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Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by arghnoname »

krispyfi wrote: post #433
nox101 wrote: post #409

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Good for you. I can't sleep sitting on plane. The only times I've been able to to sleep is (1) getting a free upgrade to 1st class where I could lie down (2) a mostly empty plane where I could stretch out across three seats.

Like you, I cannot sleep on vehicles, but I used benzos on a recent flight, and it was like an instant time-skip forward during nighttime of the destination time zone, which helped with jet lag. Benzos are pretty terrible for you if used regularly, but if you have the self-control to limit your usage to a few long flights a year, it would be irrational not to take advantage of them. (I am not a doctor)

Benzos are my flight go-to. I got them for some flight anxiety, since my stupid brain started getting scared of flying, but boy do they just make the time go by and I manage to doze. It's not good quality, but it beats the total lack of sleep I'd customarily get.

Outside of flying, I have no temptation or desire to take them thankfully, so a prescription with ten pills lasts me literally years.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by ainiriand »

stevage wrote: post #430
derefr wrote: post #392

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Taking a flight as an opportunity to indulge in a moment of blissful idleness is great... on a three-hour flight. But on a 14-hour trans-continental flight, you've gotta have something to do. If nothing else, to distract you from how uncomfortable it is to be effectively confined to your seat + a few feet of narrow walkway for that long. That's more confined than a prison cell!

>But on a 14-hour trans-continental flight Now you've got me wondering if that's even possible. Ankara to Singapore? Durban to Algiers? Edit: to be clear, I was nitpicking "trans continental", ie., flights within the same continent.

Europe -> South America, the southernmost parts like Montevideo or Buenos Aires.

There are direct flights from Madrid that take around 13-14 hours.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by beAbU »

ainiriand wrote: post #482
stevage wrote: post #430

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>But on a 14-hour trans-continental flight Now you've got me wondering if that's even possible. Ankara to Singapore? Durban to Algiers? Edit: to be clear, I was nitpicking "trans continental", ie., flights within the same continent.

Europe -> South America, the southernmost parts like Montevideo or Buenos Aires. There are direct flights from Madrid that take around 13-14 hours.

Transcontinental means within a continent. Last time I checked Europe and South America are not the same continent.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by Oreb »

sleepybrett wrote: post #315
Oreb wrote: post #21

I’m not a working while travelling kind of person (I often have the ambition to work while flying, but for some reason I always feel too tired); my Vision Pro stays in my bag for the duration of the flight. For work when away from home more generally, however, I find it a fantastic device. It’s basically a portable Apple Studio Display that I can use wherever I go. As someone in a long distance relationship who is of…

Paying three grand for a monitor you can buy for your 'second place' for a few hundred dollars seems like a choice. I'm in the same position. I considered the vision pro, but couldn't justify it, even if I used it on the flights etc. I depend on my switch/steamdeck for the plane, laptop if i have to work (I try not to, it's terrible)... and then I just went on amazon and bought a pair of 27" lg widescreens for a few…

I bought mine used for significantly less than three grand. And the thing is, I don’t have a single fixed second place. My life is rather complicated and nomadic, having a portable big screen is very convenient.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by beAbU »

elevatedastalt wrote: post #357
isodev wrote: post #156

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Yup, the person wearing one literally gets the “drives a cybertruck” spotlight.

And yet the Cybertruck was the 3rd highest selling Electric vehicle in the US this year.

This says more about the average car buyer in the US than anything else to be honest.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by sneak »

I really want to travel with my AVP, but it's far too large and heavy. I simply haven't that kind of space in my slim commuter backpack "personal item" that holds my electronics, and my carry-on is already overweight with camera lenses and clothing. It also hurts my face to wear it for long periods because of the weight.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by sneak »

agar wrote: post #391
candiddevmike wrote: post #13

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Aside from the Meta integration which will always be a non-starter for me, it would be great if Quest and other headsets followed Apple's design with an external battery pack. I wonder if there are/will ever be "dumb headsets" that are powered/ran by a phone.

Do you know that you can create a Meta account with a one-time email address, fake name, and no connection to any other Meta service but the Quest platform? That may still be more connection to Meta than you prefer, but to many "Meta integration" implies an automatic linkage to Facebook or Instagram. They only recommend your real name in case you need to recover your account. From https://www.meta.com/help/quest/arti…

Presumably this also links to your shadow profile and all of the traffic to the FB tracking pixels from your IP.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by BiteCode_dev »

krispyfi wrote: post #433
nox101 wrote: post #409

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Good for you. I can't sleep sitting on plane. The only times I've been able to to sleep is (1) getting a free upgrade to 1st class where I could lie down (2) a mostly empty plane where I could stretch out across three seats.

Like you, I cannot sleep on vehicles, but I used benzos on a recent flight, and it was like an instant time-skip forward during nighttime of the destination time zone, which helped with jet lag. Benzos are pretty terrible for you if used regularly, but if you have the self-control to limit your usage to a few long flights a year, it would be irrational not to take advantage of them. (I am not a doctor)

Why something so strong and not melatonin?

Real question, never tried any.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by sneak »

piyuv wrote: post #190
edmundsauto wrote: post #2

I recently took a long flight and brought my Quest device, set to travel mode. It worked great! Pretty much the same experience as this article describes. One protip, I bought a 512G flash drive and loaded it with content. Then I could pop the drive in and play movies off it. I did not want to deal with needing connectivity for DRM or other server checks. Highly recommend that people try this out, the next time you t…

How did you acquire the content? Buy the blu-rays and rip them?

Once you buy the blu-rays, there's no need to rip them. You can just download them, as you already have a license.

Come to think of it, you can skip the first step too, and just download them.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by royletron »

drewg123 wrote: post #230

For air travel, I really like my Xreal Air glasses now that I have a newer iPhone 16pro. Just plug in the USB-C cable, and you have a virtual 60" screen in front of you which works perfectly for Netflix, etc. And they cost less than 10% of the cost of an AVP, and are not limited to 2-3 hours of battery life (they get power from the phone). Note that if you have an older (lightning) iPhone, don't bother with these. Th…

Steam Deck and AKGs. I've finally chipped away at that monstrous Steam library.
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