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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by robertfw on Sunday March 01, 2020 @04:11PM (#22459354)
When I tried this a few years ago (shortly after getting my Vive), the text resolution and comfort just wasn't good enough for long periods of time. I'm curious if anyone has had more success with newer VR headsets
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Re:Travelling with 24” Monitors by georgewsinger on Monday March 02, 2020 @05:45PM (#22469891)
@robertfw

What VR Desktop did you use when you gave it a try?

With respect to today's VR climate: I think people significantly underrate the quality of text that can be achieved in VR, even on today's hardware. Simula in particular has put in a lot of work in text resolution optimization (something that earlier VR Desktops failed completely at). This makes me able to use Simula for hours at a time, even on the old HTC Vive (2016 hardware). I won't lie and say it is equally impressive as a 4K monitor is today, but it's definitely usable and allows you to garner the other benefits of VR Desktop (10x more screens, 10x the size, 10x the focus/work immersions).

If you have an HTC Vive/Vive Pro/Valve Index, I can help you install Simula/give it a try. Contact me at george.w.singer [at] gmail [dot] com if you're interested.

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