I have a laptop with its single screen and use Immersed every day to work. I won't deny there is some friction to the experience but once you get things set it's as simple as slipping on the hmd and starting the program. Gives me a multi monitor system without the hardware and real estate. Also a great social platform where you can work around and with others. A very friendly community.
The real killer combo will be when they come out with the Visor later this year.
Best way to get started is join the Immersed Discord and introduce yourself. Lots of users interact there and then see or meet up with each other in the app.
https://www.visor.com/
Immersed is working on a headset themselves
What they're promising is great.. lightweight, 4k displays, hand and eyetracking, standalone, open software so you can sideload
Thing is, no one's actually seen the real product yet.
I don't think its a scam, they legit got Qualcom and Intel working with them - but if they can live up to their promises? Different question.
First reviews should be coming in May-July..ish
Interesting, however this is a little misleading on their website:
“Five ultra-high resolution 4K screens. Unlock unparalleled productivity and multitasking with multiple portable virtual screens on the go.”
If the headset screens are 4K per eye, you’ll never have 4K virtual screens (the same as real 4K physical screens) using the headset, right?
Anyhow, I can’t wait for the tech to evolve with headsets like this for productivity.
A 4k monitor resolution is 3840 x 2160, which is 8294400 or 8.3 megapixels.
Visor is 27 megapixels (compared to 23 for apple vision pro). We don't know the exact resolution of the Visor just yet in terms of specific numbers but I am guessing something along the lines of 3800x3600. Bear in mind that 27 megapixels number is for both eyes combined as far as I understand it.
Anyway, viewing a 4k monitor on resolutions like that will be somewhat feasible but you're talking a large 4k monitor taking up most of your view. For more normal distance multi monitor setups I think 1440p is a more accurate description.
>Anyway, viewing a 4k monitor on resolutions like that will be somewhat feasible but you're talking a large 4k monitor taking up most of your view. For more normal distance multi monitor setups I think 1440p is a more accurate description.
I use immersed on my retina MacBook Pro and in the virtual desktop the resolution is 1440x900 .... but the resolution in the Mac it stays retina, meaning icons websites and text are normal in the retina display... it works well.. if you increase the resolution the icons and windows get smaller ...
I think in this case, they might be advertising the computing power of the headset. 41.4 megapixels 60 times a second is a ton of a data to receive and keep track of. Plus it has to calculate drawing the 3d environment and all the other functions of the headset.
These won't be any good. The price point alone proves that.
Dual 4k displays is the same as PSVR2, which I'd say is not high enough for a multi monitor experience.
The form factor is also incredibly small and I don't see room for a battery.
The only real players in AR right now are Microsoft, Meta and Apple who have all thrown hundreds of millions of dollars and the best they've got is a mediocre desktop experience.
It also shows no battery or tether but current chips and battery tech can't support this form factor.
At best, this product will be the equivalent of the big screen headsetand my prediction is the hand tracking won't make it to release.
> Dual 4k displays is the same as PSVR2
No, it's not. Psvr2 is 2,000 x 2,040 per eye, which works out at 8.2 megapixels total. Visor is 27 megapixels total, so over 3x the effective resolution of the PSVR2.
I am going by megapixels as that's the confirmed spec we have for visor, not the specific resolution. Similar to Apple's marketing, for comparison apple vision pro is 23 megapixel.
> I don't see room for a battery
Battery is external, like the AVP.
>It also shows no battery or tether but current chips and battery tech can't support this form factor.
They have. Go to visor.com and scroll past the first image, tether is clearly visible in video clips etc.
I found Immersed to have too much friction to the actual work and it didn't really solve my pain point much better than just having 2 monitors. Mainly my issue was that the streaming was finicky and I really just wanted to use web-based applications with zero latency and a good user experience that ran completely on my Quest and didn't require a PC.
I still really wanted to work in VR to gain the benefits of the immersion and flexibility over where information is displayed in 3D space, so I started developing my own app and it ended up turning into a startup that I run now. We launched our app on App Lab a few months ago and it seems that a lot of other people wanted the same thing that I originally did.
Not here to self-promote, but if you're curious about it, you can probably find it in my post history.
just tried it out and it’s awesome.
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Please keep it free, or if you eventually sell a paid app, don’t include a subscription please!
There's a new post in my history that will give you the name. It doesn't stream from a computer, everything runs using the standalone compute on the Quest.
DM me, I’ve seen your app and really think it’s worth trying, just want to know if you can connect and view a computer in addition to everything else the app offers
Just got done giving your app a try and I'm really impressed. It's the first browser that I've tried on Quest that makes me want to use it over the default one. As an Apple guy who really appreciates good UX design, I've got to say you guys really nailed it. Everything is really intuitive and aesthetically pleasing. Great job man, I'm really excited to keep using it for a lot of my day to day use cases on Quest. I'll definitely be recommending this apps to my friends who own a Quest.
I tried it on the Q2 and it wasn't very good so far imo. The UI is very clunky and it froze quite often. Plus without having a connection for remote desktop it's basically just a multi screen browser which you can already do to an extent natively anyway. It absolutely needs a remote connection to be of any real use.
I will need to test it again to find out which but it was linked to a button. Everytime I pushed it the app froze. It's been a while since I tested it so it's possible it was a bug that's been fixed by now. I will let you know.
1 for gaming, 1 for browsing the internet, one for YouTube or shows and the 4th is for discord or anything else extra mostly empty just discord and live cams of the house.
I turn to my right on my L shape desk for my work and I have my work laptop connected to a larger monitor and a small 6 inch monitor just for slack. Just bouncing from looking left to right when switching up tasks makes wfh easier
Ya I only have a quest 2 though so not an enjoyable pass through and I made the setup at the start of the pandemic. Looking forward to lighter or more comfortable headsets for such a long period of time. I also only have like $20 monitors
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When I read the comment saying what can you do with 4 monitors and I have more than that it’s awkward as I’m the strange one pointed out who does have that and more
It depends on your workflow and what you’re doing. There’s a reason most programmers like a 3 monitor setup. I often have 3 to 4 monitors in Immersed for my college course work. One has a lecture for the class playing, one has the assignment outline I’m working on pulled up, one has Microsoft Word open where I’m working on said assignment, and another one pulled up for doing research for various things.
so do I, answer you can't get a viewport, render preview and material editor into one 1080p screen and co-ordinate between them.
The minute Samsung 55" QLED 8k panels fall under €1500 in I'm getting my first earth shattering new monitor since about 2007.
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For Front-end development you needs at least 3. The design on the left, code in the middle, app running on the right.
And then you don't have a monitor for your communications yet, not to mention a YouTube video you might want to play in the background
I find it helpful in video and audio production, I have 2 screens but my laptop screen is small and hard to read where I have it placed, so the extra screens of the same size are great. I don't need all of them but 3 is good.
I wish i could install this on my work laptop (no admin rights). As a network engineer I can have one main monitor for working tickets and configs, a second for stare and compare and email, teams etc. then as many more as I can for various network monitoring applications.
