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If at some point goggles replaces monitors, I can see this taking off... but i don't see that happening anytime soon. VR goggles are way too bulky and uncomfort

If at some point goggles replaces monitors, I can see this taking off... but i don't see that happening anytime soon. VR goggles are way too bulky and uncomfortable now.

bamboozled 4y ago
You’d really want to be disconnected entirely from your surroundings while you’re working ? Sounds nauseating to me. I enjoy looking at friends and loved ones, looking out the window occasionally, taking notes, drinking coffee without a headset in the way, not having a sweaty face or being nauseated. AR maybe, VR for hours ? No thanks
- null_object 4y ago
  I know this may come across as saying "who would want to carry a telephone in their pocket?", but the idea that we would all be required to sit with googles on all day, in a virtual 'office' environment, in order to do our work, is beyond all dystopian imagining, in my view. Today I'm coding by my window, with the sun shining outside - some birdsong audible from the trees in the yard. One of my kids just came home from school, and we chatted for a couple minutes. I had a few (too many) meetings today, but they were all video-calls and for some of the time I could carry on with a current task. I think the receptiveness of the HN crowd overestimates the utility of this technology. It would probably be used to enslave underlings into being 'present' at the virtual office without pee-breaks for 10-hours every day. PS: I see everyone else in this thread questioning the idea that we should sit in a virtual-reality world with goggles strapped to our faces all day is getting downvoted. I think people outside the tech-nerd bubble would probably disagree.
  - Semaphor 4y ago
    > Today I'm coding by my window, with the sun shining outside - some birdsong audible from the trees in the yard. I’m coding by the windows with the blinds down, sometimes birds, or worse, church bells (actually, mostly the damn bells) annoy me. I guess it’s nice when my wife pops in, but I could still interrupt my VR session for that. Not saying I’m in any way into VR, I don’t really see the point yet, but I wanted to give a different POV ;)
    - bamboozled 4y ago
      I guess it’s nice when my wife pops in, but I could still interrupt my VR session for that. This still sounds so bad.
- blackoil 4y ago
  These goggles have pass through color video, some may enjoy to work in an immersive environment. Also, some may enjoy to work from beach in Bali or Swiss mountains.
- cush 4y ago
  > You’d really want to be disconnected entirely from your surroundings while you’re working? People take drugs to achieve this level of focus
  - bamboozled 4y ago
    you’d still need to take drugs, a VR headset doesn’t stop you from being distracted .
    - cush 4y ago
      Obviously it depends entirely on the person and situation...

If at some point goggles replaces monitors, I can see this taking off... but i don't see that happening anytime soon. VR goggles are way too bulky and uncomfortable now.

bamboozled 4y ago

You’d really want to be disconnected entirely from your surroundings while you’re working ? Sounds nauseating to me. I enjoy looking at friends and loved ones, looking out the window occasionally, taking notes, drinking coffee without a headset in the way, not having a sweaty face or being nauseated. AR maybe, VR for hours ? No thanks

null_object 4y ago
I know this may come across as saying "who would want to carry a telephone in their pocket?", but the idea that we would all be required to sit with googles on all day, in a virtual 'office' environment, in order to do our work, is beyond all dystopian imagining, in my view. Today I'm coding by my window, with the sun shining outside - some birdsong audible from the trees in the yard. One of my kids just came home from school, and we chatted for a couple minutes. I had a few (too many) meetings today, but they were all video-calls and for some of the time I could carry on with a current task. I think the receptiveness of the HN crowd overestimates the utility of this technology. It would probably be used to enslave underlings into being 'present' at the virtual office without pee-breaks for 10-hours every day. PS: I see everyone else in this thread questioning the idea that we should sit in a virtual-reality world with goggles strapped to our faces all day is getting downvoted. I think people outside the tech-nerd bubble would probably disagree.
- Semaphor 4y ago
  > Today I'm coding by my window, with the sun shining outside - some birdsong audible from the trees in the yard. I’m coding by the windows with the blinds down, sometimes birds, or worse, church bells (actually, mostly the damn bells) annoy me. I guess it’s nice when my wife pops in, but I could still interrupt my VR session for that. Not saying I’m in any way into VR, I don’t really see the point yet, but I wanted to give a different POV ;)
  - bamboozled 4y ago
    I guess it’s nice when my wife pops in, but I could still interrupt my VR session for that. This still sounds so bad.
blackoil 4y ago
These goggles have pass through color video, some may enjoy to work in an immersive environment. Also, some may enjoy to work from beach in Bali or Swiss mountains.
cush 4y ago
> You’d really want to be disconnected entirely from your surroundings while you’re working? People take drugs to achieve this level of focus
- bamboozled 4y ago
  you’d still need to take drugs, a VR headset doesn’t stop you from being distracted .
  - cush 4y ago
    Obviously it depends entirely on the person and situation...