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The chair’s cover has a zipper underneath, and it just occurred to me I could stick magnets in the arms, under the fabric, so my keyboard can attach to the chair. 🎉

And with the AR glasses I can just recline and putter away on the three virtual monitors on my ceiling. 😎

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

This is cyberpunk as fuuuk

[–] anthropomorphized 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are the glasses you like?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I was curious about what the glasses are too. XReal Air is closest looking match I could find.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Scrolling through that site, it says, "large elastic range of the shaft". Nice, though I have no idea what they're talking about.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You know....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, those ones!

[–] Agent641 10 points 1 year ago

Has science gone too far?

[–] JackSkellington 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What chair is that?? I’m looking for something similar!!

[–] fhein 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Having grown up with floppy disks, magnets still make me nervous

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

My keyboard was made to be used this way! https://www.zsa.io/voyager/

I have a trackpad on my lap desk, though, and for that I used Velcro, because yep.

[–] jadedwench 4 points 1 year ago

You are a genius. I have a Love Sac couch and I could do this all over. I will have to think about how this could be used. Thank you for the great idea!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That's fuckling cool

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

You're living my dream! That is exactly how I want to work.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

What work are you doing? How's the res?

[–] robotdna 3 points 1 year ago

How is the eye fatigue? With VR I get sorta sick

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's genius! You must feel so relaxed while using that. What spilt keyboard is it? What do you do for mouse emulation?

[–] SinningStromgald 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yep! And for mouse control I mostly use the keyboard itself, or a trackpad on a lap desk. https://www.lauralangdon.io/blog/

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What are those amazing glasses?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Awesome! Thanks for the name. Are they as cool as they look? Do they actually work well? Is the picture quality good?