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Yes. We're building the Simula One because we ourselves wanted to work all day in VR, using the best OS (Linux). Here's a fun video I made working on Simula, in

Yes. We're building the Simula One because we ourselves wanted to work all day in VR, using the best OS (Linux). Here's a fun video I made working on Simula, in Simula: https://youtu.be/FWLuwG91HnI https://youtu.be/FWLuwG91HnI And I love seeing the progress unfold on our own headset, because I can't wait to start working in it.

georgewsinger 5y ago
I should also say that when you work a lot in VR, you get intimately familiar with its improvement bottlenecks: 1. *Text quality.* Text quality is really important, especially to sustain long work sessions. This is why we're pushing as hard as we can on resolution. It's more important for work than it even is for gaming, because gaming doesn't require you to sustain focus on detailed text for long periods of time. 2. *Headset bulkiness/portability.* Headsets are too bulky, and tethered ones are annoying to work with. While the Simula One won't be as light weight as headsets will become 10 years from now, it will at least be truly portable (not requiring you to tether to a PC with chords or over WiFi). We are also planning on using something like a halo strap to make flipping the headset up and down more easy (instead of requiring you to take the headset fully off or on). 3. *Real world stuff.* VR forces you to be very touch-type proficient. But sometimes you want to be able to see your keyboard, or see your surroundings, etc. We are planning on having an "AR mode" for our headset to help accommodate for this.
- cs702 5y ago
  Points 1-3 make a lot sense to me. What about 4. Impact on neck.? Is there any risk of repetitive-stress neck injury from all the looking up and down?
  - kanetw 5y ago
    Good question. That's an open research area for this particular use case. Some research about flight helmets/night vision goggles indicate that a counterweight alleviates neck strain. But it doesn't have the specific up/down motion that'd be more common here.
- emaginniss 5y ago
  "because gaming doesn't require you to sustain focus on detailed text for long periods of time" Have you never played VR Zork? You haven't lived yet.
cs702 5y ago
Awesome. That means more than any tech specs to me. Wait a sec, are you on HN via Simula right now?

georgewsinger 5y ago

I should also say that when you work a lot in VR, you get intimately familiar with its improvement bottlenecks: 1. *Text quality.* Text quality is really important, especially to sustain long work sessions. This is why we're pushing as hard as we can on resolution. It's more important for work than it even is for gaming, because gaming doesn't require you to sustain focus on detailed text for long periods of time. 2. *Headset bulkiness/portability.* Headsets are too bulky, and tethered ones are annoying to work with. While the Simula One won't be as light weight as headsets will become 10 years from now, it will at least be truly portable (not requiring you to tether to a PC with chords or over WiFi). We are also planning on using something like a halo strap to make flipping the headset up and down more easy (instead of requiring you to take the headset fully off or on). 3. *Real world stuff.* VR forces you to be very touch-type proficient. But sometimes you want to be able to see your keyboard, or see your surroundings, etc. We are planning on having an "AR mode" for our headset to help accommodate for this.

cs702 5y ago
Points 1-3 make a lot sense to me. What about 4. Impact on neck.? Is there any risk of repetitive-stress neck injury from all the looking up and down?
- kanetw 5y ago
  Good question. That's an open research area for this particular use case. Some research about flight helmets/night vision goggles indicate that a counterweight alleviates neck strain. But it doesn't have the specific up/down motion that'd be more common here.
emaginniss 5y ago
"because gaming doesn't require you to sustain focus on detailed text for long periods of time" Have you never played VR Zork? You haven't lived yet.

cs702 5y ago

Awesome. That means more than any tech specs to me. Wait a sec, are you on HN via Simula right now?