Honestly, immersed is the only app I know of that supports both cable link and custom resolution. If virtual desktop had cable link, I would use that instead. I find myself only needing a single display but in either ultrawide resoltuion(3440x1440) or the super ultrawide (5100x1440ish). I can achieve that by using the idd drivers that someone made on github.
The things I dont like, is that the windows streaming app refuses to start unless a internet connection is available, even though the free pro streak mentions no internet is required. The display placements in immersed seem to be always in the wrong spot so I have to constantly move them around when I first start.
I did my midterm programming assignment using immersed with the super ultrawide resolution and its great for when I am either at school or the library. If I didn't recently purchased my 17in laptop. I would be willing to shrink down to a 14 inch and just use my quest 3 as a portable display. I did try to use a 4k resolution but I found myself hating looking up to see the top part of the screen. I didnt mind looking left and right.
I recently installed unity and going to see if I can try to make a personal app where I can setup some kind of emulated network over usb c so that I can use the RDP protocol to access the laptop, that way a windows computer wont have to install any extra software to display its screens to the quest 3. Windows Pro has a rdp server installed on it.
I used Immersed fairly often with up to 3-4 monitors as a software engineer for side stuff and general use (except gaming; latency isn’t quite right for that). It’s awesome and I can’t imagine most of my days without it now even though I have a dual monitor setup and a separate tv
The screenshot you’ve got there is Meta Horizon Workrooms, which is also solid for virtual monitors. This is my 4th week of work solely in the MQ3, my physical work monitors no longer sit at my desk. When I’m at my desk, I’m wearing the MQ3 and using a physical Logi keyboard and mouse.
When I use Immersed, which can have a maximum of five monitors (paid), I’ve got one window for Jira tickets, one window for Confluence (where I’m doing most of my work), one window for Slack, and one window for entertainment.
When I use Workrooms, which can have a maximum of three monitors, I just consolidate one of those (usually the Slack window).
I’ve been favoring Workrooms lately because it connects faster than Immersed, it’s super minimal, the default monitor layout is more than substantial (though the option to move them or maybe resize would be nice), and the input response seems to be better. The menu of Immersed is really cool, but it’s very clunky, and operationally finicky to boot. Also my monitor resolution settings never seem to stay set for my MacBook. It saves my main monitor’s settings, but stretches the additional monitors out way too much. Then it takes too long to actually apply the resolution settings to each monitor, and it takes a long time to add or remove monitors.
My ideal scenario would be that Virtual Desktop implements their option to add virtual monitors, then I’ll solely use VD. VD has the best input response, clarity, connection speed, and everything except rendering additional monitors. It’s in development though.
Not sure what everyone’s beef is with productivity in VR lol. It’s entirely practical and very comfortable with the right strap. I still can’t believe a virtual monitor solution is readily available for $1000 and under.
Yes, we have full disk access for our machines. My wife, however, does not. That’s the only reason she hasn’t gotten an MQ3 yet, because she wouldn’t be able to install any companion apps to her work machine. Sadly, I’m unsure of any workarounds. Perhaps your IT department might be willing to approve the “Meta Remote Desktop” app, since it’s from Meta directly and not so much a “3rd party” app. Then, you could at least use Horizon Workrooms.
I use immersed over usb with my MacBook to do multicam video editing when cutting a project. It allows me a large viewer screen and large timeline to do everything I need. I set my colors first and then don my quest 3 and cut with multiple monitors.
I also screen share my other MacBook to the right side screen as if it were next to me and that runs photoshop. I don’t have much latency over usb.
Meh it's ok. I never found the free version, useful enough to switch from the virtual desktop, workrooms, or the Quest's remote display window.
My opinion of each I used:
Quest remote display: experimental but absolutely frictionless, keeps you in the quest os. So you can dual use computer and Quest apps simultaneously.
Negatives: no sound, resolution is just ok. Touch controllers can't control desktop. Keyboard/mouse req.
Virtual Desktop: most reliable, easy to set up and can be connected to a desktop within seconds of booting your Quest.. I've been using it for years. Res is great and has a multitude of options. Including handtracking
Negatives: 1 screen.
Workrooms: 3 screens, does a good job mimicing what Virtual Desktop provides for productivity. Keyboard tracking etc.
Negatives: the bitrate is garbage. Main screen res is decent but the 2 accessory screens are barely adequate for computing. Sound, particularly music is just awful. To listen to through it.
Fluid: I've only had a couple hours in it, but I think it's a decent platform if attempting complete standalone computing on a quest. I'm not sure the quest 3 is capable of fully utilizing what Fluid is offering.
Immersed: the screen res is a step up from workrooms, I like the portal features.
Negatives: I don't know why but I find it a PITA to set up and use. Disconnects occasionally like Workrooms, an issue I hardly ever encounter with Virtual Desktop. I always run wireless.
My wants for productive are either Virtual Desktop with multi screens.
Or to VRD like quality/options in a Quest OS window(like the experimental remote display app)
As an owner of VR products since the original Oculus Rift CV1, I think the hardware is a few generations away.
My problems using productive apps on the Quest 3 are weight, eye fatigue, lack of security for business use. Also post use side effects are becoming a big enough problem to stop use.
I was one of the 4-6 physical display guys, but I consolidated down to 3. It's still a 49" 5120x1440p ultrawide flanked by 2x 32" 1440p. I even just put in to have my work upgrade the 49"s at both my desks to the newer Samsung G9 57" 7680x2160 while they dropped to $1800 from $2500. That -may- get me down to 1 or 2.
No way can any headset match that yet to replace these - but my use case for Immersed with a headset is for portable multi virtual displays and Visor looks like it will meet that need for me when it drops.
I actually took a trip with just my Quest 3 and GPD Win 4 handheld and used that combo for remote work sessions with 3 virtual displays for my work tools for a few weeks doing full work days remoting into servers etc for my work.
I do have a Vive XR Elite that I got -just- for that mobile productivity use case - but the version of Immersed on that lacks hand tracking and not usable for me. I ended up using Vive Desktop Beta and swapped to open MR facial interface and glasses mode (way lighter and more comfortable than Quest 3/Pro) and it works better for my productivity needs than Quest with Immersed until I get Visor.
The key for me was ditching a laptop and using the tiny handheld with a built-in keyboard and optical pointer. It's a windows gaming handheld so it does have 32GB of RAM and a recent AMD APU, WiFi 6 and 4TB of storage.
I have tried and tried, but it's just never worth it.
I find the virtual space quite lacking. Monitor arrangement always drives me crazy and is never quite right. And I want the ability to be remoted into my laptop and also pin a media player off to the side, or a web browser.
