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The Oculus is actually pretty decent for the price and as a standalone device. The issue is the OS feels so... like it was built by a big company with a dysfunctional org chart?

It's still an unfocused mess.

The bigger issue is, VR will ALWAYS be a niche thing. Always on AR glasses are the real future bet, not a niche industry.

VR will never be as big as Facebook / Instagram / WhatsApp. It just doesn't make sense to invest so much into it. Not sure what Zuck doesn't see this?


IMO, VR could be huge, but it’s never going to happen when the platform is so locked down.

Meta could of been the hardware leader of a thriving ecosystem, but instead they tried to replicate the walled garden of app stores that are failing in 2026.


> Always on AR glasses are the real future bet

Glassholes are the future?

VR headsets are at least fun. These glasses though, seem really dumb. I doubt they will ever be ubiquitous. I certainly wouldn't be caught dead wearing a surveillance device made by Facebook of all companies.


>> These glasses though, seem really dumb. I doubt they will ever be ubiquitous.

Apparently they sold 7 million of these things according to the latest report, so at least some people like them(or the idea of them).


There are still a lot of alternatives:

http://cloudhiker.net

https://www.offscopes.com

Newsletter version if you prefer: https://randomdailyurls.com


Thank you for the kind words. I was going for that feel.

The grainy interlace effect is just good old-fashioned CSS. :)

It is curated! I will seriously do a lot more work on making it better. Especially the music, it's a bit redundant right now.

I haven't had time to get to that. This has really blown up and even been in the news, so it's been hectic.


I feel like your excellent curation is a big part of the magic here. Amazing work.

My favorite part about the channels is specifically the music channels. I very much enjoy having a chance to re-listen to songs I’ve forgotten about or which aren’t in my daily rotation.

Similarly, there used to be this place called The Trees Network which essentially had a very similar “watching TV” feel, except it also had a community feature (live chat, content recommendations, etc). It was mostly meant for people getting stoned and wanting to “watch TV” together with other, but has since shut down (presumably because of copyright related issues or something)

Are you by chance planning to include any “community channels” or stuff like that by chance?


When you get to your feed, you have to click the bookmarklet. It will pull your videos and copy them to your clipboard.

i got it, i was unfamiliar with the concept.

I love it, its now my homepage. Very relaxing.. I have one suggestion, if there was a way to stop the feed when I want to take a break, because if I pause the video, it starts again after a few moments.

You did a great job, and I hope you expand this project, also I love the 'your advertisment here'


You have to tap on the channels on the left.

Ah, yes, that works, thank you. Was not obvious.

I'm the creator of this. It is human curated. :-) Actually, there's zero AI with this one.

Just curious, how are you curating it? Are you finding videos and adding them to the respective channels? or are you adding entire YT accounts to specific channels

I add channels and playlists.

You should make an app compatible with android tv devices, not necessarily on google play store, but github would be find. this would be an absolute hit on those devices. well done.

Is the source code available?

Linear

This week I'm on project #20 of my 25 projects in 25 weeks challenge! One was on the front page of Hacker News this weekend. It was humbling.

https://pulsefeedback.io


I'm glad I'm not the only one! I, too, have been emailing creators, randomly, to thank them for their work. Especially when I feature their work in my newsletter.

https://emojistime.com/museum

If you want a trip down memory lane.


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