Show HN: Simula One – Portable Linux VR Computer
This looks like a decent deal looking deeper into it.<p>Things that weren&#x27;t obvious on first pass:<p>(1) The VR specs are much higher than consumer level.  I suspect this is what makes it reasonable to read text on it.  The comparison headset is this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;varjo.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;aero&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;varjo.com&#x2F;products&#x2F;aero&#x2F;</a>  (They named it, but didn&#x27;t google it)<p>(2) They said &quot;VR Computer&quot; but don&#x27;t define the term.  They mean that it&#x27;s a full PC with a headset instead of a regular display.  Oddly they don&#x27;t include a mouse or keyboard.<p>My feedback for Simula one:<p>(0) The value proposition here is (a) the included equipment and (b) the software.  They together have to justify the price at some level.<p>(1) You have to really push the point that this is a full computer, not another headset.  I suggest you include a keyboard&#x2F;mouse, and include it in the pictures with the headset (the pictures with just the headset, not the ones with the people).  Perhaps a keyboard with a trackpad.<p>(2) Show that the headset is substantially higher-spec than the consumer ones.  Show a comparison chart.<p>(3) Dump the AR coffee shop video.  Show AR in a home office.  Don&#x27;t assume&#x2F;require that your customers are that VR gun-ho.<p>(4) Show more than a bunch of shells in the VR screenshots.  I can alt-tab as fast as I can move my head, with less work.  If this is your underlying value proposition, it sucks.  I&#x27;m sorry.  If you have something more interesting, like a combined VR&#x2F;app environment, then it can work.<p>(4.1) Is there some useful interactions between 3D visualization and high-quality small-text rendering?  If you have good VR&#x2F;3D developer stories, then this can work.<p>(5) Simula One - is it Ubuntu with a 3d window manager and custom rendering stack?  Does it do anything else?  Does it just make a (claustrophobic) shell of windows around the user in VR?<p>(5.1) Are there any integrations with anything?  Like <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.jupyter.org&#x2F;ipygany-jupyter-into-the-third-dimension-29a97597fc33" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.jupyter.org&#x2F;ipygany-jupyter-into-the-third-dime...</a> ipygany?<p>(5.2) What do you expect people to do with it?
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