Exploring Quest 3 VR Headset for Productivity and VR Applications on Linux Systems

Chris spends the week in a VR desktop, revealing the glitches, gains, and VR's open-source future.

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Links:

• 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
• 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
• Simula One - Standalone (Preorder) — Contains detachable compute pack with SimulaOS pre-installed. Can be optionally tethered to host PCs for gaming and other purposes.
• SimulaVR Headsets Delayed into 2024
• Fountain.fm — Podcasts powered by community
• 🍔 Lunch at SCaLE 🍇, Sat, Mar 16, 2024, 1:30 PM
• Yard House Menu
• Immersed — Empower Work With Spatial Computing
• Immersed on Meta Quest
• Immersed: Linux + Mac + PC Compatibility!
• Immersed Reddit Wiki
• Plasma Desktop in VR - JupiterTube — Quest 3 with the Immersed app running on KDE Neon.
• HDMI Dummy Plug Display Emulator
• DisplayPort Headless Ghost Display Emulator
• Immersed + Linux = Life by Alexandre E Souza
• umlaeute/v4l2loopback — This module allows you to create "virtual video devices". Normal (v4l2) applications will read these devices as if they were ordinary video devices, but the video will not be read from e.g. a capture card but instead it is generated by another application.
• Linux VR Adventures Wiki — A collection of links, useful resources and guides for the amazing world of VR on Linux.
• Monado — Open Source XR Platform
• OpenComposite GitLab repository
• Completely stutter-free VR reprojection on Linux WITHOUT SteamVR!
• nixpkgs-xr — Automated packages for XR/AR/VR tools and apps for NixOS
• Monado NixoOS Module Pull Request
• LFNW Schedule is LIVE
• bravohotel91/ipfspodcastnode — IPFS Podcast Node for IPFSPodcasting.net
• ipfspodcastnode on Docker Hub
• IPFS Podcasting
• The kernel becomes its own CNA — As many of you all know, I have talked a lot about CVEs in the past, and yes, I think the system overall is broken in many ways, but this change is a way for us to take more responsibility for this, and hopefully make the process better over time. - Greg Kroah-Hartman
• aksiksi/compose2nix — A tool to automatically generate a NixOS config from a Docker Compose project.
• arion via NixOS configuration example — Example setup running the Grocy kitchen inventory management system via linuxserver.io image and arion on NixOS.
• vt52's pebkac.lol BBS
• Nebula is Not the Fastest Mesh VPN — For this first public release of data, we’ve chosen to test the most popular mesh VPN options we’re aware of, so we will be comparing Nebula (in AES mode), Netmaker, Tailscale, and ZeroTier (note, this list is intentionally in alphabetical order, as additional confirmation of our commitment to fairness).
• DESTEK QH3 Pressure-Free Head Strap
• BOBOVR S3 Pro Super Strap Accessories, Head air conditioning and 10000