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And basically no one wants to wear them besides some hardcore games and other niches. Certainly not going to wear one for a business meeting.

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This to me is one of the sticking points I've been wondering about: Are VR/HR headsets just inherently too uncomfortable for mass adoption, or will we be willing to put up with them? Surely this depends on a lot of societal/economic factors (i.e. a "you do it or don't eat" job market, say) and the evolution of the form factor (size/weight/quality/individual ergonomic options).

Is it just a variant of "button-less on-screen keyboards?! we will never!" or is there something more fundamental?

I'm curious about the state of the art of serious research on this, if anyone has some good links/references.

>Surely this depends on a lot of societal/economic factors (i.e. a "you do it or don't eat" job market, say) and the evolution of the form factor (size/weight/quality/individual ergonomic options).

I think the former is a way bigger factor than the latter, here. Even on the old first-gen HTC Vive, I was entirely comfortable "working" 8+ hour days wearing one (coding, painting, and sometimes gaming). They've also improved massively since then in weight, weight distribution, softness, and heat management.

I'd say the biggest detractor is how they look (and some other smaller factors like not being able to feel "safe" cut off from your surroundings, but all major VR companies are working on that, too). However, how they look ends up not really mattering much if you're VRing from home, where no one can see you.

Really, you could code on a Vive? What resolution would your IDE be in? Did it bring any real benefits over coding on a flat monitor?

Would you have a visual of your keyboard or were you just touch typing?

This was a good blog post and discussion of someone working full time in VR.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28678041

Thanks! That's interesting.

Basically no one has tried them.

I use mine 30 hours a week, coding in ImmersedVR. You can make them comfortable. I feel like most commenters here haven't actually tried VR, or maybe had a bad experience.

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