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They are working on it, it's just not there yet. Quest 1 has a bit too low resolution for readable text. The hand tracking is fairly recent and not fully integr

They are working on it, it's just not there yet. Quest 1 has a bit too low resolution for readable text. The hand tracking is fairly recent and not fully integrated. They are inventing pinching keyboards[1]. It's all moving in the direction of AR glasses to fully replace your phone. I think Apple is moving the other way, they will probably drive AR through iPhone. The camera access is a huge privacy issue. I would also love to get access to cameras. It's in OpenXR standard, so we can hope they will implement it at some point. That said, Quest is already useful for productivity. There's a modern browser, keyboard support (usb or bluetooth), Termux app that gives you capable posix shell, also apps for streaming your PC monitors. I've built an in-VR live coding environment that I use to prototype and debug Lua 3D [2].There is also another environment by MrDoob [3]. I'm actually surprised how much Quest is open platform and usable as standalone headset. Very unhappy about FB account though. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BV1lYp04vk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BV1lYp04vk [2] https://twitter.com/j_miskov/status/1275135068282007555 https://twitter.com/j_miskov/status/1275135068282007555 [3] https://twitter.com/mrdoob/status/1304465880462643200 https://twitter.com/mrdoob/status/1304465880462643200

Robotbeat 6y ago
Yeah, Quest 2 has twice the usable subpixels (50% greater pixels plus a full RGB stripe, better than the pentile of Quest 1), so I suspect text rendering is pretty good. Yeah, Carmack mentioned some official tracked physical keyboard being announced soon, which is definitely the way to go for useful work. Good tracked keyboard and mouse support plus some decent windowing will make it dramatically better than a cellphone and perhaps even a typical tablet as far as productivity whereas by default (i.e. just controllers or default hand tracking) the Quest 1 is slower for precise input than a smartphone. I actually don't think it'll replace phones. More likely to replace large laptop displays for on-the-go productivity as resolution approaches retinal quality in the next few years.

Robotbeat 6y ago

Yeah, Quest 2 has twice the usable subpixels (50% greater pixels plus a full RGB stripe, better than the pentile of Quest 1), so I suspect text rendering is pretty good. Yeah, Carmack mentioned some official tracked physical keyboard being announced soon, which is definitely the way to go for useful work. Good tracked keyboard and mouse support plus some decent windowing will make it dramatically better than a cellphone and perhaps even a typical tablet as far as productivity whereas by default (i.e. just controllers or default hand tracking) the Quest 1 is slower for precise input than a smartphone. I actually don't think it'll replace phones. More likely to replace large laptop displays for on-the-go productivity as resolution approaches retinal quality in the next few years.