Moving the Linux desktop to another reality

Post by giancarlostoro » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 9:03 PM UTC

groovybits wrote: post #32

davesmith1983 wrote: post #13

This is going to be another compiz cube. It looks cool, but I doubt it will be very useful outside of showing off some cool tech. Also Valve tbh have dropped a lot of their more interesting tech. I had one of their steam links which isn't even sold anymore. The steam link was actually pretty useful for steaming anything on your desktop, I am sure you can do the same with a Raspberry Pi and some scripts but it worked…

> I am sure you can do the same with a Raspberry Pi and some scripts Actually you don't even need to write your own scripts. There is an official steamlink package available for Raspbian. I just set up a Pi3 to run as a dedicated steamlink the other day, and it works fairly well. Just run: apt install steamlink steamlink Edit: And if you want it to run the steamlink interface on bootup, you can stick this in your cro…

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 9:36 PM UTC

dflock wrote: post #16

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The vast majority of Chromebooks are completely useless without Google services. That's not exactly the "freedom" that the Linux community envisioned when they spoke about "The Year of Linux on the Desktop".

Well, you can install regular linux and run whatever you want: https://support.google.com/chromebook/answer/9145439?hl=en

Post by cjbprime » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 9:53 PM UTC

asark wrote: post #14

gmueckl wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The current generation of headsets is unsuited for showing large amounts of reasonably sized text. The display resolution is not there yet. If you map your desktop into a plane in VR space at the proper distance, your UI text shows up heavily aliased and barely readable due to the texture resampling that happens in that process. You need to increase resolution by another factor of two or three to make that actually c…

> And then there is the issue with holding 3d pointing devices for prolonged amounts of time. This is taxing upper body strength if you do. The weight of the headset itself is also straining the neck muscles. You could use a real mouse and keyboard, if you're presented with some kind of virtual workstation. And even for navigation outside the workstation, of your broader "environment", 3D video games have been using…

Post by jimktrains2 » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 10:47 PM UTC

skykooler wrote: post #26

davesmith1983 wrote: post #13

This is going to be another compiz cube. It looks cool, but I doubt it will be very useful outside of showing off some cool tech. Also Valve tbh have dropped a lot of their more interesting tech. I had one of their steam links which isn't even sold anymore. The steam link was actually pretty useful for steaming anything on your desktop, I am sure you can do the same with a Raspberry Pi and some scripts but it worked…

Compiz cube was what convinced me to try Linux in the first place - I had always thought of it as a boring server OS, but then I saw the desktop cube and wobbly windows and thought "that looks cool enough to try it out." Hopefully this could have a similar result for some people who have VR headsets.

Post by just_myles » Tue, Jul 30, 2019, 11:12 PM UTC

catotheyoungest wrote: post #38

Why do people think this worth trying to implement? Is it because it looked cool in movies like Minority Report ? What is the target demographic for this? What is the use case? Why would I want to add additional and unnecessary complexity to my workflow?