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Re: Facebook Horizon

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Post by Skunkleton » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 8:17 PM UTC

ggreer wrote: post #32

Skunkleton wrote: post #4

Have the headsets gotten good enough to read text?

Text looks rather pixelated. I couldn't see someone reading a book in VR, but that's not the selling point. VR's advantage is Presence.[1] Current headsets are good enough that you can feel like you are in another world. I've had friends dive onto the ground or flinch because they thought they were going to be shot while playing Superhot VR. It's a visceral sensation that videos of VR can't convey. I think there's de…

Thanks! Tbh, I’m mostly interested in using it as a virtual productivity environment. I know it’s a ways off for that just due to resolution issues.

Re: Facebook Horizon

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Post by Skunkleton » Sat, Sep 28, 2019, 8:19 PM UTC

cameronbrown wrote: post #44

Skunkleton wrote: post #4

Have the headsets gotten good enough to read text?

Imo Vive Pro or Valve Index are Good Enough (TM) but YMMV. It really depends what you're doing with the thing, as I can read large text in Gen 1 Rift reasonably well and that's all I need.

I would really like to use it for programming. Having more screen real estate would be awesome.

Re: Facebook Horizon

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Post by esquire_900 » Thu, Oct 10, 2019, 10:42 AM UTC

beefield wrote: post #146

esquire_900 wrote: post #134

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And now Facebook is going to take the honerable role of Halliday right?

Wonder if I am only one thinking Halliday being one of the greatest arseholes casted as semigod in fiction? I mean, it is fine to be into 80's, but using your massive wealth to impose that obsession to everyone else does not score high points for me.

Does he impose it though, or just uses it as a filter to find the next game administrator? He doesn't enforces anybody to participate. Perhaps comparable to a requirement list for a job, though it's a bit of a specific requirement.