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Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by brailsafe »

dagmx wrote: post #194
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.

You assume that most train rides offer a good view, and a view that the commuter would find novel. If I’m taking a commuter train every day , my view is not something great. Most of the time it’s rundown houses, tunnels or fences. This has been my experience in the UK, US and Canada. If I’m taking a more long distance train, you assume I’m sat on the side with a view. Ever taken a mountain train? One side just gets r…

Still, are those temporary inconveniences so dull that you can't read a book or something? Why cling to a desperate need for hyper stimulation when you could just relax with a newspaper or book. Oh jeez, it's misty out, and I forgot my ridiculous VR goggles, guess I'll just be sad :(

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Post by AnarchismIsCool »

klabb3 wrote: post #103
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.

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

There are long periods where the filters aren't running during startup and shutdown, you'll notice once the seatbelt sign turns on at the beginning and right after it turns off at the end, things get stale super quickly and the temps start rising. That's because they turned off/haven't switched to air supplied by the jetway yet.

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Post by AnarchismIsCool »

rbanffy wrote: post #187

One feature I'd love to see in see-through VR sets is hyperspectral vision. Would be useful to see IR and UV around you.

You're confusing multispectral and hyperspectral. If it was hyper you'd have the ability to slide through at image "cube" where the z axis is wavelength. Would be cool, but current hyperspectral cameras are extremely low resolution because they're just a prism array on top of an off the shelf panchromatic sensor using blocks of pixels to form that z axis.

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Post by samatman »

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.

Having ridden both routes, the Amtrak from Denver to Reno has a spectacularly better view than the Eurostar from London to Brussels. The food is also better.

These kinds of broad comparisons are utterly useless. Continents are much too large for that kind of thing to be anything resembling accurate.

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Post by AnarchismIsCool »

piyuv wrote: post #191
rbanffy wrote: post #187

One feature I'd love to see in see-through VR sets is hyperspectral vision. Would be useful to see IR and UV around you.

Useful how?

In my experience working with multi/hyperspectral systems, usually for turning brown kids into various forms of air pollution, or at least that's all anyone seems to want to buy them for.

Also, as another user is probably allewding to, certain thin synthetic fabrics are semi-transparent to particular wavelengths in the IR band.

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Post by samatman »

righthand wrote: post #278
atestu wrote: post #53

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I think that will fade. I don't know if you remember how mocked the airpods were when they first came out ("They look like q-tips"). All it'll take is a few celebrities spotted using one and they'll turn cool in no time.

Airpods aren’t cool though, the majority don’t wear them nor can they afford them.

You appear to be a bit unclear on what cool means.

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Post by cuvinny »

arbot360 wrote: post #287
the_arun wrote: post #281

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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.

Interesting, always wanted to try AR for office work because I travel a lot but the glasses part has always been a killer. Do they work with Linux at all?

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Post by AceJohnny2 »

One gotcha to add:

Remember to turn off the AVP between charging it at home and using it on the flight. You do this by "choking" it, i.e. pressing both buttons physical for ~10s, to bring up the "Power Off" dialog, so it's really not obvious.

I once had my AVP completely discharge between charging it one night, and wanting to use it on the flight <24h later. I'm guessing that the motion from the packing and trip to the airport was constantly waking it up, draining power.

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Post by leptons »

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.

Same here. I use the Honeywell Saf-T-Fit masks, with the exhaust, either N99 or P100. They have a soft cushion where it touches the face and I find it's far superior in comfort on long flights to masks without the soft inner part. A little more expensive, but I'll never fly with a regular N95 again.

https://www.amazon.com/Honeywell-14110404-SAF-T-FIT-Particul...

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Post by dfxm12 »

ghaff wrote: post #267
dfxm12 wrote: post #128

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Do you have to deal with the TSA where you fly? I take psychological damage any time I have to deal with them.

I have TSA pre-check and while you still have lines now and then 5 to 10 minutes is pretty normal when I leave for a flight.

Waiting in line is not the problem.
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