Fluid | Free Easy All-In-One Spatial Computing on Quest 3 + Founder Q&A!

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Fluid is a super cool app. It was the first one I tried when trying to use my Quest like a bootleg Apple Vision Pro.😂 I’m excited about lightweight spatial computing apps like this especially as we go toward the Meta OS being on other headsets. This ease of use is a must. I did my best to improve the video call audio quality. Apologies! As always thanks for watching!

[@moderncontemplative]

This channel is high-quality and quite enjoyable. It’s also very informative. I’ve been considering the Quest 3 for a while, but wasn’t sure about if I can use my AirPods with it, or if it can be used in place of a laptop/PC. Those questions have been answered thanks to you. Thanks to your in the vehicle demo, I know that I can use my fast 5G data with it to go online and do things that normally require a computer. I can’t quite do everything with my iPad Pro, M4, and so I will need some computing options and the quest three is cheaper than buying a MacBook or an equivalent high-quality computer. 🧐

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@moderncontemplativeglad you like the channel! The computing power of a quest shouldn’t be compared to a MacBook or iPad those devices are WAY more powerful. But if you’re only doing lightweight computing like things on the web… the quest can certainly handle it and it’s fun on top of that! You won’t be able to install pc/Mac apps like you would with a different device. It you get so much more entertainment value out of the quest. You won’t regret it. I hope this helps!

[@moderncontemplative]

@@TheConstruct_VR Thanks for replying. I definitely don’t want to compare it with the power of the newest iPad Pro M4! Unfortunately, I can’t use the iPad Pro as a total computer replacement because it’s still limited to iPad OS. Sometimes, I will need an actual computer experience for downloading python, or other coding tasks. I am considering the Quest as an affordable spatial computing device that has other awesome feats. Question: can I use my AirPods Pro on the Quest 3? In a Google search I have seen people talk about how to connect your AirPods to the quest 3, yet I was told that it will be problematic or create a lag effect?

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@moderncontemplative yes there are latency issues with Bluetooth headphones unfortunately not just AirPods. I use these for low latency. amzn.to/465DRaa They have a dongle that is faster than Bluetooth. You won’t get your lovely noise cancelling and pass through like the AirPods but these are only $50

[@moderncontemplative]

@@TheConstruct_VR I couldn’t resist it anymore. The prime deal prompted me to order the quest 3. It’ll be here Friday. Your recent videos definitely helped, especially regarding Fluid. Any tips? Like you, I am an apple fan within their ecosystem. I look forward to seeing more of your videos about case uses for the quest 3 that most people aren’t talking about.

[@fluidspatial]

Thanks so much for covering our app! Excellent video. Especially the surprise reveal of you using Fluid in your car!

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Thanks for your time! I’m looking forward to the future of Fluid! Excellent app

[@krollgrend1888]

Shoutout to John for this great interview, and construct for the great editing keeping everything moving and entertaining 👏Also that etsy link is huge. Big thanks I will be getting one to check out the comfort while editing and desk work. Will be trying out fluid now too!

[@lJonnyPl]

Excellent looking app. I'm going to check it out

[@MobileDecay]

I'm driving down the street using Fluid. It's so ama... ☠☠☠👻

[@annode]

Good video, as usual. I use my quest3 after I wake up, usually about 3:00am and I'm on (in) till about 6:00am. I lie in bed and watch clips from the late night talk shows I missed and keep up with my YT regulars. Maybe watch a film. I love the idea of placing screens just where I want since I am usually in an peaceful environment (3:00am - 6:00). Having a window to see and interface with my keyboard is great (as I understand it so far). I often want to make comments in YT, now I can!? Thanks Mr. 'The Construct' for enlightening me on all the newest possibilities in VR computing!

[@TheConstruct_VR]

It’s so great to hear the videos bring value! Always good to see you here in the comments Barry. I realize I don’t say may name on the channel hahaha I’m Jason btw. 🤝 See you on the next one!

[@kelly14254]

Our man is climbing his fame guys! Nice Work!

[@espirite]

I do like what Fluid are doing. I tried to use it for work but the browser wouldn't play nicely with our web tools so i ended up using immersed instead - but i love where Fluid is headed in offering a completely standalone solution. I do wish the interface was a little less boxy. It feels like a bit of time / money spent on a decent UI overhaul could really elevate this to something that feels quite elegant.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Agreed. The app is a step in the right direction. I can tell they polished the UI since the last video where I showed it. At first it was even a bit low res. I look forward to other enhancements for sure.

[@cdramafpv]

you find yourself capable of using immersed within your work environment without issue? Developer?

