Virtual Reality Workspaces & Pop Holo-stars

Johann showed me a cool demo of Motorcar Compositor, a virtual reality workspace combining the Oculus Rift and Razer's Hydra controller:

I like the idea of a digital working environment feeling more like a physical workspace.

I had first encountered the Oculus and Hydra pairing in this great VR demo with holographic pop star Hatsune Miku:

It shows the pretty ingenious use of the Hydra as a way of emulating finger positioning in binary terms: is a particular finger folded or opened? While a finger is pressing that button, that finger is folded in; otherwise, that finger is extended: