I created this tray to better simulate its use as if it were a laptop keyboard. The benefit of this is that it reduces accidental taps on the trackpad by adding layers left and right of the trackpad.
It’s also sized to match the exact same size as a 13” MacBook base, all at a much more affordable price.
It also includes a metal stabilizer bar to prevent the Nomad from slipping backward or sliding around.
Credit to KhaosT's original post for inspiring this fork: https://gist.github.com/KhaosT/f1e0742872a4f7df5d32c1a7cfd61a8c
With visionOS 2, support for Bluetooth mice and keyboards greatly expanded.
But support for combination keyboard + trackpad peripherals is still flaky. While most keyboards worked, trackpads were hit and miss. In researching this, I stumbled upon KhaosT's post. It hasn't been updated since Feburary 2024, so I forked his gist. I continue to look for reports of other keyboard + trackpad combos that work, and will update this gist as needed.
Over the last few months, in preparation for Apple Vision Pro, I started a quest to find a good portable keyboard + trackpad setup for the headset. After testing out a wide range of those from the market, here are my findings. Hope it helps people looking for the same.
The impression is based on testing out the keyboard/trackpad with iPadOS, as it shares the similar infrastructure for external input support as visionOS.
After testing on real hardware, visionOS disabled support for any non-Apple trackpad... So feel free to ignore everything about non-Apple trackpad here.