alt Hacker NewsMore simply, I wonder if anyone's tried adding an equal weight to the back of their head. This would double the weight, but people can carry very heavy loads on their heads as long as the weight is acting downwards.
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hgoel • yesterday at 11:43 PM
This has been done as a mod for the Valve Index, it works pretty well. Really is mainly a balance issue.
esikich • yesterday at 10:17 PM
The issue with that is you would constantly need to keep your head on the same plane, as soon as you move it around, it becomes unbalanced and now it's even harder to move around because it's heavier. Walking with something balanced on your head is a completely different use case than looking around, up and down etc.
Yes. This is how various headsets are made. The HTC focus Vision is one example, and there’s an addon (not sure if third party) for the quest 3 that puts a battery back there.
So yes, this is done and it can help.