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That was my experience with the Tuscany demo from the DK1 days - my brain craved the missing sensations, such as the change in temperature from sunlight falling on my face, or the texture of the worn stone pillars, the humidity on various surfaces. But then thinking back on it later, I didn't remember the screen door effect, or many of the things that didn't work - the visual memory was as though I'd actually been in that place.

Yes I do!

1. WiFi direct, or as direct as you can make it - which means the computer is either the AP itself, or wired directly to it in order to keep the hops short.

2. Measurement can be done via a companion ping that looks at frame timing, but that's kind of a secondary measure. Best way to really check it is with high-speed video capture of a hardware display and the mirrored content in the headset, of a high-(temporal-)resolution stopwatch. I can also watch a YouTube video streamed with the desktop to the headset, and listen to it on headphones wired straight to the laptop, with no discernible offset (and this is with years of audio engineering experience) - the error bars on that subjective experience are much larger, but demonstrate that it's at least usable.

3. Hardware acceleration, via Nvidia NVENC, and rather than use Immersed's own virtual screen tech, I usually rely on HDMI dummy plugs ($12 for a 3 pack) to maximize GPU throughput (and not cannibalize CPU cycles).

4. Not ALL content is going to move at this speed even in the best of circumstances - I have a low overall rate of change, which means the delta streaming of the NVENC encoder is super short: not much data to grab, not much data to send.

I can absolutely get worse rates than this if I want to push a ton of video content, or if I were to use it for gaming, etc. I don't think everyone would have this level of performance for every use case, but it's what I've been able to achieve and maintain.

Author here; no hand waving was intended, and I do make note of it in the FAQ.

There's a lot of VR content I still can't handle, even though I've built a tolerance to many others. But for a stationary experience like productivity, where I at most walk in a very small area while at the standing desk, it's not applicable - I'm running 100fps+, and the 6DoF tracking does an excellent job.

Well... I'm the author of the article, so that still only counts as 1.

I think the Vive Focus 3 has learned this lesson, and ships with what looks to be a very serviceable strap.

OP here; some of each, actually. The resolution does drop off at the edges, especially with more aggressive foveated rendering (which I turn off, so as to get as much clarity as possible). I do end up moving my head, but it's casual rather than quick, certainly not like darting around. The end result is improved ergonomics, too - used to be, with a fixed monitor my neck would become very tight and snap/crack horribly when stretching after a long session. The frequent movement in VR has completely eliminated that issue while working.

OP here; it takes some getting used to. I've adapted well to it, but I also: replaced the facial interface, moved to a halo mount for better balance and reduced facial pressure, and keep everything clean and cool (small or medium desk fan, depending on the day).

OP here; motion sickness doesn't really apply to the productivity setup, since nothing's in motion (physically or visually). Good tracking and high framerates take care of most motion sickness for room-scale activities - those in which your physical and virtual motions are well aligned. But experiences which simulation motion are still likely to induce nausea unless you get your "VR legs".

As for the FB devices - available audience and cost of doing business. They also support the Vive Focus 3 now though, and others are in the works.

OP here - Doesn't run this particular software, and it's prohibitively expensive unless you've got corporate sponsorship. Would love to give it a try, though.

OP here - I suffer from migraines as well; being able to work in a black void with minimal interface has helped me be functional in situations I'd otherwise just have to stay in bed, triptans notwithstanding. I didn't want to bring it up in the article though because I didn't want to make false promises or urge migraine sufferers to adopt it - in the early days of VR, the bad software IPD management in the DK2 would actually trigger migraines for me.

As an accessibility tool I'm delighted to see it working for another migraine sufferer though.

OP here - It takes a long time for research and consumer hardware to align.

The only 2 that run this particular software right now are the Quest, and the Vive Focus 3 (which cost $1000 more). There are other virtual office interface options available, though, and those run on WMR or any Steam compatible headset.

None others that support Linux that I'm aware of, though.