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Takennickname ◴[] No.41859704[source]
I burst out laughing when I saw the size of VR screen is the same size as the screen on the chair in front of him.
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1. Terretta ◴[] No.41862459[source]
I used to wonder how people watch movies on their iPhone then realized many people sit so far from their living room TV screen that if they held up their iPhone it would be the same apparent size.

By contrast, you can readily set the apparent screen size in the AVP to 40+ degree angle:

× 1.2 (corresponding to 40-degree viewing angle)

THX recommends that the "best seat-to-screen distance" is one where the view angle approximates 40 degrees,[26] (the actual angle is 40.04 degrees). Their recommendation was originally presented at the 2006 CES show, and was stated as being the theoretical maximum horizontal view angle, based on average human vision. In the opinion of THX, the location where the display is viewed at a 40-degree view angle provides the most "immersive cinematic experience", all else being equal. For consumer application of their recommendations, THX recommends ... multiplying the diagonal measurement by about 1.2.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optimum_HDTV_viewing_distance