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> I hope not, too, and I really don't understand the desire to wear a HMD all day. Not everyone is privileged enough to live in an environment perfectly suitab

by least 5y ago

> I hope not, too, and I really don't understand the desire to wear a HMD all day. Not everyone is privileged enough to live in an environment perfectly suitable for work or living their life. A virtual world creates space that doesn't actually exist but is still quite useful for the person working inside of it. I don't own a movie theater but I could potentially enjoy the experience of one with VR. It would also enable me to arbitrarily define my workspace in such a way that is not even physically possible in the real world. For example, I have large studio monitors that physically require there to not be obstructions in front of them, which creates constraints on the size and placement of my display(s). In a virtual world that sort of limitation doesn't exist. I could still sit at my same desk with the same studio monitors but with a limitless space for the displays that could be placed exactly where they're most useful, without concerns for obstructing the studio monitors. > Are these folks' lives so empty that this is better than just, like...being present? Why would you infer that people's lives are 'so empty' just because they find using VR appealing? Even if someone wanted to spend 100% of their time in the 'virtual world,' what exactly about that makes their life empty?

Macha 5y ago
> Not everyone is privileged enough to live in an environment perfectly suitable for work or living their life. Two issues with that: 1. A good VR setup requires more space than a good home office. I've got a perfectly workable home office that is also my VR space, but is at the bare minimum of what SteamVR will allow room scale usage in, and does lead to bumping into things. 2. Longer term VR use is actively tiring. I mean obviously beat saber and active use is, but even two hours flight simming which is sitting in a chair does this in a way it isn't using my monitor. Maybe lighter or dimmer future headsets will help with this, but that's a big assumption.

by least 5y ago

Macha 5y ago

> Not everyone is privileged enough to live in an environment perfectly suitable for work or living their life. Two issues with that: 1. A good VR setup requires more space than a good home office. I've got a perfectly workable home office that is also my VR space, but is at the bare minimum of what SteamVR will allow room scale usage in, and does lead to bumping into things. 2. Longer term VR use is actively tiring. I mean obviously beat saber and active use is, but even two hours flight simming which is sitting in a chair does this in a way it isn't using my monitor. Maybe lighter or dimmer future headsets will help with this, but that's a big assumption.