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by georgewsinger 3y ago
It's unfortunately an expensive device, but we like to argue that "first in kind" devices are often very expensive[1] before economies of scale and other efficiencies can drive them down. The Apple Vision Pro is set to retail
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Technically it's two monitors on your face: one for each eye :)
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Nope, you've got it right. We're selling at a loss up until roughly the ~1,000th unit shipped. More specifically: if we ship 125 units, we lose roughly ~$5K per headset. If we ship 250 units, we lose roughly ~$2K per headset. If w
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Vitalik and Thor were both early preorderers of our headset (we had no connection to them prior). And we didn't have any explicit crypto angle here, but just reached out to them as vetted early enthusiasts, asking if they wanted to hel
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Appreciate your support. From our perspective, the Apple headset is more an "iPad replacement" than a "laptop replacement".[1] The Vision Pro is based on their iOS (iPad/iPhone) ecosystem for their 2D apps, so you w
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Agreed that VR gaming is bigger than most people realize, but VR for productivity (to replace PCs & laptops) is still an untapped market. VR pixel density is now within one doubling of "human eye resolution", so it seems like
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
An underrated fact is that the Japanese train & metro system is largely privatized: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-10-31/why-tokyo... > Japan followed a similar path as the West before Wo
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
The Varjo Aero has the same PPD as the Simula One :] So if you are able to daily drive it for productivity, that's a good sign you would be able to do the same with our headset. The problem with the Varjo Aero is that's it's
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Our critique isn't so much about Apple's locked down OS as much as it is "you won't be able to run powerhouse apps from macOS to get your more serious work done". We hope & expect consumers to love the Apple hea
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
I understand your concern, but if we were interested in a quick exit we wouldn't be working on this lol. We're looking for venture backing because getting a consumer hardware startup off the ground is really expensive!
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SimulaVR's Reaction to Apple(simulavr.com)
105 points by georgewsinger 3y ago|148 comments
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Japan also ranks 3rd (behind the USA & India, with larger populations) in ChatGPT usage: https://www.demandsage.com/chatgpt-statistics/ There's also been discussion of their government using ChatGPT to reduce
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Can you expand upon this? Curious to learn more (as an American who has consumed a lot of K-dramas, I often feel like subtleties sometimes fly over my head).
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by georgewsinger 3y ago
Google's stock is now worth more than it was on the date of ChatGPT's initial release (Nov 30th). Good test for the Efficient Markets Hypothesis: how does this make any sense?
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
Arch is just for the review unit. We're not planning on using it for our final release. Also, the headset is ultimately customizable, so you can use whichever distro you'd like (though will probably want to use our window manager
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
> Considering this comes from Japan... Can you explain to me why this follows? I don't usually associate "hot air exaggeration" with Japanese culture.
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
Wolfram Mathematica.
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
Nice find (and makes sense).
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
If you're interested in a "turn on your headset, and launch straight into your open-source Linux VR Desktop" workflow (rather than straight into a gaming marketplace/social network), you might check out https:/&#x2
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
Though we finished our first Simula One "Review Unit" back in September (this being a stripped down prototype which demonstrates display, optics, and main board functionality), we haven't released a prototype to testers yet d
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
It runs Linux using our custom VR Linux distro. The core of this distro is our VR window manager ( https://github.com/SimulaVR/Simula ). It comes with 16GB-32GB of RAM and an Intel 12th Gen i7 processor. RE URLs: -
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
You could also completely replace your Linux Laptop with a Simula One.[1] :] [1] https://simulavr.com
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
This definitely sounds like something Alan Kay would recommend :)
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
SimulaVR ( https://simulavr.com ) is offering a $100 discount to Hacker News preorderers: use the code "DISCOUNT_HN" at checkout.
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
This has been a feature built into our design from the start. We just hadn't implemented it yet.
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
VR pixel density is arguably on an exponential curve. Most headsets are within one tripling of "human eye resolution".[1] A few are within one doubling. [1] https://i.imgur.com/Ml1dv3w.png
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
This is why VR pixel density (PPD) is so important for VR computing. It's the #1 thing that impacts how legible text and other fine details are when working. Here's a list of headsets for comparison: - Valve Index: 11.07 PPD - Que
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
The Nreal Air looks cool, but it only offers a 46 degree FoV[1]. That's less than half the FOV of the Quest 2, which makes it hard to see all of your windows/workspace. (To be fair: the tradeoff is excellent PPD within its narrow
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
The Quest Pro is a great headset in many ways, but it only offers 10% higher pixel density than the Quest 2 (which was already pretty low). For comparison: it offers 22.69 PPD. The human eye can distinguish up to 60 PPD.
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by georgewsinger 4y ago
Thanks for your support. RE resolution being low on the Valve Index: we absolutely agree :] The Simula One offers ~3x higher pixel density than the Valve Index, and 50% higher density than the Quest Pro. This dramatically impacts the extent

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