I want note-taking/tools-for-thought software to start thinking of ideas and notes like material objects that have a location, visual features, specific relationships and organization relative to each other
no more of this "web of associations in abstract space"
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tools for knowledge work don't have to reflect the "nature of knowledge" they need to reflect "the nature of work"-- I need to build/fix/organize/tinker with familiar, recognizable, persistent THINGS
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i just got VR pilled last week—i feel like there's lots of alpha in notes as things that you can pick up, move around in space, put somewhere & come back to, etc
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Yeah in general I'm kinda VR-pessimistic, and I think there can be good solutions that look more like Dynamicland, but this is one of the places where I do see huge value added in VR for my own life/purposes
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I've had an interesting time prototyping this sort of thing with an Oculus Quest 2 and Virtual Desktop. It's… certainly interesting to be able to have a simulated mega-display.
i was just thinking that quest 2 is like aaaalmost there for being able to leave it on all day and turn your whole house into your computer
like being able to pick up your browser tabs w your hands and place them all over your physical space
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if quest 2 was exactly the way it is now, but with regular color cameras on the front (for good passthrough, not even AR) and a little better hand tracking, it would be strictly better than phone for sitting around internet content consuming
that is like ~all the ad revenue btw
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Oh yeah I’m super curious what that would look/feel like! I can picture one version that’s almost like “office simulator” with digital notes in specific locations, and another that’s more like turning an “essay” into a 3D object that can be tinkered with and looked at through /
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different “lenses” or from different perspectives. This is the one that I’m excited about, but envisioning 3D
/interactive/“functional” knowledge artifacts is difficult to do in a generalized way!
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