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When I had my spine surgery and was bed-ridden I scoured the web for such a setup which will help me use a laptop in bed without moving my neck and wasn't able to find anything practical.

I've now come to the conclusion that low latency video glasses/headset connected as external display to the laptop/smartphone is a better solution for that problem as it doesn't require any of these contraptions; But I'm still in search of one[1].

[1]https://needgap.com/problems/16-wearable-low-latency-display...

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I'm severely disabled from a back injury and I use this(link below) over my bed, with a vesa wall mount attached in place of the horizontal bar mount that comes with it. I've also got a pair of joycons that I use as dual mice through steam so I can put my arms anywhere. You need a wall mount arm that tilts up and down though, which a lot don't. I also have a lightweight keyboard that hangs from behind the monitor by twine and some sticky wall hooks so it's virtually weightless and allows me to elevate my legs and not have to hold up the keyboard to type

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0109Y3CCE/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b...

You seem to have built yourself a great setup, thanks for sharing. I'll keep an eye out for that stand.

There is a company that is solving that! https://immersedvr.com

Disclaimer: I'm an investor in Immersed, but I invested because I loved the product!

Thanks I think I've seen that, unfortunately I suffer from extreme simulation sickness, can't even play Minecraft and hence I'm exploring non-VR direct display glasses.

But, those who have no issues with VR might indeed find immersedvr useful.

FWIW I also get extreme motion sickness with VR. Except the Oculus (Edit: Oculus Quest). I don't know why, but that one doesn't bother me at all. I've literally used it for hours at a time with no problems.

Oculus is a company. Which model are you referring to?

Sorry, you're right. The Quest.

Possibly the computer you were using was not able to keep up a consistent frame rate or your experience is with one of the oculus dev kits which were low spec.

Now, that's very interesting. John Carmack said in an interview couple of years back that simulation sickness is the foremost problem to solve in VR, perhaps they have addressed that in Quest?

Thanks, now I'm intrigued. I'll have to checkout Quest soon.

Minecraft VR? I tend to not get VR sickness, but Minecraft was an exception. The movement of the character is really not designed for VR, it is pretty fast and there's lots of verticality.

PC Minecraft gives me simulation sickness[1], I've seen few others mention it for the game and changing bobbing parameters didn't help much.

[1]https://needgap.com/problems/7-simulation-sickness-in-vr-and...

VR motion sickness comes pretty much entirely from games which require your body to move with a controller rather than actual movement. If you are just using it as a virtual monitor then its very unlikely you will feel sick.

The real problem is no VR headset has a resolution high enough to come even close to what a normal monitor would provide dpi wise.

Fascinating.

I guess you have to find a low weight VR set though.

I completely get it because of how easy it is to get lost in the VR experience and forget about the outside worlds. Seems great for productivity. Might have to try it out sometime.

I don't want to be overly negative/critical, but an observation: Facebook's decision to require Facebook logins for all Oculus products seems like a very good reason to branch out support other VR devices ASAP. Mandatory Facebooks is a concern for privacy-focused private users, but double a concern for work-related tooling.

Don't forget prism glasses.

https://www.amazon.com/Glasses-Horizontal-Watching-Reading-S...

This is what I ordered before the surgery and used it for a while when in bed. But it induced nausea after a while of use. But this is the most cost effective solution for those who are bit more tolerant to simulation sickness.

Point a projector at your ceiling.

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