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What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Re: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Post by Tepix »

soylentcola wrote: post #332
PerkinWarwick wrote: post #324

The Facebook angle to this sounds absolutely heinous, but just what have they done to lock the headset to Facebook? Is there some kind of secret handshake/encryption going on? If someone from the Evil Empire was here, it would be interesting to get some notion how Facebook checks identity. Is there some huge glom of software that compares online activity, public records, phone records, bank records, credit records, e…

As a device that's essentially a smartphone with some extra hardware/custom software, I would imagine that's like asking "what has Apple done to lock the iPhone to iOS?" or "what has Sony done to lock the Playstation to only run Playstation software?" If you think of it less like a monitor and more like a game console or a phone with a locked bootloader, then it's easy to see how you can require account auth in order…

Just look at the privacy policy of Facebook with regards to Virtual Reality devices and you'll see that they want it all. It's well documented.

No thanks.

Re: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Post by Tepix »

throwaway675309 wrote: post #326
copirate wrote: post #230

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Most headsets have > 90° FOV: https://arvrtips.com/vr-headset-comparison-tool/

Sigh. If you had read my comment you'd have seen the tilde, which indicates "approximate". I've used the vive with 110' , that is not a significant difference, particularly when you consider that the human eye has an fov of ~200 (notice the tilde) Only 7 of the 21 VR listed in that page exceed 115 degrees. And four of those are PIMAX systems.

I consider a 22% improvement (110° instead of 90°) a significant improvement.

Re: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Post by Tepix »

dougmwne wrote: post #259

I think the upcoming Quest Pro could very well take the VR office from an extreme thing that just a few people are doing to something much more comfortable for most people. Here are the leaked specs from investigations of a recent firmware: https://uploadvr.com/quest-pro-specs-controllers-leak/ If we get improved lenses, fine-ipd and distance control for a really clear picture, plus eye and face tracking for expressi…

"The display is allegedly a Dual-Cell LCD from BOE with the same resolution as Quest 2..."

Re: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Post by mcbishop »

93po wrote: post #371
tamrix wrote: post #253

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The amount of people being prescribed glasses is growing each year due to phone and computer use. I have poorer vision in low light conditions then when I was younger. My optometrist has confirmed my sensitive eyes and advised to wear blue light filters but I choose not to. I have friends who need glasses to drive legally at night for similar reasons. Don't give people the wrong impression without first asking profes…

>Don't give people the wrong impression without first asking professional advice as you could do harm by misleading someone. The irony of posting this after a statement that is patently not supported by any evidence, and is generally thought to be wrong: >due to phone and computer use.

Word, that sort of claim begs for an associated reference to a study.

Re: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Post by dogman144 »

feteru wrote: post #65
dogman144 wrote: post #25

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Not sure what you’re implying! End of the day, it’s tech. Tech platforms will have security vulns and thread models. Interested to see what that looks like for VR. Pretending it won’t happen is sticking ones head in the sand.

Reference to the book Snowcrash! It’s a fun book

Ahhh the next Stephenson I have on the docket

Re: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Post by Xevi »

Ensorceled wrote: post #306
HanaShiratori wrote: post #174

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What? Since when does WFH burn everyone out? At least my perception is that people want to stick to it... I'm confused

My wife is in HR at a large international tech company. The number of people that want to work remote 100% of the time has been steadily dropping for the past year. People mostly want flex time now ... 2-3 days in the office max, no Fridays ... but the do want to come into the office.

I absolutely do not want to return to our office at least. I save so much time and money by working from home that it's insane to even think about going back. Not to mention that I have a much better ergonomic setup at home, and I can take short breaks whenever I want without getting weird looks. The ability to just lay down for a minute is a blessing. I also eat much healthier when I'm at home.

I'd be _fine_ with going to the office once every other week to just meet up, but not more than that.

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Post by nickstinemates »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #383
stubish wrote: post #106

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> Get a better head-strap! He mentions it in passing in the article, but 90% of the strain from wearing the Quest 2 for extended periods of time can be traced to the garbage default head-strap. You want something that properly balances the headset. I'm very curious why I seem to have heard this exact same advice for every single headset on the market. Why does it seem endemic that headsets ship uncomfortable, fixed w…

The Quest 2 was heavily optimized for reduced cost since otherwise, VR is a very expensive hobby to get into. Before the Quest, you had to buy a $600 headset AND a $1500+ gaming PC if you didn't already have one if you wanted to get into VR. As it is, I imagine at $300, Facebook is likely losing money on the sale of each headset. High-end headsets like the Valve Index come with a very good strap. There's no need to m…

Unfortunately, Immersed doesn't appear to run on the Index. I had a lot of funds in my steam wallet and purchased one and am about to go pickup the Oculus in a bit. Will be fun to compare and contrast the 2 ecosystems

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Post by knownjorbist »

kjaftaedi wrote: post #200
asdff wrote: post #123

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why not just make a burner fb account for these things

Because they close your account for not being real and you lose your game library?

I've been using one for over a year, and I think I've pretty well silo'd it off from my personal stuff(other than using the same home internet connection).

Re: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Post by knownjorbist »

bserge wrote: post #214
pjerem wrote: post #165

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I needed a temporary Facebook account recently. I put a fake but plausible name and I did what I had to do. That account was blocked in no less than 20min, asking for my ID and my phone number. I’m pretty sure that Facebook is unofficially « closed » for new « non verified » accounts. And that’s not even surprising : literally everybody was on Facebook a decade ago, it’s definitely not the social network of the young…

New service: subscription identity - buy a real identity of a real person from some poor country and use it for yourself in the glorious developed world. Official government issued ID, passport, photos, video verification available for a fee.

BrightID validates you as real and unique, but without revealing any actual IRL information to people consuming and using the identity via their apps.

https://www.brightid.org/

Re: What it's like to spend 40-50 hours in VR every week

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Post by knownjorbist »

Apocryphon wrote: post #211
pjerem wrote: post #165

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I needed a temporary Facebook account recently. I put a fake but plausible name and I did what I had to do. That account was blocked in no less than 20min, asking for my ID and my phone number. I’m pretty sure that Facebook is unofficially « closed » for new « non verified » accounts. And that’s not even surprising : literally everybody was on Facebook a decade ago, it’s definitely not the social network of the young…

I wonder if they restrict Google Voice or other VoIP numbers.

They do. Just get a burner pay-as-you-go phone.
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