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by labrador 1133 days ago
I bought a Quest three years ago. It turned out to be not what I wanted so it sat unused. What I want: Super hires display over each eye that wraps to my peripheral vision and enough computer power to provide smooth hires graphics. Without those, the experience is sucky.

I realize the processing power I want can't be fit into a headset, so I'd be happy to be tethered to a high end desktop computer so I could explore virtual worlds. I get my exercise outdoors in nature. I don't want to be untethered playing beat saber like a teenager who drinks too many energy drinks.
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smoldesu 1132 days ago
> I'd be happy to be tethered to a high end desktop computer so I could explore virtual worlds.

> I don't want to be untethered playing beat saber like a teenager

Uh...

Well, I hope you don't find Virtual Desktop, ALVR, Oculus Link or any of the other plethora of wireless tethering softwares. After all, you don't want to look like a silly teenager or anything.

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labrador 1132 days ago
Yes I was aware of those, but they still lack hires, wrap around visual field and hires, non-janky graphics. But if you're satisfied, have at it.
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smoldesu 1132 days ago
It just seems like a silly thing to steelman. Tethering is almost certainly going to be an optional feature as headset power catches up. FOV and hires screens will continue to be developed regardless of whether or not the headset is tethered, and as-is I think my Quest is perfectly usable for both cases. It doesn't have 120 degrees of FOV, but I guess it doesn't irk me that much.

Put another way, in 10 years I think most consumers will wonder why we even bothered with tethering in the first place. Watching movies and playing games wirelessly is well worth the marginal drop in bitrate, in my experience.

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labrador 1132 days ago
I only mentioned tethering because the processing power in the headsets is limited. They use cell phone microprocessors. I want an advanced high speed chip to run the graphics with more resolution and field of vision with less jankiness. That's going to take an off-board processor for the foreseeable future until they can put an M1 chip or similar into the headsets. A second issue is that I'm not satisfied with the resolution of the current screens. I am bullish on VR, but it's going to take more advances to get what I want. The good news is that it's coming, maybe soon. I am not knocking the current tech, just that I don't find it pleasant to use. That's on me.
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