VR And Productivity: 'Envelop' Yourself Inside Your Windows Desktop

[kcarbotte]

Envelop VR announced that the public beta of its first product, Envelop, which lets you access your 2D desktop from within a VR environment, will start alongside VRLA on August 5.

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[computerguy72]

That looks like a good start - but somebody needs to build a "minority report" interface inside that type of environment. The extra screen space this gives could certainly be useful. Companies like Envelop are clearly looking to the future as the headsets evolve. Imagine in ~6 years with an Intel NUC + a thin light headset paired with something like this...

 

[wifiburger]

man this looks horrible, hope the idea of virtual desktop on VR just dies

 

[clonazepam]

What does power consumption look like while "idling" on your VR desktop?

To clarify, a full comparison of power consumption with a VR desktop of 2-6 virtual displays, versus 2-6 typical monitors and so on would be interesting.

 

[anbello262]

Ithink this is a great idea. This needs to be developed further. This will be really great when VR and AR converge, in some (or many) years.