[jayd16]

You should look into how the Hololens is able to display floating windows. You're not cut off any more than the physically equivalent monitor would obscure.

A full face headset would probably give off a socially isolating presence, at least today, though.

[ojbyrne]

The obvious use case is on an airplane (or bus or train).

[csunbird]

I definitely do not want a person flailing hands in their VR world, while sitting near me on an airplane/bus/whatever.

[JKCalhoun]

Hmmm... so even at 8K per lens, the floating display(s) is(are) how much of that 8K?

So we're back to VGA resolution on your "virtual display".

Yeah, no thanks.

[jayd16]

The FOV of these devices is something like 100 degrees. There's not a lot of wasted space. Who knows what this theoretical Apple device is like though.

[jobigoud]

The FOV of AR headsets like Hololens is very far from 100°.

[jayd16]

If the FoV is less then it drives home that the pixel per degree is even higher!

This is a closed face VR headset with presumably more traditional screens and lenses and unlike a Hololens or MagicLeap. The device sounds closer to VR headsets like the Vive and Quest, which are mostly around 90-110 degrees.