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Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by brassattax »

cstross wrote: post #38

I have two questions (after "cats: how does it deal?" which is answered in other comments, kinda-sorta): 1. Where does the chair go when the Pocket Office is closed? (Illustration shows a generic office chair: I'm not sure there's space in there for an Aeron, much less anything really funky). 2. What is this "work/life balance" the designers seem so keen on enforcing? (sarcasm). And why do they think that after a day…

Regarding your second question, we have a family room with a TV which doubles as a work-from-home office.. would be nice to be able to hide the office stuff when it's not in use. Also this design (depending on the size of the room) seems to still allow for use of the TV out of the view of the office space.

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by burlesona »

rendall wrote: post #3

Looked for price, but it looks like a "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" situation

Came here to post the same. Does anyone know what this costs, and/or has anyone bought one and can speak to the experience?

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Post by marcinzm »

san_dimitri wrote: post #12

One of my major concerns when I see this kind of design is that they never talk about the target room size.

The specs say it's 78"x75" (98"x75" for large version) when open. How much space you want beyond that is up to you I presume as it depends on your door position and layout of rest of room. If you just have a couch then that's probably a couple feet around for entrance and 4 feet for the couch. So roughly you'd want a 10' x 11' room.

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Post by hrishi »

I feel like functional converting spaces like this are the future, or will have a huge part in it. As a species, we seem to love to congregate and squeeze ourselves together, which means we'll always have high population density settlements where space is at a premium.

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Post by paulie_a »

FullyFunctional wrote: post #9

I know this is a subtle detail, but when I see this I fell neck pain. The ideal mounting height for the TV is such that when you are in your comfortable viewing position, your eyes should be roughly aligned just below the top part of the TV (for big TVs this is difficult so I aim for 20% from the top). I've seen countless HGTV make-overs where they put the TV other the freaking fireplace - just horrible. This is slig…

Not to mention that putting it above a fireplace is a great way to shorten the lifespan of the tv

Re: Ori Pocket Office

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Post by TLightful »

Have seen concepts like this many times over the last decade. Have never seen any that made it to market. Assume they're piggy-backing off of Covid to test the market. Bored of it now.

Actively looked into it for a clever way to design a house recently. The closest we came to succeeding was to repurpose electronically/(or manually) movable library shelving. It's possible at a reasonable cost but needs lots of upfront research.

Interesting stuff, but these concepts annoy me in the same way as most concept cars do.

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Post by anotheryou »

AstroJetson wrote: post #37
anotheryou wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The animated graphics show button presses I think. So electronic.

I'm sad there is no animation of the up / down button on the controller.

I'd guess there is no up and the down face seems to be used for a few buttons with "presets" (bed, work)

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Post by paultopia »

rendall wrote: post #3

Looked for price, but it looks like a "if you have to ask, you can't afford it" situation

This. I don't understand why people make websites purporting to offer products to the public, but refuse to provide basic information like price or how to buy the alleged product. Is this just a concept sketch?
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