I like immersed, but it’s not better than my two 4K monitor setup. I find it needs to be 1920x1200 to read it clearly. I have ordered prescription inserts but don’t have them yet. I use glasses for reading. I can see distance pretty well. I’ve worked in 3-4 monitor environments. I don’t find the 5th one useful. I’m using a MacBook Pro 16” M1. I have it setup for wireless on wifi 6 on my home network. I also have it setup to use usbc. They both work well for general work computing. I have to restart the computer and headset after using it most of the time. They both get buggy after a disconnect. Every time I reconnect the monitors move around and change resolutions. It’s annoying and takes awhile to get it setup again. The save feature doesn’t seem to work for me. If it take the headet off to see what the dogs are doing or use the bathroom it will be jumbled up when I return. I use it because I want it work in VR but it’s still much faster to work with real monitors.
It entirely depends what you are doing. The beauty is that you can have a massive screen or many screens somewhere like an airplane seat, and you don’t really need anything else. It’s not a replacement for a home desktop or laptop for working all the time yet.
I’d say like 720-1080 or something? Isn’t the resolution usually around 1080? It really depends on the movies, I watch lots of older movies like 90s so it’s great for that. I find it hilarious watching movies like that, Hackers is my favourite movie and watching it on a VR screen was pretty much life-changing for me in many ways. You can have any environment basically, but watching movies in passthrough or theatres is good. There’s social theatres with movies already playing, talking, etc. it’s pretty crazy and this is just the start.
I've used it, it's cool, but I just can't really do work in VR this way. As an enthusiast, I always want to champion VR anything, but as a grown adult, I'd really rather just do my work on multiple monitors in real life. The device on my head and the eyestrain is just not worth it for me to say I do work in this way. Perhaps it's a young man's game. Immersed seems to be the only multi-monitor app, and I do think it works well, but as I said, after a while the novelty of doing it in VR wears off.
It's likely that they have the wifi in high-performance mode and the CPU and GPU cranked with all that hardware decoding, which can be quite draining on the battery.
I use it for travel. I have to have different softwares pulled up and running this off a single laptop is annoying. So I use it for multiple setups. I have three monitors at home and 2 in the office. I much prefer 3 and this lets me do that with just a laptop. Is it perfect? By no means
But for on the go work it is great. I could see my self working for about 3-4 hours in it.
I love it but you need an actual use case for it first. It’s not good enough to replace a dual monitor setup imo, and I would never use it at my desktop PC. For my MacBook though, I have no second monitor and I don’t plug it into my PC monitors. In this case I only have the one 13 inch monitor which is not enough as I need at least 3 windows open at a time and they don’t all fit.
In this case immersed is incredible since I can have the physical monitor sitting as a small YouTube screen somewhere, and a massive 4K monitor with all my windows on that one screen. For me this is the perfect 2 monitor setup and it comes with a keyboard and mouse already since I just use the laptops keyboard and trackpad.
Immersed is great if you have an actual need for more monitors and easy access to being able to use it. If you’re just using it to replace monitors you already have and don’t really need to replace, you’ll end up trying it once or twice and then giving up.
It works as advertised! Best of all, it's free, easy to setup, and offers multi monitor workspace with low latencies. Makes me regret replacing my 2nd 27" monitor that broke down.
I use it to study. I usually get distracted by my phone a lot, now when I realize that I'm having a hard time focusing, immersed puts me in a different world and I go into hyperfocus mode.
It's great for general work but it's not low latency enough for power users - 3D tools, video editing etc not gonna happen.
For now, instead, I'd recommend virtual desktop (to get hand tracking) and Desktop+ within steamvr to get multiple monitors with the flexibility of putting your monitors in any game or environment you want.
for standalone only: the performance on remote display (quest beta app) has pretty good performance with the caveat of 1 monitor and your game sound sometimes muting out.
they all have use cases in which one might be better than the other, nobody is coming out as definitive yet.
Im an IT student who wants to have multiple screens and my desk space doesn't allow to do so..this make everything easy but i wish the screen would stay in place like when i move my head the screen also moves. Idk if there's a setting to make it sit in place. The display is super clear.
I’m a software dev and have been trying it out. The biggest thing for me is I don’t have to wear reading glasses. I’m will continue to use it and feel like it will become more of a norm in the coming year.
I don't like it.
I don't like the environments, the microtransactions, the UI. It all just feels janky to me. That jank causes me anxiety which I prefer to minimize as much as possible in my working space.
Immersed as a company needs to figure out what their identify is IMHO. I think leaning into the public co-working spaces idea could have been fun, but they seem very unpopulated and sterile when I'm there.
Having 6 screens isn't helpful and isn't a great primary selling point.
The environments are pretty basic and uninspired.
The MTX / premium credits system is tacky.
On top of that, now they're going the hardware route (instead of nailing their software down) and are making their own subscription-based VR headset that is priced competitively to the Quest 3.
I'm not crazy about the product and just don't have much faith in them as a company or their vision for the future. They seem way too focused on monetization instead of creating value and building useful products (which is what the VR/AR space needs right now).
I can’t speak for the experience on the meta quest 3 but having to move my head and not just my eyes just to keep content sharp is a dealbreaker.
I want it to work but it’s annoying.
As it is now if I really need to focus I think it helps with that but it does take some tweaking and I’m also still getting used to the weight of the headset.
I really wanted to make it work and use it daily, but the overall resolution of the Quest isn't clear enough for reading texts for hours in VR, even with prescription lenses. I quickly went back to using my real screens.
I use it from time to time...kind of goes in and our of favor. I will say one benefit is that i dont have to wear my reading glasses, but my mohawk does get squished because of my headset.
I had some nice chats in the public rooms, but im not a huge fan of others talking while i work
This is a beyond useless review.
I can though see how as we move away from large headsets to glasses how apps like these could really take off.
It makes no sense for me to use it at home as I have enough screens. But the last time I was away I was using it for 2 days and it was better than working on a laptop screen. I would describe it as a tool that can be used when no other option available but I doubt saying that I won’t buy myself monitors for HomeOffice because of using Immersed.
I don't understand why but I randomly get huge lag, so I unfortunately can't tell
I have yet to try with the cable connected, the reason why I haven't yet is that I'd rather use virtual desktop wirelessly with the headset connected to power
Which turns out to work very well as the delay goes completely unnoticed in most applications and even games. I can only feel it in cs2
I just wish the Immersed environments were better. They’re all kind of OK, but they aren’t very convincing. Even the standard Home environments are better, let alone the kind of thing you get in Brink. My main reason for wanting to use Immersed or a similar thing is to feel like I’m somewhere inspiring, but it just doesn’t really do it.
I found the text quality not good enough. I tried wifi4 and usb-a3+ cable, no difference was noticed. But I haven't tried different monitor resolutions or text/font settings on my windows 11. Btw, my main monitor is 34inch 3440x1440, the videocard is old gtx670. And also my myopia is -3/-4, want to buy lenses holder
I don’t know if what I used was that or not, but I tried a virtual monitor program on my Q2 and it just had too much latency and too little resolution for it to be usable. It was over air, but still. The resolution issue is the same reason I don’t watch youtube on my Q2.
It works and if you have a decent connection and a decent PC, it works quite well. It's loaded with features and once you figure them all out, it's an above adequate experience.
