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I won't touch VR/AR until the technology progresses to the point where its nealry indistinguishable from regular sunglasses/eye-glasses.

I have yet to use any VR device that made me want to purchase it, its all felt insanely gimmicky, so far the only time a headset seems nice is on a plane ride.

I can see the potential, still seems a long way off imo.

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Feel sorry that you feel that way. There are many experiences (especially ball games that require hand/eye co-ordination) that has made my game / fitness / skill improve at least 80% with very minimal amount of time I spent (compared to real world training). If you are into Fitness, nothing like training in VR for literally no money (compared to Gym / personal trainer)

If "cool" people insist on only wearing Ray Bans that will keep VR fun. It will keep VRChat safe for furries, kemonomini and animekin.

Any recommendations of games or apps that helped you most?

personally Cricket and Table Tennis. But, you could also pick Baseball, Golf, and Boxing.

Cricket, TT and Golf have none of the subscription bullshit.

Typically frames are made very light, so they won't make too much pressure on one's ears and nose. Unless someone runs a fiber to a frame, then keep the rest in a backpack or belt bag or something, I doubt it's physically possible to pack all the necessary additional hardware keeping it nearly indistinguishable from a frame without it.

That CPU or battery puck for Apple Vision Pro, Magic Leap, and some others is a real killjoy. It makes it certain you won't be using fitness apps.

I'm skeptical about working out with a headset, at all. There are probably some good use cases, but I'm just mentally going through the stuff I'm doing at a gym, and I think that typically a headset would be either a hazard or a gimmick of questionable usefulness.

I've found some great cardio apps on the Quest and they're one of the top things I go back for.

Can you share the apps? I’m very happy with Thrill of the fight and pistol whip but I’m always looking for more.

Try Supernatural. It’s like a dance, boxing, or martial arts workout. My VR lab is a little small and has slanted ceilings so I have to be careful not to hit the tips of my fingertips but it is a real workout that is reasonably safe.

Battery tech is likely to prevent that within our lifetimes, even if the displays and electronics can be miniaturised to that level.

So you are ready to go then:

https://www.rayneo.com/products/rayneo-air-2-xr-glasses

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