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Been working on a version of virtual.bbcmic.ro Added in physics so the keys work better with the hand tracking model…. This is a screen grab from Meta Quest 2

@bbcmicrobot Reminds me of when I got a BBC micro as a kid, took it to bits and nailed the parts to my bedroom wall.

@bbcmicrobot You really have to simulate pressing out the "ashtray" (the perforated bit to the left of the keys)

@rheolism now that’s a great idea…

@bbcmicrobot @rheolism And once you have, you can never put it back. 😢

@nemo20000 @bbcmicrobot Indeed - it always seemed such a poor design for a computer used widely in classrooms (especially as otherwise the BBC micro seemed so well suited to that environment).

@bbcmicrobot I've worked with a few people who typed like that.

@bbcmicrobot Well that’s clearly wrong. I’ve seen a windowcleaner launch a Master 128 across the room at head-height and apart from a dent in the carpet there was no harm done. Whereas the keyboard I’m writing this on...