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Virtual desktop oculus quest11/30/2023 Passthrough isn’t a substitute for AR yet. However, the Quest 2 can connect to a single Bluetooth device at a time. I would also prefer a mouse instead of a touchpad. It alternates between being unresponsive and scrolling too fast. Scrolling up or down: scrolling with the Logitech K830 touchpad isn’t very accurate in VR. Instead, I have to select text with the keyboard. If I click on text and drag the cursor, no text is selected. Touchpad can’t select text: For some reason, I can’t select text with the touchpad. Perhaps with Air Link, the display can be detailed enough that I can really use my VR headset for virtual monitors. With Virtual Desktop, the display was a little less detailed than I needed it to be. When I get access to Air Link, I’d like to see how easily I can use desktop apps such as Premiere. The virtual monitors only work in the browser app, which means Infinite Office is limited to web-based apps only for now. Logitech K830 is a keyboard that can also appear in VR Limitations and Bugs This makes it easier to type in VR, especially with symbols and numbers. You’ll also see your hands whenever you type. If you use a Logitech K830 keyboard (around $80), you’ll be able to see a model of the keyboard in VR. The browser windows will be kept as-is even after you restart your VR headset or if you move the headset to another area. Persistence : The virtual monitors are also persistent on both Quest and Quest 2. And yes, I can read small text easily because of the size of the virtual monitors – even 6 point Times New Roman is easily legible to me on Quest 2 and on Quest 1, I can read 10 point font. I can create up to three widescreen virtual monitors that curve up to 180 degrees around me, and each monitor can hold any number of tabs within them. And to my surprise, most of these concerns were addressed adequately with Infinite Office, which I tried with Oculus Quest 2. These are just some of the obstacles to using VR headsets as virtual monitors. And although most of us are touch typists, it would help a lot to be able to see both they keyboard and the mouse, especially when we have to type a lot of symbols and numbers. You’d want the virtual monitors to be persistent as you move from place to place. You also wouldn’t want to lose your work. The display would have to be detailed enough that you could read small text easily. It’s a simple concept - we would be able to have as many monitors as we could want in VR but it is a bit harder to execute than it may seem. Last week, Oculus announced the roll-out of Infinite Office, a suite of features designed to enable us to use VR headsets as virtual monitors. Here’s a hands-on report (no pun intended), which I actually wrote in VR. I got to try working in VR with the first VR keyboard and virtual monitors with Oculus Quest Infinite Office and it was a much better experience than I expected. Will your boss buy you a VR headset someday? That seems far-fetched but it may be more likely than you think, as VR headsets are becoming practical as virtual monitors. Working in VR with the FIRST virtual keyboard
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