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Physically it doesn’t work: The headset is too clunky and heavy still, after a few hours you get a sore neck and I have trouble with lack of airflow on my skin

Physically it doesn’t work: The headset is too clunky and heavy still, after a few hours you get a sore neck and I have trouble with lack of airflow on my skin (where it contacts my face gets sweaty and irritated after long periods) More importantly: the resolution is too small. Using an IDE to edit text inside VR technically works, but the font size has to be so huge because the resolution inside is so poor, coding becomes an exercise in scrolling and navigation rather than an exercise in problem solving. I’m the same as you, I like being portable, and when I was a travelling tech nomad for 2 years it meant hauling two monitors in the car everywhere. One other option that actually worked well was getting a good quality 1080p projector and mounting it on a camera stand, I used this for a bit instead of monitors at the hotels/Airbnbs and it worked well, although that’s just a single 1080p monitor

ilaksh 4y ago
Do you realize that there are many different headsets, some very new, different resolutions and different types of lenses? Because you seem to have taken one experience and written off the entire concept indefinitely.
exodust 4y ago
> good quality 1080p projector Good idea on the road. And you could set up two projectors for two giant monitors. Although one projector and laptop should be enough for most needs. Laser diode projectors in particular are bright and uniform enough to project onto a clean wall. There's also the option of short-throw or regular projector. Flicker-free and reliable. Turning your hotel room wall into a big screen makes sense. I would definitely choose a portable projector over VR if I needed the equivalent of a large monitor on the road. The other thing is, you can have the screen on and do "normal life things" like read physical documents, gaze out the window, use your mobile phone, pace around the room, scratch your head, play with your hair as you think... and your screen remains stationary and separate.

ilaksh 4y ago

Do you realize that there are many different headsets, some very new, different resolutions and different types of lenses? Because you seem to have taken one experience and written off the entire concept indefinitely.

exodust 4y ago

> good quality 1080p projector Good idea on the road. And you could set up two projectors for two giant monitors. Although one projector and laptop should be enough for most needs. Laser diode projectors in particular are bright and uniform enough to project onto a clean wall. There's also the option of short-throw or regular projector. Flicker-free and reliable. Turning your hotel room wall into a big screen makes sense. I would definitely choose a portable projector over VR if I needed the equivalent of a large monitor on the road. The other thing is, you can have the screen on and do "normal life things" like read physical documents, gaze out the window, use your mobile phone, pace around the room, scratch your head, play with your hair as you think... and your screen remains stationary and separate.