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Is it possible to use a VR headset as a daily-driver desktop environment? I'm interested in programming inside a VR desktop; not programming for VR, but putting on a VR headset and writing code in a text editor inside a VR environment. This is too nuanced for a search engine to return any meaningful results. I was never that interested in VR until this idea occurred to me, so I don't know if the technology is there yet. Surely somebody must have tried this already?

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I have tried but not with the oculus yet. You have two methods: either you remote VR into your desktop (Using tools such as Virtual Desktop), either you host an IDE in a browser and then just use your browser (VSCode you can host using coder.com self hosted).

My opinions are: It gets uncomfortable fairly quickly, I didn't want to use it more than an hour. The DPI is much lower than my 2K desktop monitor. It gets hot under the VR headset. In most conditions I prefer a Desktop or even a laptop. I think one place where it might be cool is the airplane since even laptops are uncomfortable.

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