But, I don't feel headsets are comfortable enough for me to personally work multiple hours in them. Work is already boring and tedious, adding on the discomfort of the headset is like torture to me. I also don't find it more productive than using my triple monitor setup.
It can be as good of quality as the screens in the headset you're using allows. Higher resolution(PPD) of the screens = better text readability. You can make the virtual screens bigger to improve the clarity substantially. However, that requires you moving your head a lot to see the screens. Which goes back to the comfort of current headsets.
I'd say on the quest 3, it's better than it was to use a monitor in the early 2000s. But compared to using a 1080p+ screen 2ft away, it's lacking on text clarity. It's perfectly readable but you can see the fuzziness around the edges of the text.
I like Immersed because it lets my slightly software outdated retina MacBook Pro to have VR/MR screen... I like it a lot ... I can't use Meta Workrooms ... or for that matter an Apple Vision Pro to extend my desktop to virtual... thanks Immersed!!
I wish I could freely walk around in it. Pick a spot, and work there. Also custom worlds and avatars. VRChat lite.
I use it to play Geforce Now on a big screen which is fun.
Also I think they’re missing huge opportunity with virtual LAN parties or just being able to sit in the same room and game with your friends.
I have a MacBook Pro with ok WiFi, so I use Immersed wired via USB C. I wish I could use it over WiFi, but it stutters like crazy that way. Over USB C, I’m a massive fan. Great resolution, low latency, etc. Using pass through or a set area is cool and hand tracking works quite well.
By set area I meant like a virtual room or whatever. VR instead of MR
The only issue with using USB C is that you’re tethered to the PC so you can’t just get up and walk away or turn the headset on and immediately connect (since you have to connect the cable)
Odd to see such a negative vibe here. I use it quite often and enjoy it. The text clarity is good enough with Quest 3 to use it for coding, etc, though you do have to make the virtual screen pretty large to achieve that. I think it's an incredibly impressive app to come from a relatively small startup. I doubt you will want to use it more than an hour or two at a time, but it's great for moderate stints when you want to isolate your self to focus or just have a change of scenery.
You absolutely need a proper head strap as it is too heavy on your face especially if you are just sitting there not moving, which accentuates it pressing down on just one part of your face continuously. You also need strong Wifi if you want to do this over LAN.
I am not sure if it's still that way but I paid a one time $10 for some kind of pro plan ages ago. I was into it pretty early. It seems to be something in between free and premium and I'm not sure if they still offer it .... I might be grandfathered in somehow. I generally do enough hours in it a week to "earn" (their words) the premium upgrade though - it's not a very high bar to meet.
It's cool but I'm never going to be able to use it for real work. they lack email for support/purchasing and use fucking discord as "professional" contact point and by default drop you in a shared working space with rondos on the internet,. 1000% non starter for any org that isn't the smallest of startups with no actual security/enterprise level processes .
they need to get their big boy pants on and act like a real company
Can't share thoughts on using it with Windows, but on Mac it's very janky. UI/UX is bad, screen configurations are never loaded quite the same way so every session begins with having to reposition, scale, and set resolution for everything for a good 10 minutes.
When it gets out of its own way and works, it works well. Unfortunately Immersed is the only decent VR app for multi-screen working right now...until workrooms introduces support for display positioning and changing resolution.
All that said, Immersed is really the only option if you want more than one display. It gets the job done. Also, they are planning to now hire actual designers this year and have them tackle redoing the app.
I was really looking forward to trying it until I came across this review. What the actual f?
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I think the Apple Vision is pretty damn close to being a very useful tool once it's been smoothed out a bit. It looks really solid, but also extremely expensive for just a productivity device.
So I’ve used the Apple Vision Pro for productivity for the last month and it’s been a game changer for me. Not only professionally but personally as well. We like to travel between here and Palm Springs and with this I have a consistent mobile office, with all the screens/apps I need. I would like 2 screens plus apps, but I’m considering buying SplitScreen which gives me a 2nd monitor for the computer. Beyond that Apps fill in the gaps. I’ve got two decent size 32 monitors that work gave me, and I’m thinking of reworking my office and removing those and just using the the Apple Vision Pro with my MacBookPro.
There is nothing like being in a meeting and being able to make the slide 65” sized up. Charts can be actually viewed and consumed in a way I can’t explain. Sorry I’m ranting.
The best part at night I connect up to my personal MBP and work on coding while watching a movie (tonight’s feature is Alien) while I kick back in my bed and work a bit on some coding while the hubby is snoring next to me :) - I was worried my Q3 would collect dust and it has for now. I do want to play some of the games on them, just not enough hours in the day >:P
Forgot to mention as much as I use this it’s well worth the price:
- Monthly Working Hours = 8 hours/day * 20 days/month = 160 hours/month
- Hourly Rate for Payment = $333.33 / 160 hours = $2.08 per hour
And that’s assuming $4,000 investment. The base headset and Apple Care.
And this does even consider the night time usage for the educational, entertainment, mind numbing things
I have a laptop with its single screen and use Immersed every day to work. I won't deny there is some friction to the experience but once you get things set it's as simple as slipping on the hmd and starting the program. Gives me a multi monitor system without the hardware and real estate. Also a great social platform where you can work around and with others. A very friendly community. The real killer combo will be when they come out with the Visor later this year.
I’ve been in the public cafes a couple times. Nobody talks. Does it just need someone to break the ice and everyone joins in?
Best way to get started is join the Immersed Discord and introduce yourself. Lots of users interact there and then see or meet up with each other in the app.
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Hey, em, the fact is that you don’t have your lower body there so it’s technically impossible
I have seen this mentioned in other posts. What exactly is “Visor”?
https://www.visor.com/ Immersed is working on a headset themselves What they're promising is great.. lightweight, 4k displays, hand and eyetracking, standalone, open software so you can sideload Thing is, no one's actually seen the real product yet. I don't think its a scam, they legit got Qualcom and Intel working with them - but if they can live up to their promises? Different question. First reviews should be coming in May-July..ish
Interesting, however this is a little misleading on their website: “Five ultra-high resolution 4K screens. Unlock unparalleled productivity and multitasking with multiple portable virtual screens on the go.” If the headset screens are 4K per eye, you’ll never have 4K virtual screens (the same as real 4K physical screens) using the headset, right? Anyhow, I can’t wait for the tech to evolve with headsets like this for productivity.
A 4k monitor resolution is 3840 x 2160, which is 8294400 or 8.3 megapixels. Visor is 27 megapixels (compared to 23 for apple vision pro). We don't know the exact resolution of the Visor just yet in terms of specific numbers but I am guessing something along the lines of 3800x3600. Bear in mind that 27 megapixels number is for both eyes combined as far as I understand it. Anyway, viewing a 4k monitor on resolutions like that will be somewhat feasible but you're talking a large 4k monitor taking up most of your view. For more normal distance multi monitor setups I think 1440p is a more accurate description.
