet. In that case, the Luna Display might be your ticket into digital documentation on the cheap(er). Drawing tablet functionality: mirroring, Apple Pencil support, Touch support (pan and zoom).Īccording to Astro: "Whether it's stepping away from the confines of your desk to working from anywhere within your home, you can create the ultimate wireless setup with minimal effort." The current set of features for PC beta testers are: Provided you own one of the newer iPads (iPad 6 th-9 th generation, iPad mini 5 th generation, iPad Air 3 rd, and 4 thgeneration and iPad Pro 9.7, 10.5, 11, and 12.9 inches) and the Apple Pencil.Īgain, where Luna has a clear advantage over regular external monitors (and, as a matter of fact, Apple's sidecar option) is the flexibility to work wherever you want, however you want – as long as you stay within the WIFI range of your computer.
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