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I'm happy with a single 24" monitor with one split screen.

There is a virtual space 10 times bigger than 27" monitor, but it's only in my head, and I have no need to see it in 3D space.

But that's because I work in this space every day, I know all filenames by memory, I always know exactly where I wanna go, and type cmd+t followed by filename automatically.

This VR idea is like flying through places, but you don't need that if you can teleport.

I can't imagine this being useful in day-to-day programming, but definitely would use it for discovering an unknown project.

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> This VR idea is like flying through places, but you don't need that if you can teleport.

It's not, didn't you watch the video? You don't fly, you sit still. Even if you would want to move your virtual presence, I'll guarantee you that the computer can teleport you faster than your brain can, not that I think that would be comfortable..

Anyway, I'm glad that you're happy, so by all means stay happy.

I question the assertion that the computer could teleport you somewhere faster than your brain could. I mean, I agree if you want complete sensory teleportation. At least my brain does a poor job of transporting my eyes and ears someplace. However, if I just want to think about one thing while I am doing another, it is hard to beat just thinking about it.

And then there is the problem of you brain can think about things that aren't actually done, yet. Computers can certainly help in this regard, but they are more about sharing something that was done in a different way. Consider walking through a house. Sure, a computer can let you walk through one that hasn't been built physically, yet. I'd wager skilled architects can imagine walking through one that hasn't even been built virtually yet.

And, finally, there is the problem of thinking about data structures that are literally gigabytes in size. I have a hard enough time thinking about ones that are megabytes in size. I'm not entirely sure accurately visualizing large instances would really even help.

Lol bro I think you missed the point he's making with flying. It's an analogy.

once you're familiar with your dev environment, you don't need to have it floating around in VR space. Its all memorized pretty much, instant access, L1 cache. so to look at something in VR you turn your head and the view pans. To look at it in your brain, its just there, instant lookup.

one requires a transition in space to access information (flying) the other does not (teleportation)

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