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Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by dheera »

hardwaresofton wrote: post #239
dheera wrote: post #201

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They exist and they are horribly expensive. Last time I was setting up a recruiting booth and it was cheaper to buy a display from Walmart than it was to rent one. And I was able to return it to Walmart at the end, too.

I'm surprised that it's so expensive -- would you mind giving some pointers to the companies you looked into if you remember any of them?

I don't have names. This was at CVPR 2017 in Honolulu.

The convention center had some recommended A/V rental company that quoted $350 for a simple 28" display or something of the sort. They clearly didn't understand basic economics because it cost me 4*$10=$40 Uber rides to get a display from Walmart and return it for a full refund, so the rental company would have needed to be cheaper than $40 to make sense to a customer. Also they violated the most basic axiom of rentals which is that a single day rental needs to be significantly cheaper than buying.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by Abishek_Muthian »

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…

But isn't simulation sickness[1] the fundamental limitation in the usage of VR for longer duration?

What good a VR desktop be if it can be only used 15-30 mins at a time.

[1]https://needgap.com/problems/7-simulation-sickness-in-vr-and...

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by slipheen »

Abishek_Muthian wrote: post #273
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…

But isn't simulation sickness[1] the fundamental limitation in the usage of VR for longer duration? What good a VR desktop be if it can be only used 15-30 mins at a time. [1] https://needgap.com/problems/7-simulation-sickness-in-vr-and...

That's only an issue if you're moving around in VR, particularly with artificial motion.

Sitting in one spot is generally fine for most people, as is so-called "roomscale" vr where it maps 1:1 to the area you're in.

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Post by vxNsr »

CaliforniaKarl wrote: post #69
dannyw wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The TSA misses about 95% of guns, so chances are you’ll be fine.

The latest report I could find says 70%: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelgoldstein/2017/11/09/tsa... Are there newer stats that show 95%?

Probably an older stat, I do remember reading the 95% figure for an internal audit.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by [deleted] »

dheera wrote: post #271
hardwaresofton wrote: post #239

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm surprised that it's so expensive -- would you mind giving some pointers to the companies you looked into if you remember any of them?

I don't have names. This was at CVPR 2017 in Honolulu. The convention center had some recommended A/V rental company that quoted $350 for a simple 28" display or something of the sort. They clearly didn't understand basic economics because it cost me 4*$10=$40 Uber rides to get a display from Walmart and return it for a full refund, so the rental company would have needed to be cheaper than $40 to make sense to a cus…

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Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by jasonkester »

brian-armstrong wrote: post #212

"I don't really need to be close to my friends or be in a place that I know but I need ... three 24 inches monitors an external GPU and an ergonomic keyboard." Does anyone else have a hard time coming to grips with this prioritization? Even looking at this objectively with something like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, yes we do need friends, though 3 24" monitors don't seem to appear.

I can understand the motivation completely.

It's not about wanting to be away from your friends. It's about not wanting to be stuck in your apartment in a city that's rainy and cold for six months straight starting in late October when you're young and unencumbered and you know that there's a sunny tropical paradise just a quick 16 hour flight away.

There's lots of other unencumbered young fun people there riding out the winter season, working on their surfing skills while coding from their laptops. Some of them you already know, others you'll meet when you get there, and you'll keep in touch for years (even if you're no longer living near them).

It's such a good way to do things that many people have arranged their lives so that they can do it every year (I did it for maybe 15 years before finally buying a couch in a place where there was something to do in the winter).

But I might point out to the author that 27 inch monitors cost $129.00 each. Even in Krabi, Thailand. And they make good gifts to the locals when it's time to move on.

Sorted.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by bamboozled »

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 such an intense setup.

I'd be interested to know how you did it for sure.

The music in your clip just adds to it. Crazy!

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by FrankSansC »

> For the powering one thing to take into account is that cable are somewhat heavy and if you have 3 screen + your laptop you will need 4 electrical sockets. You could use the same socket for the screens by doing something like that.

Please DON'T DO THAT! Shortcuts / fire start with things like this. You can find C13 splitter power cords on the net for like 20~30 euros.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by tomduncalf »

Not on the scale of 24” monitors but I’ve been really impressed by the performance of Sidecar on the new MacOS/iOS and currently use it with my 10” iPad as a second monitor solution on the go.

I’ve used similar apps (eg Duet Display) before but found the lag and compression bothersome, but Sidecar seems perfect, even over WiFi. With a 12.9” iPad it would be even better!

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