[@dakcn]

Thought I had no interest in these apps but tried fluid because of your video. It is a fantastic app. I was blown away by how clear it looked and the ease of operation. Loved the adjustable window and am finding the app is very useful. Thanks.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Best comment ever! Glad you found it helpful. I find myself unable to be in my office or use the TV a lot so apps like these are coming in handy for sure. Thanks for watching

[@mdsf01]

Excellent focus video! You're getting noticed by devs. Well done sir.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Thanks! Crazy thing is, much like you … John was around early on! So I must be doing something right 😄. 🤜🤛

[@lamaking5956]

I love the intro with the 2 clicking sounds when the text appears, good job bro 👍

[@TheConstruct_VR]

🤜🤛

[@joseph-ianex]

man that moveable window is really cool, this should really be a native feature you can drop in any game or app!

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Right!? Just for safety. There’s a part in the immersed video … they have portals that you place anywhere in case you want to keep an eye on the real world.

[@joseph-ianex]

@@TheConstruct_VR Looking forward for the future, hopefully Meta catches wind of this idea

[@nij2k]

Awesome dude, I've been working in immersed for a few weeks now but really been meaning to try this out, gonna get it now, ready for work tomorrow

[@TheConstruct_VR]

I use it for light work/browsing and entertainment all the time. Its main strength is speed and ease!

[@nij2k]

Yeah checking it out now, seems awesome

[@zaptorzim]

I agree so much. Finally I found the app I wanted for years!

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Awesome!

[@bonezj117]

9:28 Yes this is a very cool feature that I use on the job as well. I am a handyman and I use this feature to do estimates and invoices instead of waiting to go home. I can do it now at the location

[@TheConstruct_VR]

That’s awesome. I feel like people hate on headsets from the outside, they don’t see the true utility and real use cases that you can benefit from if you get over the fact that you have to out on a HMD.

[@devaryaraman7909]

Love the open source interface design! Dev needs have a replaceable battery pack strap asap 😂

[@dathyr1]

Thanks for this information on this App. I use my Quest 3 mainly for gaming so doing this kind of thing really is not needed for me. I just go to my desktop view in the Quest 3 and manage items there. Nice to know this exists should I ever need to do something like this. Thanks for the video and take care.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Thanks for watching! I mainly game too (despite the videos on this channel hahah). But this is nice when my wife is using the office or I’m away from home and need 3 screens.

[@AprilPvd]

Got it! Thank you for sharing this. I am really enjoying your videos on alternate ways of using the quest.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Boom🤜🤛 !!! Always good to see you in the comments! I love gaming with my quest too. But I’m having a blast with these non gaming experiences.

[@thebeatles9]

i cant say how important the friction concept is. it's a gamechanger for your average user

[@TheConstruct_VR]

💯

[@hikaroto2791]

that developer and his team are legends!🎉❤

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Yes super passionate team doing very cool things.

[@davido.p.9850]

The conversation about the friction with setup and logins really hit me, because that friction really annoyed me, and stopped me from using AR computing. Fluid looks like it could very quickly become a favorite.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

100% agree ease of use is the only way this becomes a normal way of working or entertainment.

[@cmdr_stretchedguy]

Looks great, I just got it and installed remotely.

[@donyelldf]

Great video very informative. I'll be downloading fluid today. Thanks

[@Geefer311]

This is one of the best apps I use on my Quest 3. The ability to watch streaming media while having discord or news open in your peripherals makes me feel justified not buying the AVP.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Hahah same.

[@chillbert2024]

nice! Greetz from the german part of this virtual world.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Hallo! Thanks for watching!

[@rayxfinkle8328]

Thanks for introducing me to this, never heard of it. Earned a sub

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Welcome! Glad it helped!

[@aarongarcia2911]

Nice brotha! I'm going to start a new series of $0 - $10k/m SMMA. Starting with a phone. Then upgrading to a Quest 3, then finally a PC I'm not sure still which productivity app I'll use for work, but I definitely want to use something spatial for sales presentations

[@TheConstruct_VR]

There’s so many choices! I think comfort and ease of use are huge. I’m curious if you’d like Softsspace for sales presentations. I didn’t find the app that useful but showing someone something via Softspace might be cool. There’s a video here on the channel about it. Thanks for watching bro!

[@lowbar77]

I really like this model, but the one question I have is security. If I am going to use this for work, I can’t be using a persian bizaar browser that is 2 or 3 versions old with tons of security issues. I hope you can get this ironed out because I really like this product.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the Meta Horizon OS updates to really give the developers what they need for apps like this. I agree though it all feels a bit hacky right now because of the limitations.

[@onmissionforlife5043]

Just tried Fluid, thanks for the intro. But I am getting distortion on my Airpod pros. Anybody else and if so fix? Quest 2 headset btw

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Glad you found it useful. I rarely use AirPods with quest. The Bluetooth /latency is just an awful for me. Ever consider buds with a dongle for low latency/clarity?

