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Re:Ask HN: How is the “metaverse” concept different from the... by johnny53169 on Sunday November 07, 2021 @11:59AM (#29141163)
> In VR you multitask by bringing the computing environment into the virtual environment. So there is no deficit there.

Writing/typing would be really bad in VR though, and that's a major need for meetings, I don't see a good solution for that.

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Re:Ask HN: How is the “metaverse” concept different from the... by gfodor on Sunday November 07, 2021 @12:06PM (#29141222)
The solution is you use a keyboard and mouse. No need to reinvent the wheel. It can be brought in via passthrough camera tracking.
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Re:Ask HN: How is the “metaverse” concept different from the... by dbbk on Sunday November 07, 2021 @04:26PM (#29143661)
This seems like an awful lot of hoops to jump through to get to something which is still not at all compelling.
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Re:Ask HN: How is the “metaverse” concept different from the... by gfodor on Sunday November 07, 2021 @06:23PM (#29144573)
No hoops, you’ll just put your glasses on and your keyboard will just be there.
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