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Re:Meta's Reality Labs Has Now Lost over $60B Since 2020 by sjsdaiuasgdia on Friday May 02, 2025 @11:43AM (#43871307)
> I assume they're sending slightly different images to each eye, which probably means they need to generate two pictures instead of one

Yes, producing two camera views at a time and at pretty high resolution. You can get away with more resolution compromises on a 2D display sitting a couple feet from your eyes versus VR displays hovering just beyond your eyes.

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Re:Meta's Reality Labs Has Now Lost over $60B Since 2020 by BobaFloutist on Friday May 02, 2025 @01:33PM (#43872665)
Clearly we just need to make longer VR headsets so that the screen can sit several feet away from your eyes! I see no potential complications or downsides with this plan.

Or wait, even better: scan lines used to allow crts to do more with less. We should really look into using CRT displays for VR headsets

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Re:Meta's Reality Labs Has Now Lost over $60B Since 2020 by sjsdaiuasgdia on Friday May 02, 2025 @01:53PM (#43872876)
>Clearly we just need to make longer VR headsets so that the screen can sit several feet away from your eyes!

I think the current real-world version of this is called an "IMAX theater". Not very portable though.

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