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Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by mnky9800n »

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…

My eyes get taxed wearing my glasses while reading and I usually take them off to see my monitors. I feel like this solution would make my eyes very taxed.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by mhandley »

BooneJS wrote: post #3
MuffinFlavored wrote: post #2

I would have thought TSA would "x-ray" (or whatever it is they do) through your bag and pull you off to the side for further investigation super quickly.

Nothing quite like partially disassembled, partially glued electronics to tick the box on a security checklist.

A year or so back my son and his friends built a muon detector as a high school project, and then flew it from London to Germany and back to measure muon rates at altitude. Basically two metal boxes glued together, with some hand cut holes for display and power. Inside, a large block of solid plastic scintillator, wrapped in foil, with a bunch of hand-made electronics connected to it. Suspicious? Only a bit. I wrote a letter on headed university paper, explaining what it was, and with contact details in case they needed to phone.

At Stansted, the kid carrying it got the third degree, eveything put though the explosives sniffer, and so forth. The security person afterwards told him it ticked all the boxes except one for a bomb. Would love to know what that one was! They did eventually allow it on the plane though, and got really good data from the flight.

On the return flight, security at Cologne didn't look twice - just went straight through the x-ray machine, didn't even get pulled aside. Must have been asleep on the job.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by jackbrookes »

mnky9800n wrote: post #151
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…

My eyes get taxed wearing my glasses while reading and I usually take them off to see my monitors. I feel like this solution would make my eyes very taxed.

VR systems project the image to near infinity to allow your eyes to relax.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by lousken »

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…

I wouldn't do that, even on the vive pro, the text was way too blurry for my taste

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by tom_ »

justanotherc wrote: post #46
csomar wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you are doing web dev, it's literally a must. One screen to type code, one screen for the browser, and one screen for the browser webdev tools. Sometimes I wish I have a forth screen for the documentation.

Exactly, although I tend to find the third screen starts to push the limits of the convenience of having the real estate vs the inconvenience of having to turn my head too much. Sometimes I just set up my terminal windows to take up have the screen of my main (code) screen and alt+tab to it, and then just clicking on the IDE to bring it back on top. I go back and forth between using the 3rd and not depending on my mo…

Try portrait monitors!

I have 2 x 27" 1440x2560, and my laptop's hi-dpi screen as well. I found a landscape multi-monitor setup a bit much, but a portrait arrangement is fine. Doesn't feel like the amount of head turning required to use the side monitors is a problem. It's definitely most comfortable to look straight ahead while using the central monitor, but using the side ones isn't a big problem. They're good for more than just displaying documentation.

(Total width of my setup is about the same as 3 x portrait 27" displays, so it feels like I have a reasonable idea how much head turning would be required for a better setup. Unfortunately, my laptop can only drive 2 external displays.)

I've been using this setup for about 2 years now, and have no intention of going back. It's really great.

(Portrait 1200p or 1080p isn't as good! The screen isn't quite wide enough. A lot of stuff assumes you have 1280+ pixels horizontally.)

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by ebg13 »

atomi wrote: post #116
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…

Realizing the damage caused to my neck by wearing heavy headphones over prolonged periods of time at my desk, I'm going to have to pass on this.

I'm struggling to picture what you could possibly be doing with your posture to cause damage to your neck with even the heaviest headphones. Whatever it is that you're doing, the headphones are not your problem.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by pjc50 »

rsync wrote: post #28

In mid-2001, notably before 9/11, I had to quickly move a 4U Sun Netra server from San Jose to Washington DC. I just carried it on. It was enormous - 4U and full length - and weighed a ton. No packaging, no box - just carrying a huge server down the aisle of the plane ...

I had a colleague who was asked by a client to bring a 2U FPGA-based router on the plane to Brazil .. and not declare it to customs, as that would save the 50% import tax. Apparently this ludicrous scheme worked.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by theptip »

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…

This is one of those concepts that is obviously going to be great when it's ready for prime-time, but just isn't there yet.

In a generation or two when the headsets are lighter (can be worn for a day without leaving an impression on your face as the current headsets do) and higher resolution (can actually replace a multi-monitor setup in number of pixels), I strongly believe this is going to be a killer app that could easily dwarf the gaming market for VR headsets.

An interesting corollary of this is that now is probably a good time to start researching novel input devices, since there is an opportunity to create a completely new UI; if you can touchtype fluently then VR works fine, but if not, it's going to be challenging to use.

As an example, Facebook is working on direct neural input devices:

https://www.roadtovr.com/facebook-acquires-ctrl-labs-develop...

And I have had interesting conversations with neuroscientists about a bunch of intriguing ways that you could hook up an input device to the somatic nervous system. For most of these you'd need to learn a different set of "movements" than typing, so perhaps there's not an immediate win vs. just requiring users to learn to touchtype, but the benefits of being able to "type" characters in a UI without a keyboard are pretty clear.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by jacquesm »

rsync wrote: post #96
faizshah wrote: post #62

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ha, now I’m imagining a 4U server getting the window seat.

"Ha, now I’m imagining a 4U server getting the window seat." No seat - I put it in the overhead bin ...

Warning: when opening the overhead bin objects may fall out.
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