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>If there is a small icon on my laptop screen, no amount of me moving closer will magically add resolution. But if there is a small icon in VR, leaning in will
by charcircuit 1y ago
>If there is a small icon on my laptop screen, no amount of me moving closer will magically add resolution. But if there is a small icon in VR, leaning in will resolve more detail.
It works for laptops too. You either are starting too close or your monitor is not high enough resolution.
>can pinch-zoom on a photo, there’s nothing you can do that lets you peer closer at an interface element and get more data than is already there
That's what the pinch zoom gesture does already.
>Like, imagine looking at the tiny wi-fi icon in the top bar on your home screen. Simply lean your head towards it a little (unconsciously) and you are able to read the name of the current wi-fi network;
The author overestimated the willingness of people to want to read small text along with not being able to sit still.