Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by teekert on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @03:45AM
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One nice thing is that (next to being able to dim the screen as there is no background), the eyes actually focus on infinity with the lenses in a VR headset. This is the eye's natural state (staring in the distance, relaxed circular muscles around the lenses, which then flatten), and should be much better in the long term that staring at a screen 50 cm away from you.
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Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by danielbln on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @05:46AM
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Generation 1 headsets were focused at infinity, these days they're focused around 2 meters[1].
[1] https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1130973138362294272
Re:What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week
by teekert on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @06:53AM
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Ah, thanx for the the clarification! Would be neat if it could be set at a therapeutically optimum setting or something. Or perhaps vary? Or that would be weird I guess. Best thing would be if certain elements require close focus, while others require one to focus on infinity. In a ratio that mimics natural use. But I guess that is a lot more difficult to implement.
Btw, too little light is also not good for the eye, outside, in the sun it can easily be 100x brighter than your screen and your eye needs that every now and then to remain in good shape.