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Re:SimulaVR: Meta's Subpoena Has Been Dropped by GauntletWizard on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:28PM (#33320465)
Yeah. I like the simula one concept and the VR "Desktop Environment" appeals to me, but I would much prefer to decouple the display from the compute, because the hardware is at different levels of maturity and because the heavy bits don't have to sit on your head - You can stick a lot more compute and battery in a backpack form factor, and even with my Vive I ended up strapping the cords to my back for cable management reasons.

If I had to buy a backpack laptop from them (And I would kinda love to have a backpack laptop + weird goggles, be kinda like the "Gargoyles" from Snow Crash) to get their display, happy to do so.

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Re:SimulaVR: Meta's Subpoena Has Been Dropped by kanetw on Monday October 24, 2022 @02:46PM (#33320699)
The compute pack is detachable, so you can decouple it and put it somewhere else.

I think it's a less elegant solution overall, but it's an option (eg for supine computing or to lessen the head weight).

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Re:SimulaVR: Meta's Subpoena Has Been Dropped by cdev_gl on Monday October 24, 2022 @03:55PM (#33321708)
Yea, I feel similarly.

I'm actually really excited for Lenovo's upcoming T1 wearable display. It's a monitor in glasses form, not VR, but I realized that the appeal of VR desktop environments for me is having a large screen, not the whole VR shtick.

Couple that display with output from my phone running JupyterLab, and I'll have a desktop-like development environment that fits in my pocket. Perfect for travel and long backpacking trips.

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