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Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by the_arun »

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…

I wear prescription glasses. Does Xreal Air help folks like me or forces me to use Contacts?

update: nvmd. I found this - https://vroptician.com/prescription-lens-inserts/nreal-air

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by btbuildem »

RJIb8RBYxzAMX9u wrote: post #114
jonpurdy wrote: post #8

For those who wear N95s on planes, I can confirm that 3M Aura 9205+ works great with Vision Pro※ and doesn't hinder using it at all, nor reduce comfort, at least for my head and face shape. ※ - Tested during my 30 min demo (more like 45 mins) at the Apple Store.

Slightly OT but I much prefer the 9211+: the vent[*] makes a difference in comfort when worn over long periods. Or the 9105 / 9105S which sticks out further away from the face, and its elastic design makes it a bit quicker to don / doff at checkpoints. [*] Yes I'm prioritizing my comfort over safety for others, but that's the American Way (tm), isn't it.

I really wish they were made in not-stark-white. And, is it just me, or have these steadily been going up in price?

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by balls187 »

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…

How well does it work with ios screen mirroring? I assume it's not like when I plug my iphone into my monitor and I have a portrait display.

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Post by erickhill »

jedberg wrote: post #205
prmoustache wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have a whole screen (large windows) at the side of your seat with landscape and stuff to actually enjoy on a train.

When I take trains in Europe, I tend to look out the window, and they often have nice views. When I take trains in the USA, I usually look out for a few seconds every couple of minutes, because it's mostly the same -- lower-middle class housing or warehouses if we're in a city, or ugly terrain outside of a city.

You’d enjoy the Amtrak from Seattle to Vancouver along the water at sunset. You can buy a glass of wine and enjoy the majestic views.

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Post by RandomThoughts3 »

asdff wrote: post #247
RandomThoughts3 wrote: post #212

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And yet everyone who has ever worked with an offshore team knows that nothing beats time spent in the same room. I don’t expect VR to change that.

Well when you account for the time spent travelling, the time spent socializing and shmoozing, the boxed lunch hour, etc, that adds up to a whole lot of wasted time on top of what could have easily been a 45 min zoom meeting, or an email. Its fun I guess if you get all your social outlet from your coworkers, but if you get it from anywhere else it probably feels like you just got drafted when you get sent to meet the…

You are missing the point here. Plenty of things can’t be a 45 minutes meeting. Sometime what you incorrectly call schmoozing and I call building a bond is the point and is extremely necessary. People are not machine.

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Post by rootusrootus »

chasd00 wrote: post #129
renewiltord wrote: post #110

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This is kind of why I like living near highways and train tracks. Most people live in suburbs and they don’t hear the noise of the city. They just miss out on so much environment. Sadly, my wife hates this (she is not in tune with her environment) and so we moved from a place where there were crazy people screaming to a place which is relatively quiet. Sometimes I’m at home and there aren’t any sirens or bells or peo…

> Sometimes I’m at home and there aren’t any sirens or bells or people screaming and I just think about how out of touch we are with the environment. at least in the suburbs you can engage with and experience the leaf blowers.

Anecdotally, I heard way more leaf blowers while living in the city than in the suburbs. Lots of times in the suburbs people just leave them on the ground. But it gets to be a gross mess pretty fast in an urban environment so they are cleaned up relentlessly through the fall.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by arbot360 »

the_arun wrote: post #281
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…

I wear prescription glasses. Does Xreal Air help folks like me or forces me to use Contacts? update: nvmd. I found this - https://vroptician.com/prescription-lens-inserts/nreal-air

I use the Viture which supports negative prescriptions by an adjustment dial on the optics.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by hectdev »

kuba-orlik wrote: post #202
hectdev wrote: post #87

Another bonus, which I've found traveling with my Vision Pro, is when I get to my AirBnb/Hotel, I don't have to log into my streaming services when I want to relax. I've brought my whole home theater experience with me.

Why would you need to re log-in into streaming services in a hotel? How does AVP alleviate that need? Do you mean you watch it on a smart TV in a hotel? Then I guess you could connect a laptop to that TV with an HDMI cable and not have to re-log in, right?

Correct, I don't have to log into the streaming service on the TV. HDMI + Laptop would do this too if I traveled with a laptop and HDMI cable.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by ghaff »

nordsieck wrote: post #109
skhr0680 wrote: post #80

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> psychologically uncomfortable My brother in god, you can travel from any point of the Earth to any other point on the Earth in less than a week. At what point are modern people going to “deal with it”?

> My brother in god, you can travel from any point of the Earth to any other point on the Earth in less than a week. At what point are modern people going to “deal with it”? Clearly people do "deal with it" since lots of people fly all the time. But that doesn't mean that the experience can't be improved.

But the improvement has almost nothing to do with entertainment options. It’s about space and comfort. To a lesser degree cabin service but that quite a way down the list.
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