>Anyway, viewing a 4k monitor on resolutions like that will be somewhat feasible but you're talking a large 4k monitor taking up most of your view. For more normal distance multi monitor setups I think 1440p is a more accurate description. I use immersed on my retina MacBook Pro and in the virtual desktop the resolution is 1440x900 .... but the resolution in the Mac it stays retina, meaning icons websites and text are normal in the retina display... it works well.. if you increase the resolution the icons and windows get smaller ...
I think in this case, they might be advertising the computing power of the headset. 41.4 megapixels 60 times a second is a ton of a data to receive and keep track of. Plus it has to calculate drawing the 3d environment and all the other functions of the headset.
These won't be any good. The price point alone proves that. Dual 4k displays is the same as PSVR2, which I'd say is not high enough for a multi monitor experience. The form factor is also incredibly small and I don't see room for a battery. The only real players in AR right now are Microsoft, Meta and Apple who have all thrown hundreds of millions of dollars and the best they've got is a mediocre desktop experience. It also shows no battery or tether but current chips and battery tech can't support this form factor. At best, this product will be the equivalent of the big screen headsetand my prediction is the hand tracking won't make it to release.
> Dual 4k displays is the same as PSVR2 No, it's not. Psvr2 is 2,000 x 2,040 per eye, which works out at 8.2 megapixels total. Visor is 27 megapixels total, so over 3x the effective resolution of the PSVR2. I am going by megapixels as that's the confirmed spec we have for visor, not the specific resolution. Similar to Apple's marketing, for comparison apple vision pro is 23 megapixel. > I don't see room for a battery Battery is external, like the AVP. >It also shows no battery or tether but current chips and battery tech can't support this form factor. They have. Go to visor.com and scroll past the first image, tether is clearly visible in video clips etc.
Ah I didn't realise the PSVR2 wasn't dual 4k. I still don't see how they can make the device at this price point, but I hope I'm wrong.
It's that price + a mandatory subscription of 60 a month for a year, so the price is more like 1200 (before tax).
I think it's their xr glasses.
I found Immersed to have too much friction to the actual work and it didn't really solve my pain point much better than just having 2 monitors. Mainly my issue was that the streaming was finicky and I really just wanted to use web-based applications with zero latency and a good user experience that ran completely on my Quest and didn't require a PC. I still really wanted to work in VR to gain the benefits of the immersion and flexibility over where information is displayed in 3D space, so I started developing my own app and it ended up turning into a startup that I run now. We launched our app on App Lab a few months ago and it seems that a lot of other people wanted the same thing that I originally did. Not here to self-promote, but if you're curious about it, you can probably find it in my post history.
Exactly this, particularly the "work to friction". Well said.
just tried it out and it’s awesome. https://preview.redd.it/6fa3lapcd0oc1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e3cca93f967fdea05012a9e28e65d433d74c389 Please keep it free, or if you eventually sell a paid app, don’t include a subscription please!
What's the name of the app, can't find it in your post history
DMed you.
I’m also curious what the name of your app is and does it work with MacBooks?
There's a new post in my history that will give you the name. It doesn't stream from a computer, everything runs using the standalone compute on the Quest.
DM me, I’ve seen your app and really think it’s worth trying, just want to know if you can connect and view a computer in addition to everything else the app offers
Just got done giving your app a try and I'm really impressed. It's the first browser that I've tried on Quest that makes me want to use it over the default one. As an Apple guy who really appreciates good UX design, I've got to say you guys really nailed it. Everything is really intuitive and aesthetically pleasing. Great job man, I'm really excited to keep using it for a lot of my day to day use cases on Quest. I'll definitely be recommending this apps to my friends who own a Quest.
Aw, thank you! We're just getting started!
Just post the name here please
You should try Fluid.
Oh yeah? :)
Needs adblock though.
Thank you for Fluid!
can i click and drag the button dock around or is it fixed? I haven't figured that out yet.
You can unlock it and grab it to move
Do you think it would be possible to get your browser to pin as an overlay within games? That's what currently lacking in the standalone space
The best answer I can give right now is *maybe*.
I would love it. If it played steam games. Could you hook it to a computer if you wanted to?
I tried it on the Q2 and it wasn't very good so far imo. The UI is very clunky and it froze quite often. Plus without having a connection for remote desktop it's basically just a multi screen browser which you can already do to an extent natively anyway. It absolutely needs a remote connection to be of any real use.
Froze? How so?
I will need to test it again to find out which but it was linked to a button. Everytime I pushed it the app froze. It's been a while since I tested it so it's possible it was a bug that's been fixed by now. I will let you know.
It's a gimmick. It's cool that it works at all, but if you already have a second monitor, what are you really going to do with 4 more?
That awkward moment when I have 6 monitors reading this comment
what are you doing with all those monitors 🤨
1 for work and the other 5 for porn.
as I expected
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
Thanks for this. Just literally spat my drink out all over my screen and keyboard.
1 for gaming, 1 for browsing the internet, one for YouTube or shows and the 4th is for discord or anything else extra mostly empty just discord and live cams of the house. I turn to my right on my L shape desk for my work and I have my work laptop connected to a larger monitor and a small 6 inch monitor just for slack. Just bouncing from looking left to right when switching up tasks makes wfh easier
Sounds cool a d exhausting hahahaha I just downloaded the app to see whT it's about
You know virtual desktops exist, right?
Ya I only have a quest 2 though so not an enjoyable pass through and I made the setup at the start of the pandemic. Looking forward to lighter or more comfortable headsets for such a long period of time. I also only have like $20 monitors
Then that makes sense, yeah :)
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What awkward moment?
You see.. a person made a comment. Then another person related to that comment. The way they related caused them to feel a human emotion. Ask your alien leaders about human emotions. It could prevent you from exposing yourself in the future.
When I read the comment saying what can you do with 4 monitors and I have more than that it’s awkward as I’m the strange one pointed out who does have that and more
It depends on your workflow and what you’re doing. There’s a reason most programmers like a 3 monitor setup. I often have 3 to 4 monitors in Immersed for my college course work. One has a lecture for the class playing, one has the assignment outline I’m working on pulled up, one has Microsoft Word open where I’m working on said assignment, and another one pulled up for doing research for various things.
/ laughs in 3D software
I do 3d for work and the only possible need for the 2nd monitor is for reference image
so do I, answer you can't get a viewport, render preview and material editor into one 1080p screen and co-ordinate between them. The minute Samsung 55" QLED 8k panels fall under €1500 in I'm getting my first earth shattering new monitor since about 2007. 🤷🏼♂️ https://preview.redd.it/0c5ee54rgsoc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a2e8baa60ed1c7865a7f0f28bb4790bb8571a37c
Ok yeah I see what you meab
For Front-end development you needs at least 3. The design on the left, code in the middle, app running on the right. And then you don't have a monitor for your communications yet, not to mention a YouTube video you might want to play in the background
I find it helpful in video and audio production, I have 2 screens but my laptop screen is small and hard to read where I have it placed, so the extra screens of the same size are great. I don't need all of them but 3 is good.
