It’s called “presence”. There are just some things where being in a shared space is better for than pancake Zoom calls. You would know this if you actually tried VR.
> I can see my entire workspace if I want, I just have to zoom out. Sure, I can't see details then
“Why do I want to use VOIP when I can make a telephone call?”
“What makes a word processor way better than a typewriter?”
“Why do I need a car when I can ride my horse?”
Yes but it’s not in six degrees of space, it’s flat unlike in VR, and it’s trapped inside a small rectangular flat screen
You claim that you have used VR extensively, but I highly doubt it based on your comments. I shouldn’t have to repeatedly explain concepts like presence or 3D space that should be basic knowledge for someone already familiar with VR.
This is a pointless conversation when you refuse to try modern VR. What really puzzles me is why you seem to need to lie about using VR.
> and it’s trapped inside a small rectangular flat screen
Why is that a problem when we are talking about flat diagrams, spreadsheets or text?
> You claim that you have used VR extensively, but I highly doubt it based on your comments.
It's precisely because I have used it extensively that I make these comments. Presence and the ability to project content into a virtual 3D space that is experienced by direct interaction is a great technology if it is presenting content that benefits from this representation.
Interactive movies benefit from this. Virtual Walks through great landscapes or museums do. Virtual Art exhibits do.
Games do, perhaps more than any other area. I have literally spent hours in "Tales from the galaxys edge" just walking around the Cantina playing repulsor-dart or sitting with friends around a fire in "A Townships Tale", exactly because this is an immersive experience where the presentation through this technology has tangible benefits over experiencing it, as you say, on "a small rectangular flat screen".
And I can absolutely see this technology have a great impact in non-entertainment areas; Controlling robots in dangerous work environments. Helping maintenance personal with difficult tasks through AR devices. Training of personnel. Architecture comes to mind, designing complex machinery, 3D design in general.
But spreadsheets? Flow diagrams? Source code editing? Wearing a headset to sit through meetings? How do these applications benefit from this mode of representation?
> I can see my entire workspace if I want, I just have to zoom out. Sure, I can't see details then
“Why do I want to use VOIP when I can make a telephone call?”
“What makes a word processor way better than a typewriter?”
“Why do I need a car when I can ride my horse?”
Yes but it’s not in six degrees of space, it’s flat unlike in VR, and it’s trapped inside a small rectangular flat screen
You claim that you have used VR extensively, but I highly doubt it based on your comments. I shouldn’t have to repeatedly explain concepts like presence or 3D space that should be basic knowledge for someone already familiar with VR.
This is a pointless conversation when you refuse to try modern VR. What really puzzles me is why you seem to need to lie about using VR.