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Thanks! And yeah I expect higher resolution to be the real killer app for VR. Once you can actually replace a multi monitor setup with VR?

I guess this one: Community S6E02 Lawnmower Maintenance And Postnatal Care. I probably mean the exact opposite lol.

https://scifiinterfaces.com/2023/12/18/community-lawnmower-maintenance/

Which one? It's been a while and I haven't seen the last season I think.

A mix between r/UpvotedBecauseOfGirl and r/UpvotedForRepresenationOfWomenExcellenceInSTEM

It should definitely be on the basis of linux, but not really what I mean. I mean a UI OS shell optimized for VR and things like eye tracking and controllers and how to switch from controller to keyboard. This is like an unsolved problem afaik. Like IOS and android designed a new shell for a non-desktop platform. I read a bit about Apple Vision Pro how they designed their UI widgets with eye tracking in mind.

At the minimum I want to be able to play a VR game like Elite Dangerous and pull up a video chat panel or browser window / notepad to look up stuff without exiting the game.

Has there been any news on some kind of proper VR desktop? Not a version of windows but something that is a new OS shell and can be used with a keyboard and allows task switching and using multiple VR apps at once?

What is holding VR back "as a platform" in my opinion is one killer game, some MMO virtual world like World of Warcraft that fully optimized for VR *seated* gaming.

Resolution is still a bit too low to replace monitors, but the frame might be high enough now, but I suspect it takes at least 4k per eye, but it might be 8k minimum. The threshold to really replace screens would be huge. The eye tracking of the frame is also a huge leap forward, not only for performance but more for unique interfaces.

What is also missing is some kind of "VR armchair" with inbuild split keyboard and quick way to switch to a pointing device like mouse or VR controller. There is no good "desktop" or shell interface. You can't easily pull up some txt or browser window if you want to look up something for the game you're playing, you're kind of "trapped" which is a real issue imho. Also something like a multitouch floor mat before the VR armchair to slide your feet and "walk" to move around. And a shelf behind your backrest to pull the headset from and put it back easily without having to mess around much. There is a convenience hurdle to VR headsets.

What is missing is really content / apps and a few hardware advancements and sort of the furniture. AI does have the potential to upscale old movies and tv shows into some kind of 3D parallax format. Like a better quality than we've seen so far. Also of course realtime animated photorealistic AI porn that reacts to your voice with cyberdildonics.

The potential is there but requires investment, both for the corporations and the users. But such investments could partially be offset. Imagine your work from home, but instead of sitting before a screen you put on goggles and sit in a virtual office and people can just walk by to organize (or scoot by with the foot mat movement lol). With the right software environment you could fully combine both upsides of office and remote work. And you could do this in a small windowless "pod cubicle too" since you'll be wearing headset and won't use papers.

Tear gas. I guess technically it's a chemical weapon. But it's also used against protesters all around the world, so this makes this sound rather lame.

Sounds like it would make a good wedge issue for the next election.

PS: And yeah I get it, it's weird that you KNOW someone breathed that out lol. I'd even support it if it was based on annoying someone with vaping at a buss stop or in a park. Like it's a misdemeanor if someone complains, and only then. That should be enough so people police themselves to be more courteous.

Ahh, now I've instructed my bot army to downvote you :D But seriously, I've read proper research papers about electronic cigarettes. Not the fake ones put out by big tobacco or the puritans where they deliberately measure dry hits, which are sill orders of magnitude better than cigarettes. Ultimately it's just vegetable glycerin, polypropylen glycol and nicotine, with optional flavor. It's not like you'd get addicted just by smelling a vape in a park. There is also no gateway to go from vaping to smoking.

There is simply no valid legal argument you could give why it should be banned. Well, unless it's massively annoying to a majority of people. But then they should really go after those kids with ghetto blasters and skateboards first.

"Vaguely annoy"? :D I mean vaping isn't really harmful, so what would be the legal basis to ban something like this?

Ban everything that mildly annoys us!

This FUCK is unbelievable. He wants a cookie for withdrawing a nomination which should never have been made in the first place? Should we applaud?

https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-shadow-of-1930s-appeasement-hangs-over-us-led-peace-talks/

Read this garbage, talking about appeasement. This Merezhko a fascist himself, and every accusation is a confession. What about the literal far right extremists and nazi sympathizers in Ukraine who are responsible for the maidan massacre and helped grab power and start and escalate the civil war? What a fucking farce.

It needs to become clear to everyone that you can't just demonize Putin and deify tools like Trump or also Obama. They all play geopolitics. They all only care about gaining and maintaining power. The world has gone fucking insane believing this shit.

Embrace, extend, and extinguish