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I sometimes use my Vive on Windows for 2D tasks. Its pretty neat, if not a little unpolished. I can make my screen be the equivalent of a 60" TV only a few feet
by drzaiusapelord 10y ago
I sometimes use my Vive on Windows for 2D tasks. Its pretty neat, if not a little unpolished. I can make my screen be the equivalent of a 60" TV only a few feet from me, use my full FOV, tile a lot more windows, control how much and what color lighting enters my eyes (goodbye awful office fluorescent), etc. I think there's merit to the idea of a VR windows manager environment running native VR apps. With the proper polish this could be a game-changer. A bit how everyone was skeptical of the iPad, but it really added something to the computing ecosystem that wasn't there before, but didn't and wasn't mean to, replace desktops.
I could see AR/VR headsets adding to the computing ecosystem similarly.
>I can see it for some niche applications (3d modeling or CAD, maybe) but for MS Office cowboys? What's the pitch?
This is what people used to say for multi-core processors, dual displays, high res displays, etc. The reality here is that even "average" computer work will find ways to use extra capacity via innovation, features, etc. Who knows what a VR Excel would look like, but I imagine it can be done well.
- pault 10y agoI'm just waiting for the next generation of HMDs to come out with "retina" pixel density so I can go all in on virtual desktops.
- drzaiusapelord 10y agoI was pleasantly surprised to see how good my Vive looks with a certain level of super-sampling turned on. The default resolution does look grainy, I admit, but SS really helps and its nearly night and day between the two. Us first-gen buyers probably will be riding the SS train a bit and may even want to skip gen2 for gen3 depending on how fast the industry moves. Some before and after pics: http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/super-sampling-vr-vive/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/super-sampling-vr-viv... The screen door effect still exists even with SS but I find I mentally tune it out after a few minutes anyway.
- pault 10y agoI just need it to be able to render an ultra-wide-screen tmux session with several 80 column splits of 12 point type. What's the lower limit on font size that you can easily read on the vive?