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Do you? I can't imagine why anyone would want to strap something to their head that would make the programming experience more tiring than looking at a monitor
by colinramsay 11y ago
Do you? I can't imagine why anyone would want to strap something to their head that would make the programming experience more tiring than looking at a monitor for 6-8 hours a day, which this surely will. Ditto the speculation that this could somehow be a transformative social experience.
- lhl 11y agoDo you know any programmer who wouldn't want more screen space? What if you had FullHD resolution pixels, much less Retina pixels anywhere you looked? Maybe you're not imagining hard enough? The possibilities, to me, are rather mind-bogglingly awesome.
- apetrovic 11y agoI remember a conversation with friend about twenty years ago (yeah, I'm old). We're talking about the new exciting thing, mobile phones. "There's no way anyone, save for a few weirdos or people who must have it because of their job, will willingly give up their privacy by having a phone in the pocket all day along!" - said the friend, I remember like it was yesterday.
- colinramsay 11y agoNot really the same though is it? A mobile doesn't strap on to your face and add half a kilo of weight to your head.
- apetrovic 11y agoI was talking about the danger of predicting success of some technology based on personal bias, not about similarity between a VR headset and a mobile phone. Duh.
- colinramsay 11y agoI'm surprised you didn't link to the classic Slashdot post on the iPod!
- gknoy 11y agoIf you have a VR headset, you may as well get a comfy reclining chair too. Or lie down on your bed/couch -- either way, your head can be supported by things that are not your neck muscles.
- 0xdeadbeefbabe 11y agoBut how do you type in that position? Or were you not planning to type anything?