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For me I dislike the isolation and feeling that someone can sneak up on you so my speculation is that it's not a great daily driver but could be useful in spurts. Maybe after a while it would feel normal but I am unsure.

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Speaking of a daily driver, in Seattle we already have a problem with people VRing while driving. At least it has really helped the homeless cope with the bleakness of their existence.

Hey, if you were acclimated to it I bet VR headsets could make for better drivers. Put cameras around the car and give you a wider field of view, plus it's not obstructed by the frame.

It could have a look-behind mode that swaps around 180 degrees to the rear camera array while you're in reverse. Better spatial awareness than a backup camera on a screen.

Could you elaborate? That sounds crazy! ("VRing while driving") Are there any news articles about that?

No, because GP was joking...

Whoosh! I guess :) . Thanks. Sometimes it's hard distinguishing what's reality from fiction in the U.S. from South America :)

I could definitely see homeless people turning to a virtual world to avoid their dreary lives much as they turn to alcohol and drugs now...

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I've tried walking around with a GearVR on my face with the phone camera turned on, and the latency makes it non-trivial. There's no way I would even think about trying to drive with this thing on.

IMO, they will probably add dual cameras so you can still show the outside world while you work. Like AR, with VR goggles.

The Vive already has that. Well, only a single camera, but still.

I wonder if they could eventually add some "spider-sense" sensors to the headset and then a voice in your headset that says a person is approaching or whatever.

I would only want this if it could serve as a kind of augmented reality. Show me very large screens as if they are infront of me, but let me move my head and see everything else normally.

I think that is a long way away, though.

It's technically possible now with the Holo Lens.

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