HoloKit relaunched, $129 AR Headset accessory for iPhone

Post by abirch » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 11:14 AM UTC

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I want VR so that I can have 8 different monitors and even more desktops. I want this at work so I can have different remote sessions up and just look right to see the current metrics, left for slack and email, vs code central...

I expressed this same desire to a friend, who warned me of the VR goggle marks left on your head when you take them off after a long session. I want the VR monitors, but I'm wary of having a permanent mark on my head from wearing them for 8 hours a day for days on end...

Post by ubercore » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 11:36 AM UTC

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VR is, IMHO, a fundamentally flawed concept. To immerse yourself, you need to block out your peripheral vision and everything else. The average, casual user isn't going to do that on a regular basis. It's not something you can do with kids around if you need to keep an eye on them, unlike a book or a TV show or even a game on your phone or laptop. Fundamentally, immersion is a selling point to a very specific audienc…

> To immerse yourself, you need to block out your peripheral vision and everything else. You really don't. People who haven't played VR don't seem to understand how easy it is to lose yourself. Your brain quickly adjusts to the lack of peripheral vision, bad graphics, low contrast, etc. and you quickly find yourself leaning on things that aren't really there or hitting walls because you forgot that you've wandered of…

Post by tiborsaas » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 11:38 AM UTC

zdragnar wrote: post #25

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Form factor for AR is literally like nuclear fusion at the moment. I don’t know when they are going to get it looking like normal fucking glasses, but until then, no one is going outside with this shit. They have to pivot this soon enough to a cheap at-home AR thingy. VR headsets are getting smaller at least: https://en.shiftall.net/products/meganex I would suspect Apple will never release something that isn’t as sma…

VR is, IMHO, a fundamentally flawed concept. To immerse yourself, you need to block out your peripheral vision and everything else. The average, casual user isn't going to do that on a regular basis. It's not something you can do with kids around if you need to keep an eye on them, unlike a book or a TV show or even a game on your phone or laptop. Fundamentally, immersion is a selling point to a very specific audienc…

Post by xrguy » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 11:48 AM UTC

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But there is Augmented Reality. You could be watching something while the augmented reality tracks your kids on a virtual overlay. It's not too different from having Google driving instructions. You don't immerse yourself in them. But when driving it would be nice not to move your eyes to the small phone screen but instead see it though your VR lenses while at the same time seeing the road ahead through it. Keep your…

Real killer app will be pack of cards or smaller projector that will turn any shiny surface into an ad hoc HUD. Gets most of the value of AR without having to wear anything. Like… imagine being able to have a recipe projected right on to the counter top or stove door.

Post by detrites » Thu, Jan 12, 2023, 12:10 PM UTC

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VR is, IMHO, a fundamentally flawed concept. To immerse yourself, you need to block out your peripheral vision and everything else. The average, casual user isn't going to do that on a regular basis. It's not something you can do with kids around if you need to keep an eye on them, unlike a book or a TV show or even a game on your phone or laptop. Fundamentally, immersion is a selling point to a very specific audienc…

> To immerse yourself, you need to block out your peripheral vision and everything else. Sounds perfect for a flight.