[cube00]

I still can't see how anyone would want to wear a headset for 8 hours a day to do their job like their promo videos show. Especially an office based job where their promotional videos show someone working with "large virtual screens" in an "ideal workspace setup". Surely most users would prefer actual screens and work without the headset on all day. Maybe the next hot thing is actually bigger and cheaper screens, not VR headsets.

[nh23423fefe]

I would only want a headset that could give me experiences I couldn't get anywhere else. Being trapped in a box and working sounds like prison.

[cube00]

A prison with sponsored skins for your virtual keyboard and mouse.

[throwaway4aday]

No one's proposing that, Meta was even showing off custom home environments for the Quest Pro https://mixed-news.com/en/meta-quest-pro-exclusive-home-envi... and you can use it for any other VR experience that you want.

[lm28469]

Does anyone wants that ? A virtual luxury home in which you can't interact with anything ? Sounds like a nightmare

[throwaway4aday]

People pay a huge premium for a house or condo with a view. You can't easily go touch that view without travelling so I don't see a big difference there. Once consumer level devices catch up resolution wise with the insanely expensive business class headsets there will be almost no difference in the visual experience of looking through a headset vs looking through a window. With mixed reality you could even put that virtual window on your real wall.

[HeckaSmart]

I don't. I don't even own a VR headset. I tried the Quest Go or whatever it was called back in 2018. It was awful. I returned it immediately.

But I can see GenZ or the generation after GenZ embrace VR/AR. It doesn't have to be wearing a headset. It could be glasses when you're not wearing VR. It could be your phone when you're not wearing VR.

[throwaway4aday]

If you're doing development for a VR application it's the way to go. Having to put the headset back on repeatedly to check out a change is annoying. I'd prefer all my meetings to be in VR as well since zoom is such a soulless and anti-social experience. My current work setup involves a 43" TV used as a main monitor so I can actually have enough room in the Unreal Editor to do shit plus 2 more monitors on the side for reference and other tools. I'm thinking of adding a couple more monitors since I still have to juggle windows sometimes. Being able to just have as many monitors as I needed at any one time positioned and sized perfectly would be a dream. Even when I'm doing non-VR development work I believe I'd benefit from this. The dealbreaker is how comfortable the headset is, I haven't tried the Quest Pro yet but it looks like they're moving in the right direction for comfort.

[dontblink]

Have you ever tried virtual desktops? It was a huge benefit for me.

[drcongo]

I still can't picture how anyone is supposed to get any actual work done when they've got that thing on.