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Because it’s uncomfortable to have a toaster strapped to your face for 8 hours
Yeah I have to imagine that most people who think working in VR is a no brainer have never actually tried it.
VR is awesome, and using a VR desktop is cool as a novelty, but even the best modern headsets get uncomfortable after more than an hour or two of use and vr pass through has its own problems in terms of accuracy and comfort
If for whatever reason your working situation was such that you physically couldn't have a traditional setup, then yeah it might be the next best alternative, but I'll take monitors and a standing desk any day of the week over a VR workspace.
Also, past a certain point, adding more screen real estate isn't actually helpful. You can only actually look at so much info at a time, and having too many monitors means you're going to be craning your neck to see the ones that aren't in front of you. At a point, you're much better off using workspaces with good keybindings to handle more windows
I have 3 monitors currently, two for coding, and one for things like spotify, discord, etc. Stuff i don’t have to access a lot basically. Also, it looks cool.
I don't think 3 monitors qualifies necessarily as "too many" under what I was saying before - I also have 3 monitors, one ultrawide and two portrait monitors on either side. I can see everything I need with only miniscule head movements, and I make a point of keeping my main focus work on the center display, to avoid neck strain.
My point there was directed mainly at the people who want VR workspaces so they can be surrounded in a sphere of monitors