I actually didn't have a spare kidney to sell so never really bought one in the first place, sorry
Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?
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Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you owned one? The immense amount of work that went into making it a spatial compute platform stands out to me. It's not just something with low latency delivery of video to two eyes and a bunch of head and balance tracking. It's a compute platform that knows where things are in space, and what you're doing in that space as well. To me, it's a totally different animal than a VR headset. I really, really hope App…
Sorry, but this reads like marketing fluff or someone desperately trying to justify their purchase. It's VR... and OP will be watching a movie. OP isn't going to be "spatially computing" anything on an airplane. This thread is filled with owners saying they hardly use it after the novelty wore off. We've seen this fever frenzy with other VR platforms - people are amazed, throw down a lot of dough, then after a few we…
Notably you're avoiding the question of whether you've owned or indeed ever even used the device.
Kind of odd to be sufficiently motivated to battle someone's first-hand report if that's the case.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?
#43I do not use it for work; I've considered taking it on a few upcoming flights but honestly considering taking my iPad instead due to the sheer size of the Vision Pro.
I absolutely love it for home cinema though, great surround sound and the 3D movies are a cool benefit. I do have to mention, it would benefit me if the weight were lowered a bit. Also, unless you have it frequently plugged in or are swapping out batteries, you may have to spend a large amount of time charging your Vision Pro.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry, but this reads like marketing fluff or someone desperately trying to justify their purchase. It's VR... and OP will be watching a movie. OP isn't going to be "spatially computing" anything on an airplane. This thread is filled with owners saying they hardly use it after the novelty wore off. We've seen this fever frenzy with other VR platforms - people are amazed, throw down a lot of dough, then after a few we…
Notably you're avoiding the question of whether you've owned or indeed ever even used the device. Kind of odd to be sufficiently motivated to battle someone's first-hand report if that's the case.
> Kind of odd to be sufficiently motivated to battle someone's first-hand report
Someone's first-hand report that reads like marketing ad-copy? Go ahead and read what was written... a lot of hand-wavy stuff that the rest of this thread says nobody uses it for anyway... "spatial computing"... what a farce.
For watching a movie, Vision Pro is a scam. It is no better than the other options for this task... and the rest is a gimmick.
One does not need to prove themselves a sucker by buying Apple's Juice to understand this device for what it is.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry, but this reads like marketing fluff or someone desperately trying to justify their purchase. It's VR... and OP will be watching a movie. OP isn't going to be "spatially computing" anything on an airplane. This thread is filled with owners saying they hardly use it after the novelty wore off. We've seen this fever frenzy with other VR platforms - people are amazed, throw down a lot of dough, then after a few we…
You're just wrong about this, sorry -- your comments make it sound like you haven't put time in with one, and if you haven't, then it might be you could become more informed by talking with someone who has. To respond to how you imagine me, I have no need to "justify" my purchase; for reference I don't use it that often, and I'm glad I bought it for a peek into the future. You may notice that I said I have a Magic Le…
You've probably been saying similar things about VR in general over the past decade... and yet here we are, still a novelty that collects dust.
It's ok to be excited about tech toys. But let's not pretend these things are going to change the world or anything. Nobody is going to walk around with these glued to their face... we already stopped seeing these folks in public.
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?
#46I had someone throw up next to me during the first few hours of a 10 hour flight after using Oculus Quest. Not fun.
The plane motion did not match the VR motion, that really messes with your head. Bad VR can do that, but so can good VR on a bouncy plane.
the immersion control in Vision Pro should help
Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?
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Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?
#48I use my xreal on flights; it’s very light so no issue taking it everywhere. Vision Pro is just too big to take everywhere imho, even though it’s much better in general.
Never heard of those. How do you like them? Can you comfortably watch Netflix or play games on them?
$300 is a lot more palatable. And it's nice that it's just a display, not a whole system like Quest.