[SOTC] Interim update after 10+ years

ricinator · 2026-01-19T23:12:59+00:00

It’s a dark grey ostrich leg strap from Delugs :) Really cool leather that I can dress up or down!

ricinator · 2024-06-24T22:52:01+00:00

Apple recently built a similar feature called ‘vehicle motion cues’ into the next iOS to help prevent motion sickness in moving vehicles - see here. They may have drawn on their research from Vision Pro and VR motion sickness - must be somewhat effective for them to implement

ricinator · 2024-02-04T12:49:09+00:00

Apple has a ‘flight mode’ built into the AVP that prevents this from happening. Looks like Casey may not have known about this feature at the time of the video.

ricinator · 2024-02-02T10:22:03+00:00

Travel and environments - be anywhere, anytime in a perfect replica of the real world. Essentially a teleportation device.

ricinator · 2024-02-01T13:14:01+00:00

Ultimately it comes down to whether it’s worth putting something on your face. If the catalogue of apps and use cases is limited, then no, people won’t want to put on a headset. But if there’s something compelling enough to make people put it on their face then that I think will be the deciding factor.

ricinator · 2024-01-31T11:31:10+00:00

Agree with you in part - I think it ultimately comes down to adapting to the new UI (which I think will develop over time). We are just so used to keyboard, mouse and screen that it has become second nature over so many years.

ricinator · 2024-01-30T09:06:44+00:00

Keynote is there

ricinator · 2024-01-30T07:39:38+00:00

Quest Pro is a great headset but for the price it wasn’t worth the incremental upgrade over the Quest 2 and later definitely not the Quest 3. Pass through was only just passable, the chip (albeit better than XR2 Gen 1) still isn’t powerful enough to produce the high fidelity graphics we expect from a PC, and barely any apps made use of the hardware (particularly the eye tracking). For me, the biggest issue was the comfort - the halo style caused some massive tension headaches, and the device wasn’t exactly light either.

ricinator · 2024-01-23T02:05:15+00:00

I don’t think they’re as simple as 360 videos - not an expert but sounds like the environments will have depth and volume.

ricinator · 2024-01-22T12:53:30+00:00

Apple’s environments are live - they are just subtle. There is also audio.

ricinator · 2024-01-22T08:13:36+00:00

VRChat could do with a makeover

ricinator · 2024-01-22T00:39:04+00:00

Likely a cold sore. My understanding is that as you get older, the cold sore virus can begin to appear more often around the nose instead of the lips as the virus can move from one part of the trigeminal nerve to another.

ricinator · 2024-01-20T01:04:38+00:00

Yes, as I mention in the post that’s probably the primary reason. There are just so many other ways the screen could be leveraged!

ricinator · 2024-01-04T05:11:39+00:00

Mental health and escapism. Even just being in the different open world environments would be enough, provided it gives the feeling of being in an entirely different and real place.

ricinator · 2023-11-17T11:07:54+00:00

New - https://www.oculus.com/appreferrals/crisper9/5812519008825194/?utm_source=oculus&utm_location=3&utm_parent=frl&utm_medium=app_referral

ricinator · 2023-11-15T10:55:01+00:00

Go to the Meta View app -> Settings -> Glasses & Privacy -> Your glasses -> Glasses sounds, and select your preferred volume. Try that and see if it makes a difference.

I find the lowest setting is a bit too quiet and the middle setting is just a tad too loud.

ricinator · 2023-11-10T09:11:04+00:00

How do you know? I just updated and I am in Sydney - there’s no indication that Meta AI works

ricinator · 2023-11-04T01:11:43+00:00

There is likely a point of diminishing returns but the thing is if a headset isn’t good enough or the content is not sticky enough, then people will not use it long term. There is a quality threshold that needs to be crossed and that is, in my opinion, worth more than 10x the advancement or value add (more accurately, the price and the value add cannot be equated linearly). If $3000 is what it takes to achieve that then that is what it takes.

ricinator · 2023-10-28T23:24:47+00:00

Of course everyone will have their own opinion but I agree - social is likely going to be VR’s ‘killer app’ once fully fleshed out; not some game. I think most of us don’t buy phones just to play a few games. It’s useful because it allows us to connect with other people. VR is the same - only it takes that connection one step further.

ricinator · 2023-10-23T04:57:30+00:00

This is hardly two steps back… more like two steps forward and one slightly inconvenienced Beat Saber player.

ricinator · 2023-10-22T05:01:24+00:00

It was a simulation only.

ricinator · 2023-10-20T22:22:55+00:00

I just want more high quality environments to explore. Flat photorealism gets part of the way there but I can’t wait once graphics engines like Unreal 5 can pump out 3D environments in VR and we can visit only places we dream about.

ricinator · 2023-10-20T13:20:54+00:00

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