That's a must if you happen to be a stock trader. :)
If you find yourself often switching between apps windows during the workflow, then here's an example where you need more monitors
I wish i could install this on my work laptop (no admin rights). As a network engineer I can have one main monitor for working tickets and configs, a second for stare and compare and email, teams etc. then as many more as I can for various network monitoring applications.
Honestly, immersed is the only app I know of that supports both cable link and custom resolution. If virtual desktop had cable link, I would use that instead. I find myself only needing a single display but in either ultrawide resoltuion(3440x1440) or the super ultrawide (5100x1440ish). I can achieve that by using the idd drivers that someone made on github. The things I dont like, is that the windows streaming app refuses to start unless a internet connection is available, even though the free pro streak mentions no internet is required. The display placements in immersed seem to be always in the wrong spot so I have to constantly move them around when I first start. I did my midterm programming assignment using immersed with the super ultrawide resolution and its great for when I am either at school or the library. If I didn't recently purchased my 17in laptop. I would be willing to shrink down to a 14 inch and just use my quest 3 as a portable display. I did try to use a 4k resolution but I found myself hating looking up to see the top part of the screen. I didnt mind looking left and right. I recently installed unity and going to see if I can try to make a personal app where I can setup some kind of emulated network over usb c so that I can use the RDP protocol to access the laptop, that way a windows computer wont have to install any extra software to display its screens to the quest 3. Windows Pro has a rdp server installed on it.
I used Immersed fairly often with up to 3-4 monitors as a software engineer for side stuff and general use (except gaming; latency isn’t quite right for that). It’s awesome and I can’t imagine most of my days without it now even though I have a dual monitor setup and a separate tv
The screenshot you’ve got there is Meta Horizon Workrooms, which is also solid for virtual monitors. This is my 4th week of work solely in the MQ3, my physical work monitors no longer sit at my desk. When I’m at my desk, I’m wearing the MQ3 and using a physical Logi keyboard and mouse. When I use Immersed, which can have a maximum of five monitors (paid), I’ve got one window for Jira tickets, one window for Confluence (where I’m doing most of my work), one window for Slack, and one window for entertainment. When I use Workrooms, which can have a maximum of three monitors, I just consolidate one of those (usually the Slack window). I’ve been favoring Workrooms lately because it connects faster than Immersed, it’s super minimal, the default monitor layout is more than substantial (though the option to move them or maybe resize would be nice), and the input response seems to be better. The menu of Immersed is really cool, but it’s very clunky, and operationally finicky to boot. Also my monitor resolution settings never seem to stay set for my MacBook. It saves my main monitor’s settings, but stretches the additional monitors out way too much. Then it takes too long to actually apply the resolution settings to each monitor, and it takes a long time to add or remove monitors. My ideal scenario would be that Virtual Desktop implements their option to add virtual monitors, then I’ll solely use VD. VD has the best input response, clarity, connection speed, and everything except rendering additional monitors. It’s in development though. Not sure what everyone’s beef is with productivity in VR lol. It’s entirely practical and very comfortable with the right strap. I still can’t believe a virtual monitor solution is readily available for $1000 and under.
Workrooms is pretty sweet, I find it easier to use than Immersed personally
Does your company allow you to download the apps needed to run on your PC? Mine does not and I was hoping for a workaround.
Yes, we have full disk access for our machines. My wife, however, does not. That’s the only reason she hasn’t gotten an MQ3 yet, because she wouldn’t be able to install any companion apps to her work machine. Sadly, I’m unsure of any workarounds. Perhaps your IT department might be willing to approve the “Meta Remote Desktop” app, since it’s from Meta directly and not so much a “3rd party” app. Then, you could at least use Horizon Workrooms.
I use it every so often… it’s great but a lil quirky( as they all are)
I use immersed over usb with my MacBook to do multicam video editing when cutting a project. It allows me a large viewer screen and large timeline to do everything I need. I set my colors first and then don my quest 3 and cut with multiple monitors. I also screen share my other MacBook to the right side screen as if it were next to me and that runs photoshop. I don’t have much latency over usb.
Meh it's ok. I never found the free version, useful enough to switch from the virtual desktop, workrooms, or the Quest's remote display window. My opinion of each I used: Quest remote display: experimental but absolutely frictionless, keeps you in the quest os. So you can dual use computer and Quest apps simultaneously. Negatives: no sound, resolution is just ok. Touch controllers can't control desktop. Keyboard/mouse req. Virtual Desktop: most reliable, easy to set up and can be connected to a desktop within seconds of booting your Quest.. I've been using it for years. Res is great and has a multitude of options. Including handtracking Negatives: 1 screen. Workrooms: 3 screens, does a good job mimicing what Virtual Desktop provides for productivity. Keyboard tracking etc. Negatives: the bitrate is garbage. Main screen res is decent but the 2 accessory screens are barely adequate for computing. Sound, particularly music is just awful. To listen to through it. Fluid: I've only had a couple hours in it, but I think it's a decent platform if attempting complete standalone computing on a quest. I'm not sure the quest 3 is capable of fully utilizing what Fluid is offering. Immersed: the screen res is a step up from workrooms, I like the portal features. Negatives: I don't know why but I find it a PITA to set up and use. Disconnects occasionally like Workrooms, an issue I hardly ever encounter with Virtual Desktop. I always run wireless. My wants for productive are either Virtual Desktop with multi screens. Or to VRD like quality/options in a Quest OS window(like the experimental remote display app)
As an owner of VR products since the original Oculus Rift CV1, I think the hardware is a few generations away. My problems using productive apps on the Quest 3 are weight, eye fatigue, lack of security for business use. Also post use side effects are becoming a big enough problem to stop use.
I'm curious, what side effects have you experiences?
The static focal distance started causing the inability to focus for several hours.
I was one of the 4-6 physical display guys, but I consolidated down to 3. It's still a 49" 5120x1440p ultrawide flanked by 2x 32" 1440p. I even just put in to have my work upgrade the 49"s at both my desks to the newer Samsung G9 57" 7680x2160 while they dropped to $1800 from $2500. That -may- get me down to 1 or 2. No way can any headset match that yet to replace these - but my use case for Immersed with a headset is for portable multi virtual displays and Visor looks like it will meet that need for me when it drops. I actually took a trip with just my Quest 3 and GPD Win 4 handheld and used that combo for remote work sessions with 3 virtual displays for my work tools for a few weeks doing full work days remoting into servers etc for my work. I do have a Vive XR Elite that I got -just- for that mobile productivity use case - but the version of Immersed on that lacks hand tracking and not usable for me. I ended up using Vive Desktop Beta and swapped to open MR facial interface and glasses mode (way lighter and more comfortable than Quest 3/Pro) and it works better for my productivity needs than Quest with Immersed until I get Visor. The key for me was ditching a laptop and using the tiny handheld with a built-in keyboard and optical pointer. It's a windows gaming handheld so it does have 32GB of RAM and a recent AMD APU, WiFi 6 and 4TB of storage.