[@onmissionforlife5043]

Thanks I will give it a try with wired. AirPods work fine in other applications on the Quest. I will continue to test also.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@onmissionforlife5043 yeah thats odd let me know I’ll mention it in the discord

[@onmissionforlife5043]

So upon further testing AirPods are now distorted when using meta browser. Other games and apps are fine. So either Apple updates or meta has caused the issue. I repaired the pods and that didn’t fix issue either. Was working just fine a few days ago on meta browser ever since getting headset, some latency but not distorting.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@onmissionforlife5043 ah that makes sense, as I understand it, these apps that use a browser are using some of the code base allowed in the meta os for any “browser function” like chromium. So it could be some incompatibility there. Well I look forward to updates they make as the meta OS rolls out.

[@BiggDaddyDann-ib5xp]

Thank you for the great recommendation. I Subscribed, I like your video so much. Is there anyway to play your Steam games with Fluid? or will there be? Hope you have a great day, and keep up the great work.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

I HIGHLY recommend Virtual Desktop for Steam games. It’s $20 but worth it. Also the Steamlink app and just Quest Air link work fine for steam flat games as well. Welcome to the construct!

[@BertyGamer]

GOT IT ! Thanks. Subbed. Keep up the Good Vids

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Boom!💥 🤜🤛. Thanks and welcome to the construct!

[@SanJoseCristofer]

Hello, good morning, I would like to ask a question in this application in multiplayer mode, how many people can join?

[@TheConstruct_VR]

I haven’t tested that.. I’ll ask in the discord. Or feel free to join and ask. Their discord is in the description. 👍🏽

[@BenKeirl]

Great video! Typing this from Fluid right now! But I can't redeem the code for the lofi background, it says it's expired? Looks so cool

[@TheConstruct_VR]

aww man you and 1 other person have reported that it doesn't work. others seem to have had success. Can you make sure its ALL lowercase and not spaces before or after? Let me know if it still doesn't work. I'll ask if its still live. I was expecting it to be live by end of day Sunday

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Hey Man they’re fixing it! Grab it before Sunday. Thanks for watching!!!

[@fluidspatial]

Hi. Sorry about that, we misconfigured the expiration date. We just pushed a fixed version of the app to App Lab. Update and you should be good to go.

[@BenKeirl]

@@TheConstruct_VR amazing thank you so much man! Really appreciate it! 👊

[@BenKeirl]

@@fluidspatial no problem, thank you very much! Been loving the app and all of the features, wayy better than the default Meta browser 🫶

[@viperjay1]

Hi, does your quest 3 have the v66 update? I see alot of warping in your video.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Not in this video this was a few updates back

[@viperjay1]

@@TheConstruct_VR Great interview btw. It's a great idea, but I hearing Meta is going to change their OS design so this may be obsolete. They did the same with airplay that replaced virtual desktop.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@viperjay1 Yeah we’ll see where the OS takes us. It’s crazy though virtual desktop still runs so much better than air link I still prefer it. Thanks for watching! 🤜🤛

[@ruddygatare8207]

"Becuase we now live in the future"" Best comment 😂😂

[@TheConstruct_VR]

🤣😅 I often think what my grandparents would have thought to see us using floating windows with goggles strapped to our heads😄

[@DueceSpice]

THIS WAS AMAZING

[@TheConstruct_VR]

🤜🤛

[@silvrsurfer]

If you have a channel of communication with the fluid devs, please ask them if it would be possible to integrate netflix viewing because its not enabled in the regular quest browser. that would be GAME CHANGER on quest!!! :)

[@TheConstruct_VR]

They’re super open to communicating on discord! Link is in the description. But I agree a game changer indeed!

[@Chesterflaps]

I got my quest 3 yesterday and the one thing I'm really disappointed with is the quality of passthrough. All the videos I've watched, show a really.good quality passthrough but I'm now thinking that's just because it's a recording and it records in higher quality than it displays. Your living room looks really sharp. The main reason I got the Q3 was for remote desktop but I find I can't see my keyboard keys well because it's such low resolution.

[@iamjasonthompson]

The recordings look better because the video is crammed into a box and your eyes are further away from the screen. In the headset your eyes are so close and the pixels are spread across the your entire field of view. Make sure your quest is updated for v69 (it probably did that automatically) but older versions look REALLY bad in the headset. Honestly I don’t have any problem seeing the keys of my keyboard, although I don’t have to look at the keyboard much while typing so I could be a bit biased. One tip is to go to the accessibility settings and increase the contrast. I talk about it here v67/68 Multitasking, Tips, and Quest 3 Passthrough Quality Fix! kzbin.info/www/bejne/goPbhXylhteShpI

[@Chesterflaps]

⁠thank you, I'll take a look

[@parkur455]

That would be much better If you preffer to make meetings like this one by using VR meeting apps. Because you guys people who want to show potential of this technology to world so USE it )))

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Yes! I would have loved to do that. I was grateful to get John’s time so I asked that we hop on for a quick video chat. Also I think it helps to see people’s face in these videos. I do plan do this in some future chats on the channel. Thanks for the comment!

