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As a developer a killer app for this would be telepresence. I envision a time where I can just put on a headset and I'm in the companies virtual coding room.

As a developer a killer app for this would be telepresence. I envision a time where I can just put on a headset and I'm in the companies virtual coding room. Other developers join in whatever timezone they are in. You could have developers who are in company HQ and remote all over the world. Each developer could be locked into what ambient sound they are in and then can connect to 1 or more people in the room to talk. Want to screen share between 1 or 2 people, then a screen pops up virtually and these people could debug code, diagrams, whatever it may be. When I'm coding, it's on my laptop but simultaneously coding on the VR one as well. I could share that screen and a coder in another country in real-time could collaborate or have a fresh pair of eyes immediately. Imagine being on a viral IRC with coders all over the world, working on an open-source project as if they were right there next to you? When I say this, everyone is connected to the virtual world. Not as a floating orb, but an actual body. They can see your face, emotions, hear your voice. I think it would be a game changer! ------------ Other uses could be 360 degree concerts. Where you can choose whatever vantage you want. The possibilities are endless for VR, it really just takes someone to keep polishing that use-case. It's not going to be a home run for another few iterations at least!

slantyyz 10y ago
>> As a developer a killer app for this would be telepresence. This would be pretty cool, and you'd probably be able to lower the videocard requirements as well.
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jayjay71 10y ago
What resolution is necessary to read standard text with VR? I'd imagine it would start to become usable for this at 4k per eye, and even then I suspect it would be limited.
- harpastum 10y ago
  4k per eye would definitely be good enough. Text still wouldn't be crisp and clean, but it would be very readable. VR headsets don't distribute pixels evenly across the entire view-space, the lenses concentrate the pixels toward the middle of your vision. So if for example you had a display that took up the center 25% of your vision in VR, it might have 50% of the actual display pixels. 50% of 4k is 1080p. So you'd end up with a display that looks pretty large, but is only 1080p. Not optimal, but definitely usable.
- Macha 10y ago
  Why would it need to take up a monitor sized area of view? The screen for sharing could easily be projector sized.
overgard 10y ago
I'm skeptical... what problem does telepresense solve that IM/slack/email doesn't? Generally speaking if I'm working remotely it's either because I want to be left alone (IE: I don't want to be in a room with people, virtually or otherwise), or for some reason I need to be disconnected in time and space. The only thing I can think of telepresense saving is maybe commute time. That's not nothing, but I'm probably not spending thousands on it either.
- the-dude 10y ago
  In VR you can force yourself into someone's personal space. That's something.
pinaceae 10y ago
one problem: you're wearing a headset, masking your face from being filmed. the headset would need to capture your expressions somehow and translate into your avatar doing the same. if not, you'll get Second Life level crap. it will take a while.
michaelbuckbee 10y ago
I think sports are likely a better starting point. You could watch the Superbowl kind of in VR already http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/31/14451246/fox-sports-vr-livelike-super-bowl-highlights http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/31/14451246/fox-sports-vr-liv...
- ufo 10y ago
  Lots of people watch sports with friends and VR kind of gets in the way of that at the moment.
  - michaelbuckbee 10y ago
    True, this was more from the "lightfield" perspective of you being able to sit in a virtual chair at the 50 yard line of the Superbowl kind of thing.
vyrotek 10y ago
You might be interested in Microsoft's "holoportation". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0
sogen 10y ago
360◀ concerts sound like a Black Mirror episode of everyone in their black rooms.
starik36 10y ago
That was my thought exactly. To have a meeting in 3D space (maybe more domain of Hololens than Vive or Oculus) would be awesome. Kind of like the Jedi Council meetings in the prequel trilogy - http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/6/6f/Council_RotS.png/revision/latest?cb=20130726094932 http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/6/6f/Cou... Ki-Adi-Mundi working from home here.

slantyyz 10y ago

>> As a developer a killer app for this would be telepresence. This would be pretty cool, and you'd probably be able to lower the videocard requirements as well.

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jayjay71 10y ago

What resolution is necessary to read standard text with VR? I'd imagine it would start to become usable for this at 4k per eye, and even then I suspect it would be limited.

harpastum 10y ago
4k per eye would definitely be good enough. Text still wouldn't be crisp and clean, but it would be very readable. VR headsets don't distribute pixels evenly across the entire view-space, the lenses concentrate the pixels toward the middle of your vision. So if for example you had a display that took up the center 25% of your vision in VR, it might have 50% of the actual display pixels. 50% of 4k is 1080p. So you'd end up with a display that looks pretty large, but is only 1080p. Not optimal, but definitely usable.
Macha 10y ago
Why would it need to take up a monitor sized area of view? The screen for sharing could easily be projector sized.

overgard 10y ago

I'm skeptical... what problem does telepresense solve that IM/slack/email doesn't? Generally speaking if I'm working remotely it's either because I want to be left alone (IE: I don't want to be in a room with people, virtually or otherwise), or for some reason I need to be disconnected in time and space. The only thing I can think of telepresense saving is maybe commute time. That's not nothing, but I'm probably not spending thousands on it either.

the-dude 10y ago
In VR you can force yourself into someone's personal space. That's something.

pinaceae 10y ago

one problem: you're wearing a headset, masking your face from being filmed. the headset would need to capture your expressions somehow and translate into your avatar doing the same. if not, you'll get Second Life level crap. it will take a while.

michaelbuckbee 10y ago

I think sports are likely a better starting point. You could watch the Superbowl kind of in VR already http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/31/14451246/fox-sports-vr-livelike-super-bowl-highlights http://www.theverge.com/2017/1/31/14451246/fox-sports-vr-liv...

ufo 10y ago
Lots of people watch sports with friends and VR kind of gets in the way of that at the moment.
- michaelbuckbee 10y ago
  True, this was more from the "lightfield" perspective of you being able to sit in a virtual chair at the 50 yard line of the Superbowl kind of thing.

vyrotek 10y ago

You might be interested in Microsoft's "holoportation". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7d59O6cfaM0

sogen 10y ago

360◀ concerts sound like a Black Mirror episode of everyone in their black rooms.

starik36 10y ago

That was my thought exactly. To have a meeting in 3D space (maybe more domain of Hololens than Vive or Oculus) would be awesome. Kind of like the Jedi Council meetings in the prequel trilogy - http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/6/6f/Council_RotS.png/revision/latest?cb=20130726094932 http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/6/6f/Cou... Ki-Adi-Mundi working from home here.