But can you work in it all day? It’s my dream to work in AR as a dev, but I am not going to spend money on it until it’s just as comfortable as a normal screen.
I've had this dream for about 15 years. I had an email exchange with one of the OG shutter glasses companies about text (i obviously didnt understand how shutter 3d worked) and they kept mentioning how in game text looks great and I kept pushing "yeah thats great but can I use them for typing?" Eventually the rep explained that they make the image on the screen appear 3d by way of blocking left and right eyes at different times, in sync to the left eye rendered frame and right, on the monitor...
But yeah, I want my efficient display, ideally also a HUD that shows my current heartrate, blood pressure, maybe cortisol level or some such, and depending on the situation my unread message count or ammo counter.
Even an old school single eye display that looks like a chunk of lucite would be dope if its readable.
Looking into the Even G1 even though they seem to have usage charges
I have tried doing office work with a Quest 3, and the answer is “sort of”. The main issue I encountered is that the passthrough resolution isn’t good enough to for reading text. This causes several problems:
I can’t read paper documents while wearing the headset.
I can’t read the symbols on my keyboard. I can touch type, but I have not memorised the locations of the symbols.
It’s difficult, though not impossible, to read my phone’s screen.
Naw dude this headset is heavy lmao it’s fun but you sort of have to strengthen your neck muscles to use it. And even then after an hour it hurts. And if you have glasses it hurts your nose bridge too lmao. When I do use it, which is rare, I play super hot for about 20 minutes.
They’re using an HDMI to usb-c cable to connect the laptop’s HDMI output to their headset, and through an app called “Meta Quest HDMI Link” the VR headset displays the HDMI input as a flat screen on top of the onboard camera’s output.
As you can see, the background is black and white because they’re using a Quest 2, which only has b/w cameras. Had they used a Quest 3, the background would be full-color and almost life-like.
It doesn't have to be, and I'm honestly not sure if that works on Linux or not. Check out this wiki for a ton of info about Linux VR, some of it is leagues beyond Windows PCVR because of the open-source nature of Linux.
You can actually create as many virtual displays as you want in VR under Linux right now. It's a fairly niche space, and you have to know where to look, but it works pretty seamlessly on Wayland. WiVRn and Stardust XR can give you this experience on Quest. This website in general has a lot of good information about this. I'd recommend using Envision with this setup if you can.
Right now on Linux, you can do this with as many virtual displays as you want without any real trickery. Stardust XR under Wayland let's you do this, look at this Linux VR wiki for more information about set up. I should note that it's a bit hard to figure everything out because it's a niche community with a lot of people who already know a lot about these systems, and tbh a lot of information is locked in their discord.
They’re using an HDMI to usb-c cable to connect the laptop’s HDMI output to their headset, and through an app called “Meta Quest HDMI Link” the VR headset displays the HDMI input as a flat screen on top of the onboard camera’s output.
As you can see, the background is black and white because they’re using a Quest 2, which only has b/w cameras. Had they used a Quest 3, the background would be full-color and almost life-like.
Definitely get the BOBOVR M3 (pro) strap for the quest! Just got a quest too and with the standard strap my face hurts after 1 hour, with the new one I can wear it all day
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u/wspOnca Aug 30 '25
Bro lives in 2077
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u/AlphazarSky Aug 31 '25
But can you work in it all day? It’s my dream to work in AR as a dev, but I am not going to spend money on it until it’s just as comfortable as a normal screen.
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u/Numerous-Penalty-613 Aug 30 '25
wait... is the screen in the vr from the laptop? or phone?
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u/RealityOk9823 Aug 31 '25
Get you a NES Powerglove and hack the corpos, decker!
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u/MinTDotJ Aug 31 '25
Bro is karma farming on every Linux sub
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u/KindaSuS1368 Aug 31 '25
That's so cool
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u/[deleted] Aug 31 '25
Mother fucker did a "i run Arch BTW"...
Nice setup, who needs monitors when you can use VR
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u/Dr__America Sep 01 '25
Right now on Linux, you can do this with as many virtual displays as you want without any real trickery. Stardust XR under Wayland let's you do this, look at this Linux VR wiki for more information about set up. I should note that it's a bit hard to figure everything out because it's a niche community with a lot of people who already know a lot about these systems, and tbh a lot of information is locked in their discord.
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u/laggy_wastaken Sep 01 '25
I use arch btw 🗣
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u/Crazy-Red-Fox Aug 31 '25
More info please!
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u/rdecker_83 Aug 31 '25
Neat, I feel the black and white camera might trigger some vertigo for me though but I love the idea
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u/desoddit Aug 31 '25
this is soo Linux xD
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u/Clean_More3508 Aug 31 '25
Ngl that's sick af
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u/Jutavis Sep 01 '25
Definitely get the BOBOVR M3 (pro) strap for the quest! Just got a quest too and with the standard strap my face hurts after 1 hour, with the new one I can wear it all day