AlteredEgo
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- Comment on Amanda Watson, the engineer who pioneered the AirLink and several other technologies for Oculus, was hired at Valve. 2 weeks ago:
Thanks! And yeah I expect higher resolution to be the real killer app for VR. Once you can actually replace a multi monitor setup with VR?
- Comment on Amanda Watson, the engineer who pioneered the AirLink and several other technologies for Oculus, was hired at Valve. 2 weeks ago:
I guess this one: Community S6E02 Lawnmower Maintenance And Postnatal Care. I probably mean the exact opposite lol.
- Comment on Amanda Watson, the engineer who pioneered the AirLink and several other technologies for Oculus, was hired at Valve. 2 weeks ago:
Which one? It’s been a while and I haven’t seen the last season I think.
- Comment on Amanda Watson, the engineer who pioneered the AirLink and several other technologies for Oculus, was hired at Valve. 2 weeks ago:
A mix between r/UpvotedBecauseOfGirl and r/UpvotedForRepresenationOfWomenExcellenceInSTEM
- Comment on Amanda Watson, the engineer who pioneered the AirLink and several other technologies for Oculus, was hired at Valve. 2 weeks ago:
It should definitely be on the basis of linux, but not really what I mean. I mean a UI OS shell optimized for VR and things like eye tracking and controllers and how to switch from controller to keyboard. This is like an unsolved problem afaik. Like IOS and android designed a new shell for a non-desktop platform. I read a bit about Apple Vision Pro how they designed their UI widgets with eye tracking in mind.
At the minimum I want to be able to play a VR game like Elite Dangerous and pull up a video chat panel or browser window / notepad to look up stuff without exiting the game.
- Comment on Amanda Watson, the engineer who pioneered the AirLink and several other technologies for Oculus, was hired at Valve. 2 weeks ago:
Has there been any news on some kind of proper VR desktop? Not a version of windows but something that is a new OS shell and can be used with a keyboard and allows task switching and using multiple VR apps at once?
- Comment on The Steam Frame Officially Has FCC Certification To Sell In The USA - Steam Deck HQ 5 weeks ago:
What is holding VR back “as a platform” in my opinion is one killer game, some MMO virtual world like World of Warcraft that fully optimized for VR seated gaming.
Resolution is still a bit too low to replace monitors, but the frame might be high enough now, but I suspect it takes at least 4k per eye. The eye tracking is a huge leap forward, not only for performance but more for unique interfaces.
What is also missing is some kind of “VR armchair” with inbuild split keyboard and quick way to switch to a pointing device like mouse or VR controller. There is no good “desktop” or shell interface. Also something like a multitouch floor mat before the VR armchair to slide your feet and “walk” to move around. And a shelf behind your backrest to pull the headset from and put it back easily without having to mess around much.
What is missing is really content / apps and a few hardware advancements and sort of the furniture. AI does have the potential to upscale old movies and tv shows into some kind of 3D parallax format. Like a better quality than we’ve seen so far. Also of course realtime animated photorealistic AI porn that reacts to your voice with cyberdildonics.
The potential is there but requires investment, both for the corporations and the users. But such investments could partially be offset. Imagine your work from home, but instead of sitting before a screen you put on goggles and sit in a virtual office and people can just walk by to organize (or scoot by with the foot mat movement lol). With the right software environment you could fully combine both upsides of office and remote work. And you could do this in a small windowless “pod cubicle too” since you’ll be wearing headset and won’t use papers.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
I’m not against sensible gun control laws like background checks. And if you want to shoot guns for fun keep them at your local shooting range, or for hunting at your local hunting club. In an “armory”. That works just fine in most of the world.
Manufacturing a gun requires serious effort and it’s not just clicking a button. But it is impossible to completely prevent, and it’s braindead to try. Not a single gun death will be prevented by this law, unlike gun control laws which do work - at least outside the US.
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
Just fucking why lol? How braindead do you have to be? It’s just fundamentally impossible to prevent actual criminals or terrorists from simply ignoring this and making guns.
Is this to permanently prevent individuals to build their own stuff? Like the next manufacturing revolution has to be kept out of the hands of the proletariat?
- Comment on Microsoft dives into the handheld gaming PC wars with the Asus ROG Xbox Ally 1 year ago:
Embrace, extend, and extinguish