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by PaulHoule 874 days ago
I'd note that there is Netflix for Meta Quest but it gets 2.5 stars

https://www.meta.com/experiences/2184912004923042/

I haven't tried that one but I have tried Peacock and some others my reaction is "meh". Not so much that it a bad idea because it's not, but because as Karl Guttag has pointed out, apps like that seem to have had no thought into the user interface to control the location of the "screen". I find it baffling because it doesn't seem to be a hard problem.

In my case I have 2 TVs and I'm still most likely to watch TV on my tablet half because my XBOX sucks (doesn't like the coding tools used in many video files I have) and half because I like to get full-on cozy and lay on my side on the couch or the bed and hold the tablet size. If I could lock the screen to my head and do the same w/ VR that would be a reason to use VR.

The one thing that would get me to watch movies in VR is stereoscopy, if this list of 3D titles on Netflix is current

https://www.whats-on-netflix.com/library/3d-titles-on-netfli...

the pick is pretty dismal.