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Re:52 Places to Go in 2016 by amelius on Friday January 08, 2016 @08:04AM (#10864541)
> This is a beautiful page, but my god, is it heavy

I'm already looking forward to the Oculus Rift version :)

Re:52 Places to Go in 2016 by Sideshow_Boob on Friday January 08, 2016 @08:51AM (#10864775)
stop trying to make Oculus Rift a thing
Re:52 Places to Go in 2016 by paublyrne on Friday January 08, 2016 @08:58AM (#10864817)
Upvoted for the Mean Girls reference. Oculus Rift is going to be a real thing, though, whether we like it or not.
Re:52 Places to Go in 2016 by jodrellblank on Friday January 08, 2016 @10:35AM (#10865555)
Oculus Rift's founder said that Virtual Desktop use of the Rift is "not a focus for us right now" in a Reddit AMA yesterday - https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/3zt7ul/i_am_palmer_lu...

Followed by a comment saying web browsing in a Virtual Desktop style environment on the Rift isn't very good, and can't be due to screen resolution limitations.

Re:52 Places to Go in 2016 by amelius on Friday January 08, 2016 @11:11AM (#10865856)
That is unfortunate. But good to know, thanks.
Re:52 Places to Go in 2016 by amelius on Friday January 08, 2016 @10:18AM (#10865422)
Just wait until you can sit behind your computer and develop stuff on a beautiful beach, and use a big screen, all embedded into the VR world.

It would sure beat the crap out of my current desktop backdrop, which is mostly covered by windows anyway :)

Re:52 Places to Go in 2016 by dexterdog on Friday January 08, 2016 @11:17AM (#10865912)
Just wait until you walk into the family room in 5 years and each person is on his own headset doing his own thing. I love the immersion, but you need to retain a sense of shared experience that we have already lost with time shifting/binge watching.