My guess was that they knew gaming was niche and were willing to invest less in this headset and more in spreading the widespread idea that "Spatial Computing" is the next paradigm for work.
I VR a decent amount, and I really do like it a lot for watching TV and YouTube, and am toying with using it a bit for work-from-home where the shift in environment is surprisingly helpful.
It's just limited. Streaming apps aren't very good, there's no great source for 3D movies (which are great, when Bigscreen had them anyways), they're still a bit too hot and heavy for long-term use, the game library isn't very broad and there haven't been many killer app games/products that distinct it from other modalities, and it's going to need a critical amount of adoption to get used in remote meetings.
I really do think it's huge for given a sense of remote presence, and I'd love to research how VR presence affects remote collaboration, but there are so many factors keeping it tough to buy into.
They did try, though, and I think they're on the right track. Facial capture for remote presence and hybrid meetings, extending the monitors to give more privacy and flexibility to laptops, strong AR to reduce the need to take the headset off - but they're first selling the idea, and then maybe there will be a break. I'll admit the industry is moving much slower than I'd anticipated back in 2012 when I was starting VR research.
Yeah, the struggles of this work pattern are real. I've been trying to temper it, but also to accept it as much as I feasibly can, because going against the mental grain can be much more exhausting. Some of us are sprinters, not marathon runners.
Less of everything is real. I'll regularly and unintentionally mentally itemize what I have and what my options are regularly and funding ways to limit that is always helpful. I have a nearly empty fridge, pantry, a mealplan which is more like a two-week menu of options, only a few pieces of each clothing, and on. Fewer opportunities to fall into bad patterns. There was a time where my solution to not doing laundry for two weeks was to buy more cheap "backup" clothes.
Then the purge happened.
Few, good things, that were bought with the intention of easy maintenance, minimizing choice, while allowing a bounded spontaneity.
Yeah, I fortunately had a magic bullet (not great for it, but works) from years ago I received as a gift. The other comment nailed it; any time I've added water, it's been bland. While milk, some yogurts, and a healthy mix of fruits is really flavourful, and it might throw the texture, but the oats and spinach add a night nutrient punch.
Yeah, a lot of my systems have been built up by noticing bad patterns and finding easier alternatives. A frozen curry that takes 10 minutes of effort tops, with pre-made masala paste - it may not be the most satisfying, but it's costing me about $4, I'll be eating in less time than ordering in, and I won't get stuck looking at menus for an hour.
The remembral is really smart! I might need to find a way that works for me for that one.
Being really open is also great; radical authenticity and openness (with those it's appropriate and comfortable) has helped me learn and help others, and gotten acceptance from people I'd struggled with. "Let's assume I've been living underground for a while, how exactly do you go about X, if you're comfortable answering?" Also great for those with absent/developmentally lacking childhood experiences.
It's a good start to a long path :) I'm not a doctor of medicine, and not medical advice, but I know it was really helpful for me when I started recognizing I was on a path to helping myself, not the ADHD, not the trauma, not whatever else it may be diagnosed as, but me, my experiences, my patterns, my brain.
The labels can be helpful for seeing, noticing, understanding, approaching, and getting medical support where needed, but ultimately it's great that the symptoms were validated, and congrats on taking the steps! It's hard work to identify the need, hard work to reach out and get support, and it means you're very likely on a good path.
Yeah! Not beating yourself up over this is really important, same with not overthinking it. Some days are hard, some are less hard, some, I've heard, are easy.
Some days the best progress/discipline is noticing it's a day where you need your own compassion to admit you need to let yourself off the hook for a bit.
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ADHD Life Hacks which worked for you?
Random urge to share some hacks that I've come up with that have worked for me and might be helpful to others, and encourage hearing some more!...