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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by mcbits on Sunday February 24, 2019 @05:20PM (#19241002)
I'm used to a 14" laptop + 21" monitor (resolution doesn't matter), which together occupy maybe 20% of my field of view while using them. If I could take the same quantity of information and arrange it arbitrarily in my environment, eliminating the need for any monitors, it would be a win even if the text had to be larger.
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Re:Microsoft’s HoloLens 2: a $3,500 mixed-reality headset fo... by poutine on Sunday February 24, 2019 @06:39PM (#19241398)
You'd need to move your head a lot to look at stuff. Gets old quickly. Try out the VR desktop on oculus and you'll quickly discover the need for much more dense pixels.
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