Comment by gavinray
2 days ago
I think that _eventually_ VR/AR will be a superior screen-viewing experience, but from what I've tried it's not there yet.
It's good enough for watching videos, but for working and reading text, I personally haven't used a device with high enough text quality to prevent eye strain.
I'm very bullish on AR though, and I'm willing to bet that consumer grade devices which are genuinely comfortable to work in will become available within the next 2-3 years.
To me, AR is the next step in Human-Computer Interaction while we wait for full BCI (Brain-Computer Interface) devices.
I find the quest 3 with virtual monitors actually pretty good from a text-reading perspective and I can use it for a long time, but that’s using a lower resolution than my native monitors. One thing I think is interesting about it is I don’t need my reading glasses, whereas I very much do when looking at a real monitor. I find the virtual display setup somewhat intolerable for other reasons, though, like the inflexibility about how the displays are arranged, and there’s the physical bit about having a bulky HMD on.
Regarding inflexibility of monitor placement, what are you using as the interface application? Virtual Desktop Streamer let's you move monitors basically anywhere that you want them.
Yea I guess my thought is even if they were light as a single feather they'd still tickle and annoy your face..
Happy to be proven wrong obviously but so far that's my outlook.