A present to myself

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I'm gonna get a 3D headset! Couldn't resist a floating TV screen packed with movies! Only going for a relatively cheap version of course - I WOULD buy an Apple headset, but at that price? Can't quite stretch that far!

 

[jo-jo]

ok, got to help me and explain what that this is before I can say whoo hoo. You watch movies on it, the goggle type thing? Yes, I do live under a rock.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

ok, got to help me and explain what that this is before I can say whoo hoo. You watch movies on it, the goggle type thing? Yes, I do live under a rock.

You can do all sorts of things with VR - I don't know how many of them mine supports. My intended use is projecting on a virtual cinema screen any movie or TV show you have on your hard disk, so I can lie back in bed and just watch an episode of South Park as if a screen were floating above my head. I would have either 128GB of space or 256B. Each movie is about 700MB.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Apple's version is VERY pricey, but it does a whole load. You can read about it here better than I could ever put it:

https://www.apple.com/apple-vision-pro/

 

[jo-jo]

You can do all sorts of things with VR - I don't know how many of them mine supports. My intended use is projecting on a virtual cinema screen any movie or TV show you have on your hard disk, so I can lie back in bed and just watch an episode of South Park as if a screen were floating above my head. I would have either 128GB of space or 256B. Each movie is about 700MB.

I now feel qualified to say Wow. That does sound cool.

Enjoy your gift.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I now feel qualified to say Wow. That does sound cool.

Enjoy your gift.

Thanks! I've been saving for a number of things - a holiday, general savings and a present. A £280 set from Meta is just what the doctor ordered as far as my present goes!

 

[fla4fun]

I’m fascinated by the technology but concerned that being nearsighted and also wearing reading glasses might mess with the quality of what I can see. I used to wear contacts but had to go back to glasses for comfort reasons. I know the expensive Apple ones offer prescription lenses as an additional expensive add on, but I don’t know if the cheaper ones do.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I’m fascinated by the technology but concerned that being nearsighted and also wearing reading glasses might mess with the quality of what I can see. I used to wear contacts but had to go back to glasses for comfort reasons. I know the expensive Apple ones offer prescription lenses as an additional expensive add on, but I don’t know if the cheaper ones do.

It's a concern, certainly.

 

[barkley]

I’m fascinated by the technology but concerned that being nearsighted and also wearing reading glasses might mess with the quality of what I can see. I used to wear contacts but had to go back to glasses for comfort reasons. I know the expensive Apple ones offer prescription lenses as an additional expensive add on, but I don’t know if the cheaper ones do.

you can get perscription lenses for the oculus vr headsets-the run a bit less than $100 (dh just scans the scrip from the eye doc into the website for the company that he orders them from). he is very much in vr exercise.

 

[greeneyedchick]

I’m fascinated by the technology but concerned that being nearsighted and also wearing reading glasses might mess with the quality of what I can see. I used to wear contacts but had to go back to glasses for comfort reasons. I know the expensive Apple ones offer prescription lenses as an additional expensive add on, but I don’t know if the cheaper ones do.

My son wears glasses and has a bad asitgmatism. He doesn't have an issue seeing with the Oculus. He wears his oculus over his glasses. The one big down side with the oculus is that it's heavy. I have neck issues, so I can't wear it for very long. If I do, I have bad neck pain the next day.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Also got these for sound...