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Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

crazygringo wrote: post #58
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A silicon foam cover is a must have. Thankfully, they are included with all new oculus VR headsets these days. BeatSaber is pretty stationary, so is FitXR. I've never tried a moving around the room/box VR experience (like Thrill of the fight).

> A silicon foam cover is a must have. Funny, I'm the opposite. I was excited to try it because it seems so much more hygienic -- you can wipe it down and the foam won't degrade. But I quickly discovered that it got all clammy and sticky on my skin, and then humidity would build up and fog up the lenses. What! Kind of the same way swim goggles fog up. Whereas the regular foam padding is... perfectly fine. No sweating…

I tried one before the one that just came with the Oculus 2 and thought the same. I guess there is a lot of variation in silicon foam covers, but the standard one that comes with the headset works for me. I sweat a lot when I do VR, so without a cover, the foam head piece is going to get soaked and smelly.

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by ThomasBb »

moffkalast wrote: post #34
tsmarsh wrote: post #14

Yes, its very much a part of my work setup. It transformed working so that for the first time I have a good working setup everywhere. Its also my preferred place to consume cinema. I have a short throw projector and sound system. I prefer the AVP. The image is so crisp and the 3D is so good, that its better than a decent home movie theater. Its my preferred place to watch F1. Environments genuinely soothe me. Breathe…

With F1 TV does that mean you can just place different streams and screens anywhere? That does sound quite neat in principle. Hell if you had a feed for car positions one could make a virtual model of the track and watch it top down.

Check this concept: https://www.inverse.com/tech/apple-vision-pro-f1-mixed-reali...

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by georgespencer »

throwawaytissue wrote: post #61
georgespencer wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Neither a Vision Pro owner nor much of a hog cranker, so this comment may be something of a 'premature ejaculation', but I don't think there's any prospect of native applications designed to aid manipulating oneself to issue passing App Review.

I own a AVP, hog cranking is its killer use case. Porn on the AVP exists today whether Apple likes it or not. Passing app review doesnt matter, there are a number of subscription websites (sexlikereal, wankz, czechvr etc) which offer UHD uncompressed 8K MP4 videos for download. It is entirely possible (and quite easy) to download these UHD videos to a Mac, mount the folder containing the goon material on the Mac as a…

Truly a golden era for fast-forwarding through videos of dead-eyed men and women rutting on camera. (Thank you – I genuinely learned a lot from your reply.)

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by JeremyHerrman »

Suppafly wrote: post #64
JeremyHerrman wrote: post #21

Yes, still using it several times a week mostly for work via mac virtual display. If I need to work late at night, I find putting myself in a daylight immersive environment helps me stay awake and avoids high contrast difference between a laptop screen and a dark room.

>avoids high contrast difference between a laptop screen and a dark room. So one of the big advantages is that it saves you from turning on the overhead light?

Late at night, I work in a corner of the bedroom because my wife likes me nearby. This helps not disturb her and my toddler while they sleep.

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by MaxikCZ »

gtvwill wrote: post #60
georgespencer wrote: post #50

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> Are you still using your Vision Pro? > [150 words about a totally different product and platform] Vision Pro isn't something I would use regularly, but you're bringing opinions about a 14" CRT monitor to a thread soliciting opinions on a specific 30" 1080P TV. I think we are beyond the stage where useful generalizations about "the state of AR/VR" can be drawn from exposure to a single device. The disparity in scree…

No it's not. When tossing up a vr purchase it's Vision pro, quest 3 or big screen beyond. Price points all vary but they are literally all the same shiz just served on a different shovel. Each have their pros, each have their cons (well the mvp has mostly cons being the worst of the 3 but hey its having a crack).

Putting aside the enormous hardware difference between the two, even if they were "the same shiz" spec-wise, Id still not comment on Vision Pro over Quest - the reason being I have Macook Air. Spec-wise, that laptop is almost identical to any other laptop, but the level of refinement is on another planet. Its tousands little things that make using Air a joy, while dealing with my work HP Zbook is a pain in every way.

For that same reason, I dont dare to compare Vision to any other VR (and I tried a few, not Vision Pro tho).

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by tomcam »

drcongo wrote: post #19
tsmarsh wrote: post #14

Yes, its very much a part of my work setup. It transformed working so that for the first time I have a good working setup everywhere. Its also my preferred place to consume cinema. I have a short throw projector and sound system. I prefer the AVP. The image is so crisp and the 3D is so good, that its better than a decent home movie theater. Its my preferred place to watch F1. Environments genuinely soothe me. Breathe…

I'd love to hear more about how you use it for your work set-up. The other things you've mentioned all have me interested in getting one but I've never been able to imagine how I'd use it for work.

> I'd love to hear more about how you use it for your work set-up.

Also very interested

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by tomcam »

jumploops wrote: post #42

Haven't touched it in months. Thought about bringing it on a recent international flight, but we had toddler in tow and I didn't want to lug it around for a couple of weeks. Excited about the updates to the OS, my goal was always to use it for work, as an alternative posture mode, but couldn't get used to it at first. Are there any other killer apps other than movies these days?

> we had toddler in tow and I didn't want to lug it around for a couple of weeks.

Weird. I really enjoyed our toddlers

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by moffkalast »

ThomasBb wrote: post #72
moffkalast wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

With F1 TV does that mean you can just place different streams and screens anywhere? That does sound quite neat in principle. Hell if you had a feed for car positions one could make a virtual model of the track and watch it top down.

Check this concept: https://www.inverse.com/tech/apple-vision-pro-f1-mixed-reali...

Yep, that's exactly the thing.

Re: Ask HN: Are you still using your Vision Pro?

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Post by latentsea »

Suppafly wrote: post #62
pram wrote: post #29

Yes, mostly for the Mac display. Also when crankin’ my hog (just being honest)

>Also when crankin’ my hog (just being honest) Honestly that seems like the primary use case whenever the topic is mentioned. I'm sure there are cool innovative uses for them, but porn is always going to be at the forefront.

It's a pretty phenomenal upgrade.
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