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    Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

    (azadux.blog)
    471 points tosh | 13 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:48 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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    drewg123 ◴[16 Oct 24 18:34 UTC] No.41862238[source]▶
    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. They require a pair of dongles. Not only does that make things really awkward, but one of the dongles ends up apparently blocking HDCP, and prevents you from using anything but ... your own... downloaded content.

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    1. parhamn ◴[16 Oct 24 20:56 UTC] No.41863783[source]▶
    Does such a thing exist that works for coding? Don't need the AR. My posture/back could use this for when I'm not working at my desk.
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    2. worldsayshi ◴[16 Oct 24 22:45 UTC] No.41864627[source]▶
    I've been looking for this as well but have never heard anyone that found glasses good enough for coding.
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    3. latentsea ◴[17 Oct 24 00:06 UTC] No.41865161[source]▶
    I work lying down using my Meta Quest 3 sometimes when my back gets sore. I love it.
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    4. AB1908 ◴[17 Oct 24 02:49 UTC] No.41865987[source]▶
    Can you elaborate? Do you use Virtual Desktop or have something like termux and ssh in to a separate box?
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    5. jfoster ◴[17 Oct 24 12:34 UTC] No.41869050[source]▶
    When I tried Apple Vision Pro I thought the quality might be good enough for coding. I don't think I could bear wearing it for long periods, though.
    6. terhechte ◴[17 Oct 24 12:42 UTC] No.41869125[source]▶
    I'm using a Quest3 for coding when I'm travelling with the Immersed app. It is a bit of a setup, but it allows using a USB-C cable for the connection. It also can open multiple virtual screens. I usually have 4 screens open. The resolution is not as good as the VisionPro but having 4 screens in a slightly lower resolution allows me to be able to read everything quite well.
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    7. apitman ◴[17 Oct 24 14:27 UTC] No.41870006[source]▶
    I don't know your situation so grain of salt, but the best thing I ever did for my back pain was to start deadlifting.
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    8. latentsea ◴[18 Oct 24 02:34 UTC] No.41875888{3}[source]▶
    I use immersed. I use it on both my windows based work laptop as well as my Ubuntu based private laptop. It's pretty easy, and pretty smooth.

    https://immersed.com/

    9. worldsayshi ◴[18 Oct 24 11:13 UTC] No.41878300{3}[source]▶
    Do you find it good enough to consider using it as a second screen replacement in a normal office environment?
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    10. terhechte ◴[18 Oct 24 12:34 UTC] No.41878821{4}[source]▶
    No. It's good for a couple of hours, but I much prefer my 27" screen at home for a whole workday. I haven't tried the same experience on the Vision Pro yet because that's not something Apple lets you try out when you book the free demo, so I can't compare, but I'd guess it will be similar because at some point you get tired from the weight on your face.
    11. holly_kx ◴[18 Oct 24 23:26 UTC] No.41884392[source]▶
    You will need to tweak things to work for your eyes and preferences. In the glasses field of view, black background = transparency; Solarized background in my editor works for me. Same with web pages, I used a browser extension to change white to something similar to solarized background in vscode. YMMV
    12. degrews ◴[19 Oct 24 00:06 UTC] No.41884569[source]▶
    I use the Xreal for coding while traveling. It's not as nice as a monitor, but it's definitely good enough for coding IMO.
    13. BluePen7 ◴[21 Oct 24 18:34 UTC] No.41907000{3}[source]▶
    As someone recovering from back pain from a car accident, back pain (or tightness) often just means there's a weakness somewhere, probably at or anywhere below that location (could be tight hips, even ankles).

    It's finding that weakness that can sometimes be the hard part, but deadlifts use the whole damn back so they're great to cover that area.

    That being said, the body loves to try and compensate, so I didn't find proper relief with home workouts (and often just aggravated things), I needed all the gym machines to properly isolate muscles so my body wouldn't try and cheat. Trying random machines is also a great way to identify weaknesses.