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I am curious to see where this goes. VR for productivity has a lot of uncaptured upside. Putting a whole Linux OS on it seems to be a great idea. I am surprise

I am curious to see where this goes. VR for productivity has a lot of uncaptured upside. Putting a whole Linux OS on it seems to be a great idea. I am surprised that Apple or Google are not in the VR space as one company invented the iPhone and the other spearheaded Android. Both are relevant forms of experiences that could help in building a VR headset suited for productivity.

ab-dm 5y ago
Apple has (supposedly) been working on VR/AR tech for quite some time, but the release date keeps getting pushed back. Latest reports suggest a 2022 launch for their VR headset. VR is in a very good place, but it still has a lot of jank. I imagine Apple is working through as much of that as possible before releasing anything.
hellotomyrars 5y ago
Apple is very much working on a product in this space but they, as usual, aren’t showing anything until they’re ready to. One of my friends recently took a position at Apple to specifically work on this hardware and I get the impression they’re hoping to ship sooner rather than later.
- kilroy123 5y ago
  They have so much potential to release something amazing.
ipsum2 5y ago
Google has made a headset with Lenovo, but cancelled it: https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/smart-devices/virtual-reality/lenovo-mirage-solo/Mirage-Solo/p/ZZIRZRHVR01 https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/smart-devices/virtual-reality/l...
georgewsinger 5y ago
Co-founder of Simula here. Agreed. In many ways it makes zero sense that our micro team of 3 people with extremely limited resources is making the first (at least Linux) VR Computer (VRC). This is something that Big Tech companies should be doing in a well-functioning economy, but for some reason aren't, due to some combination of bureaucratic inertia and risk-aversion. Every year Apple is one year away from releasing its supposed AR headset. Google basically abandoned Daydream (which was gaming/entertainment focused anyway). Microsoft had a great early Hololens prototype, but doesn't seem to be pushing consumer facing AR/VR at all (instead selling contracts to the military??). Meta is investing heavily in VR (which is cool), but is unfortunately jamming it through the awkward framing of "make everything in VR a social network", which we're not fans of: https://simulavr.com/blog/we-dont-want-the-metaverse/ https://simulavr.com/blog/we-dont-want-the-metaverse/ In any event, we're really excited to help bring a Linux VRC to market that is focused primarily on office work, programmer productivity, and general purpose computing. =]

ab-dm 5y ago

Apple has (supposedly) been working on VR/AR tech for quite some time, but the release date keeps getting pushed back. Latest reports suggest a 2022 launch for their VR headset. VR is in a very good place, but it still has a lot of jank. I imagine Apple is working through as much of that as possible before releasing anything.

hellotomyrars 5y ago

Apple is very much working on a product in this space but they, as usual, aren’t showing anything until they’re ready to. One of my friends recently took a position at Apple to specifically work on this hardware and I get the impression they’re hoping to ship sooner rather than later.

kilroy123 5y ago
They have so much potential to release something amazing.

ipsum2 5y ago

Google has made a headset with Lenovo, but cancelled it: https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/smart-devices/virtual-reality/lenovo-mirage-solo/Mirage-Solo/p/ZZIRZRHVR01 https://www.lenovo.com/gb/en/smart-devices/virtual-reality/l...

georgewsinger 5y ago

Co-founder of Simula here. Agreed. In many ways it makes zero sense that our micro team of 3 people with extremely limited resources is making the first (at least Linux) VR Computer (VRC). This is something that Big Tech companies should be doing in a well-functioning economy, but for some reason aren't, due to some combination of bureaucratic inertia and risk-aversion. Every year Apple is one year away from releasing its supposed AR headset. Google basically abandoned Daydream (which was gaming/entertainment focused anyway). Microsoft had a great early Hololens prototype, but doesn't seem to be pushing consumer facing AR/VR at all (instead selling contracts to the military??). Meta is investing heavily in VR (which is cool), but is unfortunately jamming it through the awkward framing of "make everything in VR a social network", which we're not fans of: https://simulavr.com/blog/we-dont-want-the-metaverse/ https://simulavr.com/blog/we-dont-want-the-metaverse/ In any event, we're really excited to help bring a Linux VRC to market that is focused primarily on office work, programmer productivity, and general purpose computing. =]