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Linux Compatibility With VR Goggles?
WorldWarCheese writes "Many's the time I wish I had a little more mobility or comfort with my computer. Laptops are OK, but anyone interested can see right onto my screen; and a laptop doesn't quite have that 'cool' factor that VR goggles / headsets do. The problem is, whenever I've looked at the options, Linux compatibility is not mentioned. Is there a VR headset out there that is compatible with Ubuntu? If not, what could I do to make it compatible, and how feasible would that be?"
is that they are all low-res. I don't think I've heard of any that are above 1024x768, and even that's considered high for those. They're gimmicks. I think they're just too bulky still. People don't want to have to put something on their faces.
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Linux is a toy.
So is Windows. But this fact doesn't prevent it from enjoying wide hardware support. So this is non-issue.
Kevin Warwick may be a "well-known figure in nerd subculture", but among nerds in the know, he's widely regarded as a shameless self-promoter, all-round media-tart and frankly, a bit of a joke.
His claims and ideas put him more into the realms of science fiction author / futurologist, rather than serious scientist / engineer.
Here's a gem, courtesy of The Reg: Captain Cyborg pushes kid chipping via Maddy abduction case
Political language
Many's the time I wish I had a little more mobility or comfort with my computer.
Even nice headphones get uncomfortable after long periods. I can't imagine bulky goggles are terribly comfortable...
The confidence of ignorance will always overcome the indecision of knowledge.
Really, just skip the VR goggles all together; Set up your VR Environment, aka holo-deck if you want to akin it to Star-Trek. Check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave_Automatic_Virtual_Environment
Yeah, but at exterior dimensions of around 35'x25'x13', its hardly portable.
Oh, say does that Star-Spangled Banner entwine / The myrtle of Venus with Bacchus's vine?
And there was a point in time when wireless bluetooth headsets looked dorky. They still do, however they have become somewhat accepted.
If they don't look dorky, they make you look like a self important asshole. Or you might get the best of both worlds and look like a dorky, self-important asshole.
"When you sit with a nice girl for two hours, it seems like two minutes. When you sit on a hot stove for two minutes, it
>females don't watch porn
Sounds like you are involved with the wrong females :)
I've been running Nvidia's stereoscopic mode on my display with anaglyph glasses(red-green glasses) and it works fine with games, if you exclude the whole see the game in a nasty brown color. I am also disappointed there aren't any stereodrivers for more productive uses like 3d modelling programs.
If you had a holodeck it would not need to be portable because you would never need to leave...