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Post by robertfw »

georgewsinger wrote: post #109

Working in VR allows you to travel with an infinite number of monitors, of any size you prefer. For example here is what it's like to work in a Linux VR Desktop on the HTC Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLuwG91HnI The problem is that plug-in headsets like the Vive are not very portable. The next evolution of something like this is to put the Linux VR Desktop on a standalone headset. If anyone is interested in…

When I tried this a few years ago (shortly after getting my Vive), the text resolution and comfort just wasn't good enough for long periods of time. I'm curious if anyone has had more success with newer VR headsets

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Post by shawabawa3 »

georgewsinger wrote: post #109

Working in VR allows you to travel with an infinite number of monitors, of any size you prefer. For example here is what it's like to work in a Linux VR Desktop on the HTC Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLuwG91HnI The problem is that plug-in headsets like the Vive are not very portable. The next evolution of something like this is to put the Linux VR Desktop on a standalone headset. If anyone is interested in…

You can travel with infinite monitors but the resolution of them all combined can only be around 1600p total

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Post by blinkingled »

sbr464 wrote: post #118

I’ve used a Tumi aluminum suitcase, ultralight, no flex. A Dell 24” 4K monitor and other dev gear fits perfectly. Since it doesn’t flex you don’t need to pack very well, just a few clothes to stop movement. Example photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jjxctk02nvb5wmy/AADnscpr1HQCFZeiO...

What about the weight? For flight travel to work it needs to be way under 23kg.

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Post by varenc »

georgewsinger wrote: post #109

Working in VR allows you to travel with an infinite number of monitors, of any size you prefer. For example here is what it's like to work in a Linux VR Desktop on the HTC Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLuwG91HnI The problem is that plug-in headsets like the Vive are not very portable. The next evolution of something like this is to put the Linux VR Desktop on a standalone headset. If anyone is interested in…

In terms of pixel count, isn’t the Vive only a 1080x1200 monitor? (per eye).

I’d like more information density without having to move my neck around.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by sbr464 »

blinkingled wrote: post #123
sbr464 wrote: post #118

I’ve used a Tumi aluminum suitcase, ultralight, no flex. A Dell 24” 4K monitor and other dev gear fits perfectly. Since it doesn’t flex you don’t need to pack very well, just a few clothes to stop movement. Example photos: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/jjxctk02nvb5wmy/AADnscpr1HQCFZeiO...

What about the weight? For flight travel to work it needs to be way under 23kg.

The suitcase is only 6.4 kilos, it's really light for what it does. It's just a thin shell basically. Monitor is 4 kilos. That leaves a bunch of room for other stuff. You don't have to use any of the packing material since it's so stiff, that helps a lot.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by heartbeats »

wil421 wrote: post #80
saalweachter wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

... notably before 9/11 ... Derailing the thread, I took my first flight, age 18, in 2001. I was into carrying lots of tools on my belt / in my pockets back then, so carried on a pair of pliers, crescent wrench, flat head and phillips screwdrivers, a Swiss Army knife, a penknife, about six feet of baling wire, and lord knows what else. Dumped it all into the little round change tray, sent it through the X-ray machine…

You can still do that minus the knife as long as the tools are under 7 inches. They even allow power tools. For check in can bring whatever tools you want. https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/...

I don't know. My friend managed to do this by accident - he had a pocket knife in his backpack that he forgot about. Just threw the backpack in the X-ray scanner and picked it up on the other side. Only noticed it when we were changing flights.

This was just a few years ago, a day or two after France had had one of its annual terrorist attacks.

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Post by fortyseven »

georgewsinger wrote: post #109

Working in VR allows you to travel with an infinite number of monitors, of any size you prefer. For example here is what it's like to work in a Linux VR Desktop on the HTC Vive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWLuwG91HnI The problem is that plug-in headsets like the Vive are not very portable. The next evolution of something like this is to put the Linux VR Desktop on a standalone headset. If anyone is interested in…

Totally.

Some day.

But between the bulkiness of any given HMD over a long period of time, and the low resolution of the HMD display, this is generally a novelty. In 2020 at least.

The more they iterate in the hardware the more plausible an option this will be. (And I'm excited for it! )

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by mncharity »

codetrotter wrote: post #48
codingdave wrote: post #14

I used to code with that type of setup, with multiple large monitors. But a few months back, I switched to a single 43" UHD TV instead. I get more screen real estate that I did before, have fewer cables to deal with, and have less of a mental paradigm shift when I do travel and shrink down to just one laptop screen. As soon as someone invents a way to fold or roll up a 40+ inch screen, I'll buy it.

Back in January of 2019 I bought a 55" UHD TV that I used as my main monitor for a few months. Ultimately, I found that 55" was too big for me relative to the distance that I was sitting from the screen. Currently I am back to using a 27" PC monitor with 2560x1440 resolution. I use this same monitor both when I use my desktop computer and when I use my laptop. In the latter case I have the additional monitor of the l…

> Perhaps in the future sometime

Nreal "light" AR glasses (dev kit) provide a usb3 50-degree (5 fists) 1080p stereo screen at 2 m (so like 36"). Head tracking permits making that a viewport into a larger desktop. Display is very crisp. Ubuntu desktop looked quite usable.

Before CoV, the $1.2k dev kit was available outside US (long FCC delay) with claimed 1 mo lead. Issues with 6DOF tracking, nose fit, and maybe warmth. But I'd buy it if I could. Several competitors were aiming for similar designs this year. Now? But I think people are underestimating how rapid this transition might be, at least for some of our use cases.

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Post by gertlex »

andybak wrote: post #64

Because of my weird comfort and focus habits I've forced myself to get used to small screens. I hate having more than one task visible at any one moment so all my apps are running full-screen anyway. I've got very used to the various short-cuts for switching apps. I use Windows and MacOS and avoid all the full-screen functionality in MacOS (never managed to really get my head round it). I've got a 13" Macbook Air (20…

Does the difference in alt-tab behavior between Windows and MacOS (with alt-` too) slow you down at all? I might venture to guess no, since your workflow sounds like largely single-window-per-program.
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