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The 3d world doesn't aim to replace the virtual desktops, it aims to replace the multi-monitors.

platz 11y ago
I can think of a few professions that need multi at the same time, but since yoy can only interact with one at a time, most probably wouldnt be helped by this, including programmers.
- Stratoscope 11y ago
  Of course you can interact with two monitors at once. I do it every day. My current standing desk setup is an MBPR15 on top of a wine case on my desk, with a ViewSonic 24" 4K display to the left, hanging in portrait mode on the Amazon Basics version of an Ergotron arm. Best dev rig I've ever had! Quite often I'll put docs and references on the external monitor while I write code in Visual Studio or IntelliJ on the Mac's display. This works especially well with the monitor in portrait mode. Then I leave the mouse cursor over on the external display and use two-finger scrolling there, while using the keyboard in the editor window. If this isn't interacting with two monitors at once, I don't know what is. And it's a huge improvement over a single monitor.
  - XorNot 11y ago
    I'm interacting with 3 monitors right now (well, was, then I got distracted and started reading HN). I think the more important way to unpack that assertion though, is that if you watch people studying using pens and paper, almost everyone has a specific way they end up laying out papers and books on their desk - and the reason we still do it that way, by and large, is because you get a lot more desk real estate then you get screen real estate.
- hobs 11y ago
  http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/vibe.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/vibe.aspx Looks like for just general use the research points to you being incorrect.
- to3m 11y ago
  You can only interact with one at a time, but you can interact with that one while looking at another one. You don't have to look at your fingers to type, and you don't have to look at the screen you're typing into while you do it.

platz 11y ago

I can think of a few professions that need multi at the same time, but since yoy can only interact with one at a time, most probably wouldnt be helped by this, including programmers.

Stratoscope 11y ago
Of course you can interact with two monitors at once. I do it every day. My current standing desk setup is an MBPR15 on top of a wine case on my desk, with a ViewSonic 24" 4K display to the left, hanging in portrait mode on the Amazon Basics version of an Ergotron arm. Best dev rig I've ever had! Quite often I'll put docs and references on the external monitor while I write code in Visual Studio or IntelliJ on the Mac's display. This works especially well with the monitor in portrait mode. Then I leave the mouse cursor over on the external display and use two-finger scrolling there, while using the keyboard in the editor window. If this isn't interacting with two monitors at once, I don't know what is. And it's a huge improvement over a single monitor.
- XorNot 11y ago
  I'm interacting with 3 monitors right now (well, was, then I got distracted and started reading HN). I think the more important way to unpack that assertion though, is that if you watch people studying using pens and paper, almost everyone has a specific way they end up laying out papers and books on their desk - and the reason we still do it that way, by and large, is because you get a lot more desk real estate then you get screen real estate.
hobs 11y ago
http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/vibe.aspx http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/news/features/vibe.aspx Looks like for just general use the research points to you being incorrect.
to3m 11y ago
You can only interact with one at a time, but you can interact with that one while looking at another one. You don't have to look at your fingers to type, and you don't have to look at the screen you're typing into while you do it.