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Ok, not super new as the paper is from August '22, but I missed it at the time so maybe others did too - the submission video is quite intriguing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGzj-AgI6RI

I'm moderately enthusiastic about the state of VR, but the bulky uncomfortable headsets are definitely one of the flaws at the moment which this technology looks to (maybe) address one day.

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I think unspoken is how intentionally isolating VR is of your real world surroundings. It only takes me 30 seconds to get booted up into VR but there is a mental block that makes it seem like a much bigger undertaking, and I think that is due to it being mentally similar to going to an entirely different place.

I never thought about it like that but that's a great point. And switching out when someone comes into the room and eg. asks you if you want lunch is quite jarring, and then having to get out regularly for comfort breaks etc.

Plus working on eg. a train in VR would be a pain, you need some spare input channels to watch out for conductors or people taking your stuff.

I tried VR on an airplane and movements of the cabin affect the in game world in extremely weird ways. You can't use VR under acceleration presently, it messes the stabilization up.

It's also anti-social towards others sharing the space. I refer to using my VR headset as "sticking my head in a bucket" as it's so bad in that respect.

Yeah, mass adoption of XR won’t happen until the form factor evolves from face bucket to weird looking glasses

Non issue with the quest pro though. Even with passthrough disabled.

I just wish it wasn’t $1500. If it’s tax deductible for you, it’s easier to justify though I doubt it will be for most enthusiasts when the Apple headset will supposedly release in 2023

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