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  1. What kills me is that the Flow has so much potential to be an incredible productivity and media consumption device. What I can't seem to figure out though is why I'm so enamored with this device that I can't seem to find a use for! I was hoping that Samsung Dex on my phone would work with the Flow but it doesn't. But without keyboard and mouse, what's the point? Media consumption via Miracast is pretty bad. A black background would've been a nice start (perhaps Miracast leaves them no option). And the whole process of re-centering your view is insanely tedious. When I had a Gear VR, there was an external button that you held down, you positioned yourself, and when you let go you were centered. Even the Netflix app was optimized with a follow mode that made the screen slowly center itself in whichever direction you were facing. And that was six years ago! But the Flow isn't advertised as a media consumption device. And as you pointed out, HTC doesn't seem to know what the Flow is either. I have a feeling we won't see any productivity features though. With all of the productivity-related enterprise services, the Flow could cannibalize some of HTC's offerings if it were any good at productivity. I guess one way to avoid this is to nerf the Flow enough that no one buys it 😋. As for extending the use cases, if you don't already know, there's an app in the Viveport store called VRidge. The VRidge app connects to a desktop program (called Riftcat) which will let you use your Flow with Steam VR. A license is required for Riftcat but it installs as trial software with a limit on the streaming time for evaluation. I use this combination for seated VR games where my input is keyboard and mouse.
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