Often the other people in your house would like to be excluded from the movies you're watching, for instance because they want to sleep and don't want the light leakage.
It doesn't bother you that your spouse can't see it?
Even with an iPad, they are still sharing the space with you because they peripherally see what you are are doing, watching, etc. If something particularly interesting was on the screen you could point it out to them etc. I can completely believe it's mind blowing (I do it with my Quest 3), but I can't see how this isn't something that will ultimately harm your connectedness to the people around you.
Richest company in the world shits out a 2 kilos vr headset so we can watch the blandest Netflix original of the month from our bed between two soulless shift at work. The future is bright.
At that point I'm genuinely more interested in watching a tomato grow in my garden
3D movies suck and there's no difference between it being the size of a wall and being a laptop sitting on your lap or chest in bed. Field of view don't care about the "size". (I have a Vision Pro)
bemusedthrow75|2 years ago
a) doesn't watch films or use internet gadgets in bed, especially to the exclusion of someone else
b) would at any rate choose a film my partner wanted to watch too
c) ignoring the above, would probably buy the cheapest VR headset that offered a virtual theatre good enough
astrange|2 years ago
jasonjmcghee|2 years ago
Have you ever watched a CAM version of a movie? I feel like this kind of activity peaked in late 2000s…
That’s what it felt like watching a movie in VR to me. (In my experience with non-luxury headsets)
It’s worse picture quality than my phone.
For me, watching a movie in 4K on a TV is very very different than the equivalent of ~< 720p, blurry mess with giant god rays.
If AVP can deliver on what people describe, it’s compelling. Still probably won’t buy one though
zmmmmm|2 years ago
Even with an iPad, they are still sharing the space with you because they peripherally see what you are are doing, watching, etc. If something particularly interesting was on the screen you could point it out to them etc. I can completely believe it's mind blowing (I do it with my Quest 3), but I can't see how this isn't something that will ultimately harm your connectedness to the people around you.
lm28469|2 years ago
At that point I'm genuinely more interested in watching a tomato grow in my garden
wilg|2 years ago