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4:17 · 1.4M views · Jun 7, 2015
A Community clip in which Dean Pelton explores a virtual reality environment, including a blooper moment.
Linked as a joke whenever VR interfaces or headsets are discussed.
6 comments from Hacker News
>- Something whimsical to inspire developers. Give me files represented as physical blocks that I can pile, or a task manager that shows processes as plants around me. Close apps by scrunching their screen like paper. A globe with my geotagged pictures. I respect Apple for not doing this. These are demos that are kind of fun for 20 minutes but you would never want to actually use a device like this: this video
So close! Enticing checkerboard pattern and some unshaded wood texturing then a hard crash for Firefox Android 68.5.0. Evokes the early 90s which reminds me that anyone who hasn't seen the "Community" episode with the VR parody must watch it immediately: this video (this seems to be a super-cut which will annoy the writers, bit still)
Oh wow, I just realized that the following VR parody might have been inspired by Microsoft Bob : this video (2015, so 4 years before Zuckerberg committed to the Metaverse enough to rename the whole company, and still 1 year before the first commercial new generation VR headset : Oculus Rift released.)
No I had not! It seems like what I was thinking. Take the same idea and put it into Unreal Engine. Add further OS interactions like files, maybe a floating virtual window for web browsing etc. The UX has to be done very well though otherwise you are a prediction by TV show Community: this video
That's really all I ask. I doubt very much that any movement in virtual space is going to be as efficient as a keyboard and mouse, so just let me see everything and call it a day. Relevant community commentary on the potential ridiculousness of VR interfaces: this video