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• mlajtos 5y ago
  > I work in finance doing infrastructure for retail banking. I am using two monitors. Tell me how VR is going to help me for deploying networks and clusters... I imagine DevOps as really close to mode of operation to programming – you google stuff, write things in text files, have terminals open, etc. This type of work trades short-term memory for screen real estate – you need to see a lot of stuff at the same time (everything is one saccade away). That's why you have two monitors. One head-mounted display can simulate any number of monitors, while your desk is free to be used for physical stuff that matter. You can pack these monitors into your bag for work-from-home scenario and you don't have to do any additional setup – everything is right where you left it.
  • squiffsquiff 5y ago
    > 'I imagine'... Yeah, you missed the part where I'm zoning out on reddit and checking my phone during the boring bits of video calls, didn't you? The real world isn't imaginary and I don't want my entire reality susbsumed in my employer's walled garden. Also f*k packing everything in a bag. I work from home 99% of the time. The other 1% external monitors are provided but I'm not doing any proper workstation-based work.
    • mlajtos 5y ago
      Reddit is just another window alongside your work and you'll still be able to see your phone – the virtual monitors are fixed in real world coordinates, so nothing is obstructing your view when you look away.