I think part of it is that you have to move your head not your eyes, and that's not how I tend to read.
I have been really impressed with the hardware though. Games are good. Tracking is super precise. The way passthrough video is handled is really clever.
I want it to be my multi-monitor setup but it's just not quite doing it for me yet.
We're pushing hard on high pixel density to get around this issue. For comparison to the Quest 2, we have basically 70%+ better pixel density, which allows you to compress more text into a smaller area without having to crank your neck around to read everything.[1][2]
[1] For specs comparison: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29699702
[2] For technical details on how we achieve such high PPD: https://simulavr.com/blog/ppd-optics/
> Sadly, their current offerings are a little out of my price range.
Yeah, our pricing is one of our project's biggest weaknesses. Unfortunately, upfront capital costs and low scale basically force things to be this way.
With that said, our VR computer is still reasonably competitive against other premium office laptops and ultra-premium (high PPD) VR/AR gaming headsets. We made a post about this here.[1] TLDR: we're offering a headset as good as the tethered Varjo Aero (priced at $2K), with a premium-spec computer as good as a top-shelf Lenovo X1 Carbon bolted on as well (making up for the remaining $699 in price).
Finally: if it helps, we made a $100 off discount code you can apply at checkout: "DISCOUNT_HN". This applies even if you opt for the partial deposit ($1,499 now; $1,499 later) pre-order option.
[1] https://simulavr.com/blog/why-is-the-simula-one-so-expensive...
Immersed is excellent now with the keyboard visibility and I also like vSpatial but it's all still highly dependant on your individual app behaviors like how they do scrolling/zooming/spawning windows etc. so lots of trial and error.
[1] https://medium.com/xr4work/personal-productivity-using-virtu...
Is it though? the overlay keyboard never seemed quite accurate enough, and with passthrough you cant see what the keys are. Maybe for touch typing its ok, but for us mortals its simply not good enough.