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Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by skydhash »

pradn wrote: post #196
sylens wrote: post #27

Just reading this blog makes me feel like it is actually not a great device to travel with. For me, a good travel device is one that takes up minimal room when packing to the point where it becomes easy to forget I even have it in my bag. The Vision Pro typically requires its own dedicated spot on top of your carry on as you go through the airport - kind of the opposite. The author talks about just packing it with a…

I've stopped carrying my over-ear noise-cancelling headphones for this reason. They take up like a quarter/half of a normal item-sized backpack. I can sleep with plane noise. But I always bring a sleep mask, because I can't sleep with bright lights turning on and off all the time. I did recently get some in-ear headphones w/ noise cancelling, perhaps they're enough. There's always the fear of losing stuff when you're…

> They take up like a quarter/half of a normal item-sized backpack

I love the Sony XM3/XM4 for this reason. They fold up to a very compact volume

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Post by Manuel_D »

Takennickname wrote: post #83

I burst out laughing when I saw the size of VR screen is the same size as the screen on the chair in front of him.

The field of view is deceptive in 2d photos. With the VR headset your focal point is at infinity, and in practice it feels more like sitting in front of a big 60" TV on your couch.

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Post by criddell »

jonpurdy wrote: post #171
klabb3 wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not criticism, genuinely curious: why? I thought cabin air was exceptionally well cycled and filtered, much more so than other indoor spaces.

I used to think this especially since airlines touted how good the air filtration was when COVID hit. It's actually quite poor and significantly worse than most indoor spaces I've entered (most spaces aren't great at around 800-1600ppm). On planes I've measured※ very high CO2 levels (1800-4000ppm), with the worst air during boarding and deplaning. This matches the findings of others (both amateur and professional res…

How does an N95 help with CO2 levels?

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Post by Someone1234 »

Takennickname wrote: post #83

I burst out laughing when I saw the size of VR screen is the same size as the screen on the chair in front of him.

If you kept reading to understand the context of that image, you'd realize that it could be any size, but that you need to enable "partial virtual environment." That was the entire point of that chapter/image, to showcase the three different modes (full virtual, partial, and full pass-through with collision).

I'm no fan of the AVP, but it is inane to post a comment on a picture from the article without taking the time to read the text surrounding it to understand the context. The blog went to great pains to set out the pros/cons, limits/advantages, just to have people half-read it or just look at the pictures...

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Post by Dylan16807 »

DrillShopper wrote: post #237
edm0nd wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Side note, he was an extremely talented math nerd and his manifesto did raise some interesting questions about technology and society. I wouldn't exactly call him a "mass murderer", he only actually killed 3 people over a 17 year time span. IMO a "mass murderer" kills a lot of people all at once in a single location, for example, like McVeigh.

He only successfully killed 3 people - he definitely tried to kill more. That has to enter into the calculus. Not only that, by sending his packages through the mail he endangered many many more people in the process. Relatedly: What's the threshold for you for body count before someone loses credibility? 5? 10? 100? 1000?

> Relatedly: What's the threshold for you for body count before someone loses credibility? 5? 10? 100? 1000?

I don't think any of those necessarily makes someone lose credibility for their writings.

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Post by talldayo »

blensor wrote: post #221
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.

Pretty much yes, there are already hints that this will be coming but for the current experience what would be the benefit Quest with battery included is already the same weight as the Vision Pro without the battery. So just add an external battery bank via USB and you have the same weight experience

Yeah, as a first-gen Quest owner I got no idea what they're going on about. My favorite feature is how light it feels with the battery included - I can use it comfortably with no wires for 2-3 hours, then take it off and let it recharge. If I need more runtime, I plug it in.

If Meta made new versions of the Quest without the battery built in I think I'd actively avoid it.

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Post by throwaway48476 »

DrillShopper wrote: post #237
edm0nd wrote: post #153

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Side note, he was an extremely talented math nerd and his manifesto did raise some interesting questions about technology and society. I wouldn't exactly call him a "mass murderer", he only actually killed 3 people over a 17 year time span. IMO a "mass murderer" kills a lot of people all at once in a single location, for example, like McVeigh.

He only successfully killed 3 people - he definitely tried to kill more. That has to enter into the calculus. Not only that, by sending his packages through the mail he endangered many many more people in the process. Relatedly: What's the threshold for you for body count before someone loses credibility? 5? 10? 100? 1000?

Credibility for what?

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by pests »

dagmx wrote: post #245
prmoustache wrote: post #215

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I guess that is based on experience as I have commuted in the swiss alps for years by train. There is even a tunnel when you are comming from Freiburg in direction of Lausanne/Geneva where you can count down the exact moment the tourists will let escape a collective woooaaaaah once the train exit the tunnel to a majestic view of Lake of Geneva with the alps and the Mont Blanc in the background. There are some views y…

This feels like you’re judging others for not being fortunate enough to live in the same place you do. It’s a bit narcissistic of a viewpoint imho.

At the same time, I feel you are being dismissive of the beauty around us every day. I used to bus the same route every day for months; and every day I would look out my window and just take it in. People watching, seeing buildings grow under construction, the changing of the trees. The sunset is always beautiful, imo.

Why must we always escape?

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by Manuel_D »

wizardofaz wrote: post #169
Takennickname wrote: post #83

I burst out laughing when I saw the size of VR screen is the same size as the screen on the chair in front of him.

It can be any size that you’d like. In fact, the virtual display is higher resolution/high scaled than 13 inch MacBook (source: https://azadux.blog/2024/10/08/traveling-with-apple-vision-p... )

Sort of. Headsets have limited FOV per eye. You can blow up the screen to be huge, but you'd only be able to see part of it at a time. But yeah, 110 degrees FOV can accommodate a very big screen.
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