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I'm not saying movies in VR is a bad idea. There's a lot of good optical reasons for that. I'm saying simulating a living room, but on a computer!, is silly. Just watch the movie.


Might be nice to watch a movie in a comfy room if you are stuck on a long flight. I think headsets out to at least ship with a noise cancelling headphone option built in. Plus, the room scene is easily interchangeable. With a decent room scanner it could be your own home, or a Hollywood screening room, or the Acropolis.


If your brain is capable of being confused into thinking that it's in a comfy living room on a flight just by some projected VR images, I envy you.

No sarcasm, really. I would envy you.


I agree in the sense that the living projection is unnecessary (I use Void theater.)

I do have to mention that VR + headphones will definitely take my mind out of the flight in a way that a screen held in front of my face doesn't.


Yeah, I would think a big screen kind of floating in space, or perhaps simulating the backdrop glow that some higher end tv's have against a simple wall... Sorry, I thought you were calling out the whole thing, not just the implementation details.


It's like the Microsoft Bob of the VR world!




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