Damn this thread really makes me feel like a minority, but I prefer GNOME! It comes useful out of the box, sane defaults, easy to extend without ripping out the soul of how it functions. Best of all it has a new and interesting direction for the desktop UI rather than just copying Windows. It has some original ideas that really serve it well.

I have a French Press

It still runs SteamVR games very well.

Windows MR was deprecated and cannot run on the newest version of Windows; running older versions of Windows will only have support for it through to ~2026. It’s very unfortunate that it’s not long for this world because I hear the HP Reverb G2 is still a great headset.

Edit: If you’re looking for a cheap headset, the best option is usually on Craigslist/Marketplace. Used first-generation headsets (meaning the two Oculus Rift models, early HTC headsets) which are still in perfectly workable condition go for only $100-$200.

Yes I’ve got a Logitech keyboard and trackball mouse.

I wish

I actually haven’t tried Immersed so I can’t really compare it, but this is just using the usual Quest window management, no special app. Godot has recently been released on the Quest app store and runs natively. I’ve then sideloaded a few Android apps to help with development: Material File Manager from F-Droid, AnyDesk for remote desktop work with Linux (mostly for Blender), and I’ve seen someone using Git through Termux, will likely employ that for larger projects in the future. SFTP through Material File Manager handles moving files between the Quest and my Desktop.

I’ve not tried any other Quest 3 headstraps (aside from the stock one), but for me comfort is king. I’ve previously owned a Quest 1, which I added a halo headstrap to, but it was still crazy uncomfortable for more than half an hour or so. Before that I owned a Rift CV1, which I also found uncomfortable after more than an hour, despite attempts to modify it for comfort. The Bobo M3 is the first time I’ve actually felt comfortable enough to use VR for literally hours at a time. It’s insane that it took seven years of being a VR enthusiast for me to finally find something like that.

No trouble with motion sickness (although in low light the windows can shift slightly as the tracking gets less accurate, which isn’t the most pleasant). Thanks to a remote desktop viewer (my desktop is running Linux, so I’m using AnyDesk) I’m able to use desktop tools like Blender and GIMP and work for hours without taking off the headset. This wouldn’t be possible without the Bobo M3 headstrap, which 1) takes the weight off the front of my face making it comfortable for that length of time and 2) allows you to swap out magnetically attached batteries on the fly. This is my first project doing this and it’s for this week’s 48-hour Ludum Dare game jam, so I’m mostly taking the headset off for food breaks and that’s it; which also gives the depleted batteries time to charge.

I had a very interesting experience watching Network recently, a film from 1976 about the influence of television, and I had a strange realization that TV then was nearly as old as the internet is now. This just feels like a natural point in the history of a communications medium that people begin to think critically about its effect on people and the way we think.

As an audio engineer, I was very confused about what this had to do with Direct Injection for a second.