[Skunkleton]

Have the headsets gotten good enough to read text?

[ggreer]

Text looks rather pixelated. I couldn't see someone reading a book in VR, but that's not the selling point. VR's advantage is Presence.[1] Current headsets are good enough that you can feel like you are in another world. I've had friends dive onto the ground or flinch because they thought they were going to be shot while playing Superhot VR. It's a visceral sensation that videos of VR can't convey.

I think there's definitely something to VR, but content is lacking right now.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immersion_(virtual_reality)#Pr...

[Skunkleton]

Thanks! Tbh, I’m mostly interested in using it as a virtual productivity environment. I know it’s a ways off for that just due to resolution issues.

[cybwraith]

The oculus ones... minimally. Other companies though, yes. The HP Reverb is especially good for things like flight sims

[newshorts]

Tried my co worker’s quest the other day, it’s not great.

Screen door effect and all.

I’m waiting for 4K per eye, then I’ll be into it

[cameronbrown]

Imo Vive Pro or Valve Index are Good Enough (TM) but YMMV. It really depends what you're doing with the thing, as I can read large text in Gen 1 Rift reasonably well and that's all I need.

[Skunkleton]

I would really like to use it for programming. Having more screen real estate would be awesome.