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Traveling with Apple Vision Pro

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471 points tosh | 14 comments | 16 Oct 24 13:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | 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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JKCalhoun ◴[16 Oct 24 21:04 UTC] No.41863850[source]▶
As I get older, a gin and tonic (or two) is what makes air travel more relaxing.
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derefr ◴[16 Oct 24 22:38 UTC] No.41864576[source]▶
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!

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1. stevage ◴[17 Oct 24 00:19 UTC] No.41865221[source]▶
>But on a 14-hour trans-continental flight

Now you've got me wondering if that's even possible. Ankara to Singapore? Durban to Algiers?

Edit: to be clear, I was nitpicking "trans continental", ie., flights within the same continent.

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2. zamadatix ◴[17 Oct 24 00:46 UTC] No.41865360[source]▶
Much of Europe to Japan, LAX to China or Australia, NYC to India or Japan (opposite directions). It's really quite common, you can check around by airport using this map with the duration filter set to 14+ https://www.flightconnections.com/flights-from-new-york-ewr
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3. mr_toad ◴[17 Oct 24 00:55 UTC] No.41865400[source]▶
Auckland to London is about 23 hours.
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4. sho_hn ◴[17 Oct 24 01:06 UTC] No.41865464[source]▶
To add to a sibling comment: Thanks to the Ukraine war and having to fly around both Russia and Ukraine, this is many additional routes from Europe toward East now that used to be shorter.
5. stevage ◴[17 Oct 24 01:16 UTC] No.41865517[source]▶
Yep, I live in Melbourne. It's the trans-continental bit I was querying.
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6. stevage ◴[17 Oct 24 01:17 UTC] No.41865521[source]▶
Not in a single leg though, surely.
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7. zamadatix ◴[17 Oct 24 02:43 UTC] No.41865955{3}[source]▶
Ah, good catch - I read right through that.
8. librasteve ◴[17 Oct 24 05:31 UTC] No.41866688{3}[source]▶
true … longest non stop is something like london to perth aus at 16 hours
9. ainiriand ◴[17 Oct 24 07:14 UTC] No.41867180[source]▶
Europe -> South America, the southernmost parts like Montevideo or Buenos Aires.

There are direct flights from Madrid that take around 13-14 hours.

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10. beAbU ◴[17 Oct 24 07:31 UTC] No.41867264[source]▶
Transcontinental means within a continent. Last time I checked Europe and South America are not the same continent.
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11. NIckGeek ◴[17 Oct 24 08:19 UTC] No.41867500{3}[source]▶
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.
12. ainiriand ◴[17 Oct 24 12:16 UTC] No.41868926{3}[source]▶
Sorry, brain fart.
13. rurban ◴[18 Oct 24 06:47 UTC] No.41876935{3}[source]▶
That would be intercontinental. Trans is across, inter is within.
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14. beAbU ◴[19 Oct 24 14:32 UTC] No.41887966{4}[source]▶
Intra is within, as in intranet. Inter is accross or between, as in internet.

So transcontinental is accross the same continent. Intercontinental is between separate continents.