Anyone interested in dynamic sitting or creating a workplace that encourages movement and strengthening that goes against this passive lay-down desk, check out Katy Bowman's work:
https://www.nutritiousmovement.com/dynamic-at-home-work-and-...
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A phone is usually less than 200g, a CRT monitor can easily be >10kg, so at least 50 times worse
> a CRT monitor can easily be >10kg, so at least 50 times worse And some of the later generation CRTs breached 20" and were a good 30+kg. Sony's 24" GDM-FW900 was a pretty incredible 42kg.
I used to have a large CRT monitor that was 30kg (I don't recall the actual screen size, but it was somewhere between 20-30". It was an absolute behemoth, and I remember the desk sagged down at least an inch in the centre. It looked pretty dodgy, but it sat there for years without incident!
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Thanks I think I've seen that, unfortunately I suffer from extreme simulation sickness, can't even play Minecraft and hence I'm exploring non-VR direct display glasses. But, those who have no issues with VR might indeed find immersedvr useful.
FWIW I also get extreme motion sickness with VR. Except the Oculus (Edit: Oculus Quest). I don't know why, but that one doesn't bother me at all. I've literally used it for hours at a time with no problems.
Oculus is a company. Which model are you referring to?
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#174Once VR is high enough fidelity, we should be able to just use a VR headset and virtual monitors, hopefully. There is even pretty good hand tracking software such that if you look at your hands with the VR headset on you'll see your hands, and you can also project the keyboard for the times when you need to look at your hands and / or keyboard.
You might be interested in this project: https://github.com/SimulaVR/Simula
Not affiliated
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#175This looks comfortable, but I wonder if I'd actually be productive in this. I tried sitting on an exercise ball for a while for posture, and it definitely was a small nagging distraction. I find I'm 95% equally productive with a standing desk, but I have noticed that when I'm embarking on a couple hours of focused work, I lower it to seated.
I used an exercise ball some years back, and actually found it increased my focus; I think the stance made me more alert.
The biggest problem was that if I used it for any length of time, my stomach core was in agony!
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#176Am I the only one that saw this and got very concerned about the structure? That's a lot of weight and hinges in this system. It looks like a guillotine for the stomach.
Yeah. lets hope there is some support we cannot see behind it.
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That sounds pretty awkward for typing more than a few sentences. Do you have something to angle the keyboard somewhat?
It's actually pretty comfy. Here's a quick write up with pics: https://coursemaker.org/blog/create-affordable-lay-down-desk... (sorry for the pop-up)
The mouse is a little out of the way. Seems like have you to move to a workflow that you are almost entirely on keyboard? I would love that but just find that there is so much forced mouse interaction which I would like to avoid?
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#179A friend once said “There’s all these studies about how bad sitting is for you. Now there are even studies about how bad standing desks are for you. Nobody ever says anything bad about laying down so I just try to do that as much as possible.” I still laugh. Perhaps true in part though.
IME it's not sitting or standing or lying down that's injurious, it's not moving . My pain to a large extent went away when I stopped staying so still. Now I change my posture on the regular, from leaning against the backrest to sitting away from it to taking little breaks to pace around a bit. Similarly, I used to get eye strain from all the screen time. Until I moved to an office with a view and I found myself star…
So what you're saying is we need to invent the gyro-desk!
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#180Not counting occasional meetings I work from home for 20 years already. I tried all kinds of chairs and discovered one thing. Nothing really works for me when spending much time in a chair. And even though I am fit my back did not really like the way of life and started to hurt. Finally I've got myself rowing machine and in addition to a regular physical activities I also row for an hour every other day or two. This has worked wonders for me. My back feels fine now and I have no problems whatsoever sitting at the regular desk. Come summer I let it go and swim in the open water instead to the same result.