[GTALUG] Portable Monitors

[Steve Petrie]

Carey,

I have read multiple reports discussing unpleasant physiological effects 
from VR headset use.

Seems like these effects can be quite debilitating.

Try an internet search for "vr headset health concerns".

Steve Petrie

Etobicoke (Toronto), Ontario, Canada

apetrie at aspetrie.net

-------- Original Message --------

  		SUBJECT:
  		Re: [GTALUG] Portable Monitors

  		DATE:
  		2024-07-28 07:32

  		FROM:
  		CAREY SCHUG via talk <talk at gtalug.org>

  		TO:
  		GTALUG Talk <talk at gtalug.org>

last minute update:  Wowser, I didn't even know portable screens were a 
thing.  maybe I'll get a couple for my desktop at home...  
https://www.ebay.com/itm/315365426457?epid=22055444403    Maybe do 
virtual machines with one dedicated monitor for each on a powered 7-way 
USB hub.

original reply, maybe obsolete now:

The VR headset, of course, is not multiple screens but one very large 
one.  And the learning curve would be at home.  Imagine, ALL THE TIME, 
but starting at home, instead of 2 or 3 screens of a mere 3000x2000 
pixels, you have one 50,000x12,000 VR screen, in your lay-z-boy, 
watching two football games, looking up stats of the players, responding 
to emails, doing web searches to plan your next vacation, and whatever 
else, ALL AT THE SAME TIME?  Don't jump on me, I have never watched 
football in my life, but just using something most guys do.

Another option is a cable that plugs into the HDMI output on your laptop 
and creates a camera to the USB input on any tablet computer.  And you 
can take the tablet to a coffee shop after a meeting where there isn't 
room for a full notebook.

I didn't mean to throw the monitor away each time, just that it would be 
no loss if it got broken or lost by the airline, "died after a dozen 
uses" (your words), you bought stuff for the wife and kids and would it 
put you into an extra $$$ baggage charge, etc.

--Carey

> On 07/27/2024 10:37 AM CDT Nick Accad via talk <talk at gtalug.org> wrote:
> 
> The one constant about my accommodations while traveling is 
> inconsistency.
> 
> I stayed at a place once where they advertised "Colour TV", another 
> 4-star hotel had a bezel around the TV to block access to the ports.
> 
> Sometimes I stay with friends and family, where taking over their TV is 
> not.. polite?
> 
> Buying a throw away monitor every time I travel is not an optimal 
> solution because not everywhere I go has such things.
> 
> VR headset is an interesting idea that I did not look into, but it 
> comes with a learning curve, and I am not sure I want to test this on 
> the road, maybe a future project from my office to see how comfortable 
> enough I can be, do you have any examples or write up on how that works 
> with X/Wayland?
> 
> I need a simple thing I can pull out of my "travel crash cart", that 
> does not rely on anything that I don't carry with me, hence portable 
> laptop, something in the 15-16", AC/DC should be enough, if it pulls 
> power from the laptop that is even better, but not necessary.
> 
> I grabbed one off eBay, it was $99, $135 after taxes and fees, that way 
> I won't cry too hard if it fails on me, we'll see.
> 
> If anyone has an experience with specific models, please let me know.
> 
> -nick
> 
> On Sat, Jul 27, 2024 at 8:57 AM CAREY SCHUG via talk <talk at gtalug.org> 
> wrote:
> 
>> Just to make sure, trying to think outside the box, what do you need:
>> 
>> --needs to operate from a battery, or is AC enough?
>> --could an adapter to the TV in a hotel room suffice?
>> --an HDMI frame grabber connecting to USB on a tablet computer?
>> 
>> The latter is from a not recently travelling person, not sure if hotel 
>> TVs might have an accessible port for connecting a computer to.  Most 
>> home TVs have HDMI input and laptops HDMI output, so all you'd need 
>> would be a (possibly long) cable.  otherwise various conversion 
>> adapters are available.
>> 
>> also, as a non-user, can VR headsets connect to a computer to give you 
>> a virtual screen as tall as the ceiling, and 360 degrees around the 
>> room?
>> 
>> Unless your needs are special and/or light weight, you can visit a 
>> thrift store and get last years flatscreens for peanuts.  Go to the 
>> wealthiest community around, in the poorer areas, the 1024x768 
>> displays start at $20, in the wealthy areas, the pivot 1920x1280 
>> displays go for $10-$15.  And if you drop it, or airline loses it, 
>> just go get another.
>> 
>> I used an HDMI frame grabber to take the display from one notebook 
>> computer and share it in a zoom session on a desktop computer, to show 
>> real time what happens with an unusual operating system on the 
>> notebook, or installation of an OS on that notebook.
>> 
>> <pre>--Carey</pre>

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