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[civilized]

Dumb question: what's so hard about putting a screen inside a head-shaped box and connecting it to wi-fi?

Is it the shape of the screen?

[Qu3tzal → civilized]

1) the screens are really close to your eyes, which is an issue for your eyes to focus on 2) the screens need a high field of view 3) the headset need to provide 6D pose feedback to the computer 4) battery

[lostmsu → Qu3tzal]

This is a good summary, to which I shall add heat removal.

[dreamcompiler → civilized]

Resolution. VR screens don't yet have small enough pixels to use them for typical tasks like word processing, spreadsheets, and code development. It's hard to cram 4000 horizontal pixels into a 1" wide screen.

[fxtentacle → civilized]

mostly latency. If the user rotates their head and you need more than a few ms to update the screen, they will feel sick / dizzy / headache.