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drewg123 ◴[] 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. futureshock ◴[] No.41864944[source]
For my 12 hour transatlantics, nothing beats a Steamdeck for me. Sure it’s less immersive than a VR or xreal but it doesn’t really matter once you get into the game. I can easily play for 8 hours and barely notice the flight.
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2. solardev ◴[] No.41871413[source]
How do you hold it comfortably? It's so heavy my weak pathetic arms got tired after half an hour or so.

Ended up selling my Deck and using a much lighter handheld instead.

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3. unlikelytomato ◴[] No.41874942[source]
I have struggled with the same experience. It's just too heavy for me.