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Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by BlindEyeHalo »

sho_hn wrote: post #406
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!

Nah. I do Europe-Korea frequently, and I've definitely slowly settled into a happy optimum of sleeping 7-8 hours inbetween the meals. Killing time is a rather slower flight experience than being unconscious. I'm very happy WiFi continues to be an expensive opt-in product. If it was always-on, I'm sure I'd break the above habit.

There are many people that cannot sleep on planes so "just go to sleep" is not exactly a great response to people looking for entertainment.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by fergie »

For those who didn't read the whole article, the conclusion is ->

" As it stands, as a first generation product that’s heavy, very expensive, and has a very underbaked OS and app ecosystem, I have a tough time recommending anyone to go out and buy one. That being said, I’m taking it on every flight I go on. "

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by NIckGeek »

stevage wrote: post #443
mr_toad wrote: post #437

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Auckland to London is about 23 hours.

Not in a single leg though, surely.

You typically have to stop in LA, Singapore, or the UAE. The NZ -> Europe flights are brutal, and the trip back is typically even longer.

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Post by marcosscriven »

royletron wrote: post #490
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.

What are AKGs?

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by garyclarke27 »

Considering the high price of Vision Pro I'm surprised it does not include high quality spatial sound over-ear headphones. Required for Cinema experience which currently seems to be it's best use case, plus the overhead strap could help support its heavy weight for better comfort.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by piltdownman »

hammock wrote: post #345
steelframe wrote: post #339

My concerns are around the normalization of pointing high-resolution cameras at people around you all the time. Perhaps this specific device may have a company behind it that, at least at the moment, will resist handing the video feed with you in it to the data brokers. Make no mistake though, the data brokers are foaming at the mouth to get access to high-resolution constantly-streaming video content that includes y…

>My concerns are around the normalization of pointing high-resolution cameras at people around you all the time. This already exists with CCTVs on every major city streetcorner and Ring cameras on every doorstep. Not to mention Tesla cloud-connected cameras pointed inward and outward.

Try getting CCTV footage passed as admissible in court in most of Europe. It's basically impossible, even at HD resolutions. That's if you can even get hold of the footage under GDPR - as it requires the police to request the footage and follow up with the business to ensure its passed on.

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Post by ssl-3 »

marcosscriven wrote: post #495
royletron wrote: post #490

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

What are AKGs?

AKG is perhaps most-famous for making some rather revered lines of microphones. They also make very good headphones.

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by royletron »

marcosscriven wrote: post #495
royletron wrote: post #490

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

What are AKGs?

Yeah basically very big headphones. No need for noise cancelling if you have a thick closed back... well sorta

Re: Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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Post by lynx23 »

BiteCode_dev wrote: post #488
krispyfi wrote: post #433

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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.

I am sorry, melatonin doesn't really do anything. It might give some the extra "kick" to fall asleep in a relaxed situation at home, but it definitely is not useful for "I need to go asleep while being pretty wound up" which is what people are talking here.
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