[@orcriss]

got it. Thanks.

[@AlanTruly]

Great video

[@brianmolony]

If I could duplicate a window so I can walk around and still see the same videos on multiple sides, that would be awesome.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Haha I couldn’t imagine having to render a video twice … would it be reversed on the other side or just the same display?

[@brianmolony]

@TheConstruct_VR Thinking the same display. You can have a video in more the one room on different walls. So you can do chores or whatever without missing the video.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@brianmolony got ya. I guess it would work as is today. But you’d have to press play separately.

[@fluidspatial]

@@brianmolony You can pin windows to you so they follow you around the house. Does that solve your issue?

[@brianmolony]

@@fluidspatial Not as cool as screen duplication, but it is a very nice feature. It does tend to drift down as I walk around and needs to be repositioned from time to time. Fluid is a great and one of my most used app on Quest.

[@artemjetman]

Code does not work :(

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Lowercase no spaces. Just worked for someone a few min ago

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Any luck? @artemjetman

[@artemjetman]

@@TheConstruct_VR "Invalid or expried code" i get this message:(

[@artemjetman]

Tried again

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@artemjetman strange it broke for me because I had the first letter capitalized but all lowercase it worked fine. Go to your environments and make sure. one of your attempts may have worked and you can’t redeem twice. If it still doesn’t work join the discord and send me a screenshot of what you typed in. Discord link is in the description of this video.

[@Runny117]

pretty cool

[@m.g.9334]

awesome 🤩

[@outerheaven155]

how bout a way to lock all that to my person and walk around my room with it?

[@TheConstruct_VR]

I feel like it would be hard to walk around with a bunch of windows blocking your vision. 🤷🏽‍♂️. I have seen a head locking feature on other apps … so maybe there’s something there…

[@johndagdelen3860]

Fluid actually already has this. Pin button in top right of every window.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@johndagdelen3860 I completely forgot!!! Hahah thanks!

[@outerheaven155]

@@TheConstruct_VR I think it would be better to call it a body lock then a head lock. Heres an example from the game lone echo. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gqDJhIymiZ6NbMk It was really cool being able to place these windows just outside of my field of vision and look to them when I needed to reference them for information. and still have them in the same place as I move around. Another example is Raidens AR video calls kzbin.info/www/bejne/a52ZcpuferGGb8k If I had this feature I would place a window with youtube in my lower right periphery and look at it while I was focused on vacuuming or mopping.

[@outerheaven155]

@@johndagdelen3860 If it works the way Im thinking this is omething i definitely want and will be getting this immediatelly. Any examples of the feature so I know what im getting?

[@Elroy-fs2oe]

got it

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Yes!

[@DominequeTaylor]

All I wanna know is when will meta buy this company so they can incorporate it natively to the quest because what meta has right now sucks big ones lol.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Hahaha right!?

[@mickael450450]

Stop indulging apple with these "Spatial Computing", it's AR. Maybe XR if you want, but these "Spatial Computing" is just some flavored way to say this, just to grab $3500 from anyone who finds this interesting. Your product rocks, it's a really good app, but saying this will make look like you're trying to be apple, instead of being fluid.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Spatial Computing wasn’t invented by Apple. But they do that a lot, they adopt a term and make it popular. It’s unfortunate because AR/MR was already around. In the end i think the terminology won’t make much difference years down the road. They went after the name “multi touch” too but now that’s just how we zoom on almost any screen. It’ll smooth out in time.

[@marvinbernal]

Today I learned that Spatial Computing as a term was indeed used before Apple adopted it. The more you know.

[@bamber119]

It is just another web browser, and that’s a shame. If they add a dnla server and media capabilities then it would be much more useable. I found Xbox gaming unusable. Shame. I want to see Fluid become more useable and at the same time moment it’s not quite there yet.

[@TheConstruct_VR]

I neglected to add the part of our conversation around file management/usage but it is on the radar, Not sure about DNLA. What happened with XBOX? It didn’t work for me at first so i went to the Official Xbox app and tried and it was broken there too. I wonder if it’s just unstable. The day I shot this it was fine. Not making excuses, Fluid is indeed in early access and it still feels like that in ways.

[@bamber119]

@@TheConstruct_VR it was so laggy. I’ve no doubt that fluid will get better. File management will be a game changer tbh. Fingers crossed. 👍

[@TheConstruct_VR]

@@bamber119 got ya! 👍

[@mshoneysunshine2]

got it!

[@TheConstruct_VR]

Boom! 💥 🤜🤛