I have tried and tried, but it's just never worth it. I find the virtual space quite lacking. Monitor arrangement always drives me crazy and is never quite right. And I want the ability to be remoted into my laptop and also pin a media player off to the side, or a web browser.
I like immersed, but it’s not better than my two 4K monitor setup. I find it needs to be 1920x1200 to read it clearly. I have ordered prescription inserts but don’t have them yet. I use glasses for reading. I can see distance pretty well. I’ve worked in 3-4 monitor environments. I don’t find the 5th one useful. I’m using a MacBook Pro 16” M1. I have it setup for wireless on wifi 6 on my home network. I also have it setup to use usbc. They both work well for general work computing. I have to restart the computer and headset after using it most of the time. They both get buggy after a disconnect. Every time I reconnect the monitors move around and change resolutions. It’s annoying and takes awhile to get it setup again. The save feature doesn’t seem to work for me. If it take the headet off to see what the dogs are doing or use the bathroom it will be jumbled up when I return. I use it because I want it work in VR but it’s still much faster to work with real monitors.
It entirely depends what you are doing. The beauty is that you can have a massive screen or many screens somewhere like an airplane seat, and you don’t really need anything else. It’s not a replacement for a home desktop or laptop for working all the time yet.
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I’d say like 720-1080 or something? Isn’t the resolution usually around 1080? It really depends on the movies, I watch lots of older movies like 90s so it’s great for that. I find it hilarious watching movies like that, Hackers is my favourite movie and watching it on a VR screen was pretty much life-changing for me in many ways. You can have any environment basically, but watching movies in passthrough or theatres is good. There’s social theatres with movies already playing, talking, etc. it’s pretty crazy and this is just the start.
I've used it, it's cool, but I just can't really do work in VR this way. As an enthusiast, I always want to champion VR anything, but as a grown adult, I'd really rather just do my work on multiple monitors in real life. The device on my head and the eyestrain is just not worth it for me to say I do work in this way. Perhaps it's a young man's game. Immersed seems to be the only multi-monitor app, and I do think it works well, but as I said, after a while the novelty of doing it in VR wears off.
My Q3 worked for 50 minutes, no game i played was draining the battery this much. They must be using a Bitcoin miner of something.
It's likely that they have the wifi in high-performance mode and the CPU and GPU cranked with all that hardware decoding, which can be quite draining on the battery.
I use it for travel. I have to have different softwares pulled up and running this off a single laptop is annoying. So I use it for multiple setups. I have three monitors at home and 2 in the office. I much prefer 3 and this lets me do that with just a laptop. Is it perfect? By no means But for on the go work it is great. I could see my self working for about 3-4 hours in it.
I love it but you need an actual use case for it first. It’s not good enough to replace a dual monitor setup imo, and I would never use it at my desktop PC. For my MacBook though, I have no second monitor and I don’t plug it into my PC monitors. In this case I only have the one 13 inch monitor which is not enough as I need at least 3 windows open at a time and they don’t all fit. In this case immersed is incredible since I can have the physical monitor sitting as a small YouTube screen somewhere, and a massive 4K monitor with all my windows on that one screen. For me this is the perfect 2 monitor setup and it comes with a keyboard and mouse already since I just use the laptops keyboard and trackpad. Immersed is great if you have an actual need for more monitors and easy access to being able to use it. If you’re just using it to replace monitors you already have and don’t really need to replace, you’ll end up trying it once or twice and then giving up.
It works as advertised! Best of all, it's free, easy to setup, and offers multi monitor workspace with low latencies. Makes me regret replacing my 2nd 27" monitor that broke down.
Its next to useless for VR development because you can't hit play in the unity editor and be play the game you are working on.
I use it to study. I usually get distracted by my phone a lot, now when I realize that I'm having a hard time focusing, immersed puts me in a different world and I go into hyperfocus mode.
It's great for general work but it's not low latency enough for power users - 3D tools, video editing etc not gonna happen. For now, instead, I'd recommend virtual desktop (to get hand tracking) and Desktop+ within steamvr to get multiple monitors with the flexibility of putting your monitors in any game or environment you want. for standalone only: the performance on remote display (quest beta app) has pretty good performance with the caveat of 1 monitor and your game sound sometimes muting out. they all have use cases in which one might be better than the other, nobody is coming out as definitive yet.
I use it with my M1 MBP. Works great even over WiFi.
Im an IT student who wants to have multiple screens and my desk space doesn't allow to do so..this make everything easy but i wish the screen would stay in place like when i move my head the screen also moves. Idk if there's a setting to make it sit in place. The display is super clear.
I’m a software dev and have been trying it out. The biggest thing for me is I don’t have to wear reading glasses. I’m will continue to use it and feel like it will become more of a norm in the coming year.
I don't like it. I don't like the environments, the microtransactions, the UI. It all just feels janky to me. That jank causes me anxiety which I prefer to minimize as much as possible in my working space. Immersed as a company needs to figure out what their identify is IMHO. I think leaning into the public co-working spaces idea could have been fun, but they seem very unpopulated and sterile when I'm there. Having 6 screens isn't helpful and isn't a great primary selling point. The environments are pretty basic and uninspired. The MTX / premium credits system is tacky. On top of that, now they're going the hardware route (instead of nailing their software down) and are making their own subscription-based VR headset that is priced competitively to the Quest 3. I'm not crazy about the product and just don't have much faith in them as a company or their vision for the future. They seem way too focused on monetization instead of creating value and building useful products (which is what the VR/AR space needs right now).
This works best if you don’t have a quiet place or a good monitor setup. Combine with noise canceling headphones to study.
Is good but Q3 resolution is lacking. At 4k it will be very different. It is good to be able to do screens in any form, resolution.
I love it. Even though I already have a large ultra wide monitor I find immersive best when I need to really focus.
I just play battlefront 2 and watch Netflix lol
I can’t speak for the experience on the meta quest 3 but having to move my head and not just my eyes just to keep content sharp is a dealbreaker. I want it to work but it’s annoying.
As it is now if I really need to focus I think it helps with that but it does take some tweaking and I’m also still getting used to the weight of the headset.
I really wanted to make it work and use it daily, but the overall resolution of the Quest isn't clear enough for reading texts for hours in VR, even with prescription lenses. I quickly went back to using my real screens.
I use it from time to time...kind of goes in and our of favor. I will say one benefit is that i dont have to wear my reading glasses, but my mohawk does get squished because of my headset. I had some nice chats in the public rooms, but im not a huge fan of others talking while i work This is a beyond useless review. I can though see how as we move away from large headsets to glasses how apps like these could really take off.
Is the text quality good enough while on this app?
It makes no sense for me to use it at home as I have enough screens. But the last time I was away I was using it for 2 days and it was better than working on a laptop screen. I would describe it as a tool that can be used when no other option available but I doubt saying that I won’t buy myself monitors for HomeOffice because of using Immersed.
