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> Even if the headset can resolve ~4K on a giant screen that fills your entire field of view, that's not going to be comfortable or ergonomic for a workstation

> Even if the headset can resolve ~4K on a giant screen that fills your entire field of view, that's not going to be comfortable or ergonomic for a workstation monitor Could you elaborate on this a bit? I know that most people use a 24"-30" monitor, but there are plenty of people who want max screen real estate and either use a large TV, or multiple monitors which add up to a large TV in size. I don't see a lot of difference between what you're describing and using a 48" TV as a monitor. The reviews of people who have tried this suggest that it many not be the best for gaming, but for productivity and watching video, it's pretty great.

fkyoureadthedoc 3y ago
If I understand correctly they are saying the headset is the 4k screen, and then you are taking a subset of that and creating a floating monitor on it, thus not having the full 4k dedicated to whatever you are doing on that floating monitor inside the AR environment.
- coffeebeqn 3y ago
  I mean sure but this is quite unimaginative thinking. Why would you use a VR workspace as just a virtual desk and monitor? I would love to have just VSCode on my main “monitor” for example and then my music can be out of sight to my right or left that I can turn to if I ever need to change it. Right now I have so much packed in the browser tabs and windows open on my OS. Just basic apps like notes and calendar would be much better in a “spatial” OS
  - kweingar 3y ago
    When I am doing desk work, I want to avoid turning. It’s bad for the neck and back. I could have several monitors at my desk if I asked for them, but me (and my coworkers) usually stick to one or two because the ergonomics are better.
jsheard 3y ago
Typically when I see people sitting close to ~48" 4K TVs for productivity they have to rely on window tiling to make it more akin to using four 24" 1080p monitors that happen to be joined together, the display is simply too big to comfortably work fullscreen like you can on a dense 24-27" 4K-5K monitor, which is the "Retina experience" that Mac users are accustomed to. A TV gives you the 4K pixel count, but distributed over so much area that in practice you can only focus on a small subset of it at once, which is basically the same problem the Vision Pro has.
- makapuf 3y ago
  I've had to do this lately and apart from the fact that my portable pc can only do 4K at 30Hz it works quite well and gives you LOTS of room for putting HD sized windows aside but that you can glance as needed. Does anyone have the same experience ?
  - nordsieck 3y ago
    I use a 43" 4k TV, and I find that splitting the monitor into full height 1/3s is the most useful to me. Vertical resolution is gold for software reading and writing. And 1/3 of the screen is typically enough width that most websites don't look oddly cramped.

fkyoureadthedoc 3y ago

If I understand correctly they are saying the headset is the 4k screen, and then you are taking a subset of that and creating a floating monitor on it, thus not having the full 4k dedicated to whatever you are doing on that floating monitor inside the AR environment.

coffeebeqn 3y ago
I mean sure but this is quite unimaginative thinking. Why would you use a VR workspace as just a virtual desk and monitor? I would love to have just VSCode on my main “monitor” for example and then my music can be out of sight to my right or left that I can turn to if I ever need to change it. Right now I have so much packed in the browser tabs and windows open on my OS. Just basic apps like notes and calendar would be much better in a “spatial” OS
- kweingar 3y ago
  When I am doing desk work, I want to avoid turning. It’s bad for the neck and back. I could have several monitors at my desk if I asked for them, but me (and my coworkers) usually stick to one or two because the ergonomics are better.

jsheard 3y ago

Typically when I see people sitting close to ~48" 4K TVs for productivity they have to rely on window tiling to make it more akin to using four 24" 1080p monitors that happen to be joined together, the display is simply too big to comfortably work fullscreen like you can on a dense 24-27" 4K-5K monitor, which is the "Retina experience" that Mac users are accustomed to. A TV gives you the 4K pixel count, but distributed over so much area that in practice you can only focus on a small subset of it at once, which is basically the same problem the Vision Pro has.

makapuf 3y ago
I've had to do this lately and apart from the fact that my portable pc can only do 4K at 30Hz it works quite well and gives you LOTS of room for putting HD sized windows aside but that you can glance as needed. Does anyone have the same experience ?
- nordsieck 3y ago
  I use a 43" 4k TV, and I find that splitting the monitor into full height 1/3s is the most useful to me. Vertical resolution is gold for software reading and writing. And 1/3 of the screen is typically enough width that most websites don't look oddly cramped.