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Let’s see, I got adhd and up until well… next month when I get my first post-college paycheck… been pretty limited on funding. With that in mind
So yeah, idk… a little bit of everything
I've been into vr for a few years. If you've kept up with vr drama, what is your opinion of Meta?
And to your tools point, any favorite tools or multitools? I've been looking into multitools for a while but am very hesitant to pull the trigger on a leatherman.
As someone who also watches it: the Quest 3 looks good, but it’s a dumpster fire of a company, the pass through looks usable. So I’m glad to see the Nreal (or whatever they’re called this week) getting close. And if you don’t mind being tied to a computer, every review of the bigscreen beyond loves it. But the $3t gorilla entering the room is either going to show that VR/AR/MR is good and here to stay, or that it will remain a niche for the foreseeable future.
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I’m a geek, not a nerd. And I have 20/20 vision.
Several of those (1: homebridge, 2: Plex/sonarr/haugene)can run in containers on a raspberry pi, just use an external USB Hard drive (not just memory card or thumb drive). So you can do that for a pittance . For board games, Tabletop Simulator or BoardGameArena will help you do it online with real people.
I got an intel 12100 running the server, its a solid efficiency chip and allows me to also transcode as necessary. Also, I've got a bunch of drives totally up to 24TB right now, I'm sure I could find a way to connect that to a Pi, but my build is efficient enough for me, especially with the price of power in the US. The price isnt super clear from the bill from our apartment, but the local rates are around $.16 / kwh
As for Tabletop Sim, I realy do need to give that one a shot. I think I even already bought it, just haven't played.
TTS is good, it’s just better with a controller - honestly, I might buy a used Quest (fuck Zuck) , for a better experience. But Board Game Arena and Tabletopia both offer (for a fairly reasonable fee) a ton of people to play against.
Table top Sim with vr is a guilty pleasure of mind. I highly recommend if you ever get the chance. A friendly reminder that you don't need a new VR headset to play. Just go on Ebay and save yourself $100 on a used headset, because with new headsets always coming into the market, someone is always looking to sell.
Ah! Okay, I misunderstood. Sounded like you were wanting to get into it with a limited budget, not that you were already into it.
Ah, I was just trying and failing to point out that I’ve managed quite a few hobbies in spite of limited funds. I might go a little nuts with the new checks I’ll be getting. :-)
Gotcha! In that case, go crazy! :)