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How to head into VR without wearing a headset

20 points Betelbuddy 3 days ago 7 comments

schobi 1 hour ago | parent

Well.. it sounds like they want to "avoid bulky VR headsets"

But their alternative is even bulkier. A chair with a big screen, more like a personal holodeck box to sit in.

I totally believe this can be used to place better optics and avoid motion sickness, for better immersion.

The product vision is not clear for me - maybe as a better version of the single person privacy phone booths that can be found in shared office environments? At home? Rather not

oniony 16 minutes ago | parent

It did make me laugh. I read the whole article envisaging some sort of mini holodeck only to get to the final reveal image at the end.

happymellon 1 hour ago | parent

Didn't they do this with arcade machines 20 years ago?

FrankyHollywood 40 minutes ago | parent

Well, not with a micromirror array which directs a different image to each eye.

Would love to have it at home and watch a concert! I tried watching a VR concert at YouTube with goggles but the experience is not very relaxed

pnut 29 minutes ago | parent

And the SGI CAVE 35 years ago

chaostheory 55 minutes ago | parent

Only Gen Alpha and younger accepts VR headsets. The problem with non-wearable solutions is both space required and price

sReinwald 13 minutes ago | parent

I'm a millennial, and I've been using VR for the better part of seven years, ever since the Oculus Rift S. If you look at niche communities like sim racing, flight sims, or space sims, you'll find plenty of millennials and Gen Xers who use VR extensively because it offers a level of immersion that a screen (or three) simply can't match.

I suspect your perception of VR users is somewhat skewed by 12-year-olds playing Gorilla Tag on standalone Meta Quests. There's a substantial enthusiast community outside that demographic.