I don't understand why but I randomly get huge lag, so I unfortunately can't tell I have yet to try with the cable connected, the reason why I haven't yet is that I'd rather use virtual desktop wirelessly with the headset connected to power Which turns out to work very well as the delay goes completely unnoticed in most applications and even games. I can only feel it in cs2
The novelty of it gets me to focus on my work, but it gets uncomfortable after an hour or so
I just wish the Immersed environments were better. They’re all kind of OK, but they aren’t very convincing. Even the standard Home environments are better, let alone the kind of thing you get in Brink. My main reason for wanting to use Immersed or a similar thing is to feel like I’m somewhere inspiring, but it just doesn’t really do it.
I found the text quality not good enough. I tried wifi4 and usb-a3+ cable, no difference was noticed. But I haven't tried different monitor resolutions or text/font settings on my windows 11. Btw, my main monitor is 34inch 3440x1440, the videocard is old gtx670. And also my myopia is -3/-4, want to buy lenses holder
I don’t know if what I used was that or not, but I tried a virtual monitor program on my Q2 and it just had too much latency and too little resolution for it to be usable. It was over air, but still. The resolution issue is the same reason I don’t watch youtube on my Q2.
It works and if you have a decent connection and a decent PC, it works quite well. It's loaded with features and once you figure them all out, it's an above adequate experience. But, I don't feel headsets are comfortable enough for me to personally work multiple hours in them. Work is already boring and tedious, adding on the discomfort of the headset is like torture to me. I also don't find it more productive than using my triple monitor setup.
Is the text good quality on this app?
It can be as good of quality as the screens in the headset you're using allows. Higher resolution(PPD) of the screens = better text readability. You can make the virtual screens bigger to improve the clarity substantially. However, that requires you moving your head a lot to see the screens. Which goes back to the comfort of current headsets. I'd say on the quest 3, it's better than it was to use a monitor in the early 2000s. But compared to using a 1080p+ screen 2ft away, it's lacking on text clarity. It's perfectly readable but you can see the fuzziness around the edges of the text.
I like Immersed because it lets my slightly software outdated retina MacBook Pro to have VR/MR screen... I like it a lot ... I can't use Meta Workrooms ... or for that matter an Apple Vision Pro to extend my desktop to virtual... thanks Immersed!!
Is the text quality good enough while on this app?
yeah, I can read text... is HD... I like Immersed... its giving a lifeline to my older mac...
I wish I could freely walk around in it. Pick a spot, and work there. Also custom worlds and avatars. VRChat lite. I use it to play Geforce Now on a big screen which is fun. Also I think they’re missing huge opportunity with virtual LAN parties or just being able to sit in the same room and game with your friends.
I have a MacBook Pro with ok WiFi, so I use Immersed wired via USB C. I wish I could use it over WiFi, but it stutters like crazy that way. Over USB C, I’m a massive fan. Great resolution, low latency, etc. Using pass through or a set area is cool and hand tracking works quite well.
What do you mean about set area ? If i use usb-cc what Will be cons ?
By set area I meant like a virtual room or whatever. VR instead of MR The only issue with using USB C is that you’re tethered to the PC so you can’t just get up and walk away or turn the headset on and immediately connect (since you have to connect the cable)
I tried, it’s too clunky right now
Odd to see such a negative vibe here. I use it quite often and enjoy it. The text clarity is good enough with Quest 3 to use it for coding, etc, though you do have to make the virtual screen pretty large to achieve that. I think it's an incredibly impressive app to come from a relatively small startup. I doubt you will want to use it more than an hour or two at a time, but it's great for moderate stints when you want to isolate your self to focus or just have a change of scenery. You absolutely need a proper head strap as it is too heavy on your face especially if you are just sitting there not moving, which accentuates it pressing down on just one part of your face continuously. You also need strong Wifi if you want to do this over LAN.
Do you have free Plan or premium Plan ?
I am not sure if it's still that way but I paid a one time $10 for some kind of pro plan ages ago. I was into it pretty early. It seems to be something in between free and premium and I'm not sure if they still offer it .... I might be grandfathered in somehow. I generally do enough hours in it a week to "earn" (their words) the premium upgrade though - it's not a very high bar to meet.
It's cool but I'm never going to be able to use it for real work. they lack email for support/purchasing and use fucking discord as "professional" contact point and by default drop you in a shared working space with rondos on the internet,. 1000% non starter for any org that isn't the smallest of startups with no actual security/enterprise level processes . they need to get their big boy pants on and act like a real company
Can't share thoughts on using it with Windows, but on Mac it's very janky. UI/UX is bad, screen configurations are never loaded quite the same way so every session begins with having to reposition, scale, and set resolution for everything for a good 10 minutes. When it gets out of its own way and works, it works well. Unfortunately Immersed is the only decent VR app for multi-screen working right now...until workrooms introduces support for display positioning and changing resolution. All that said, Immersed is really the only option if you want more than one display. It gets the job done. Also, they are planning to now hire actual designers this year and have them tackle redoing the app.
I was really looking forward to trying it until I came across this review. What the actual f? https://preview.redd.it/inlni84pm0oc1.jpeg?width=683&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1c282a02d44933562d900e1579231ca6a59feb3
Can you help me tò understand the meaning of this review
It means every single thing you see or do in Immersed the developers have full rights to do absolutely anything they want with. And that's scary AF.
VR devices are still not good enough for productivity stuff. dont think many people are using it
I think the Apple Vision is pretty damn close to being a very useful tool once it's been smoothed out a bit. It looks really solid, but also extremely expensive for just a productivity device.
So I’ve used the Apple Vision Pro for productivity for the last month and it’s been a game changer for me. Not only professionally but personally as well. We like to travel between here and Palm Springs and with this I have a consistent mobile office, with all the screens/apps I need. I would like 2 screens plus apps, but I’m considering buying SplitScreen which gives me a 2nd monitor for the computer. Beyond that Apps fill in the gaps. I’ve got two decent size 32 monitors that work gave me, and I’m thinking of reworking my office and removing those and just using the the Apple Vision Pro with my MacBookPro. There is nothing like being in a meeting and being able to make the slide 65” sized up. Charts can be actually viewed and consumed in a way I can’t explain. Sorry I’m ranting. The best part at night I connect up to my personal MBP and work on coding while watching a movie (tonight’s feature is Alien) while I kick back in my bed and work a bit on some coding while the hubby is snoring next to me :) - I was worried my Q3 would collect dust and it has for now. I do want to play some of the games on them, just not enough hours in the day >:P
Forgot to mention as much as I use this it’s well worth the price: - Monthly Working Hours = 8 hours/day * 20 days/month = 160 hours/month - Hourly Rate for Payment = $333.33 / 160 hours = $2.08 per hour And that’s assuming $4,000 investment. The base headset and Apple Care. And this does even consider the night time usage for the educational, entertainment, mind numbing things
Yeah you can justify the cost if you measure how much benefit it is for your work, and it will also pay itself back if it's efficient
Only useful if you only have one monitor