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Yeah, the paragraph you quoted feels heavily designed to sound convincing but isn't very honest. For most of the past 25 years there haven't been 25 million hea

Yeah, the paragraph you quoted feels heavily designed to sound convincing but isn't very honest. For most of the past 25 years there haven't been 25 million headsets, and the headsets that did exist weren't standalone. It's simply 0% surprising that I never saw anyone watch a movie in VR on a plane before 2020. A more honest way to make the point would be to say there are 10 million Quest 2's, and have you ever seen someone use in to watch a movie on a plane in the last 2 years? I will admit that, in the few plane rides I've taken in the last few years, I have not.

crooked-v 3y ago
I've thought about it with my Quest 2, but decided against it because of the bulk of the headset and controllers when it comes to just carrying it around, the clumsiness of using the controllers in an airline seat (even a nice one), the difficulty of easily switching in/out if someone needs my attention, and how it's a pain in the ass to get media files on to the device. The Vision Pro has seemingly solved those issues so handily that I absolutely would have brought it if I had one in the same circumstances.
- furyofantares 3y ago
  Yep. I don't know if I'd do it with an Apple Vision either but I do know almost for sure that I wouldn't with a Quest 3 because of the controllers. Whether there's other reasons that will prevent me from doing it is unknown to me.
mrguyorama 3y ago
The main point is that what apple has demonstrated has been possible since the 90s for just a couple hundred dollars, yet nobody cared. Hell, I used to wish for one as a kid, but now that I have a real VR headset, I know it wouldn't have been useful.
- furyofantares 3y ago
  It absolutely hasn't been possible to watch a movie on a plane in VR since the 90s for a couple hundred dollars. There's zero surprise that in 1990 nobody saw anyone watching a movie in VR on a plane because it was not remotely possible. The main point may have some validity, supporting it with over the top misleading arguments just because they sound like slam dunks is dishonest.

crooked-v 3y ago

I've thought about it with my Quest 2, but decided against it because of the bulk of the headset and controllers when it comes to just carrying it around, the clumsiness of using the controllers in an airline seat (even a nice one), the difficulty of easily switching in/out if someone needs my attention, and how it's a pain in the ass to get media files on to the device. The Vision Pro has seemingly solved those issues so handily that I absolutely would have brought it if I had one in the same circumstances.

furyofantares 3y ago
Yep. I don't know if I'd do it with an Apple Vision either but I do know almost for sure that I wouldn't with a Quest 3 because of the controllers. Whether there's other reasons that will prevent me from doing it is unknown to me.

mrguyorama 3y ago

The main point is that what apple has demonstrated has been possible since the 90s for just a couple hundred dollars, yet nobody cared. Hell, I used to wish for one as a kid, but now that I have a real VR headset, I know it wouldn't have been useful.

furyofantares 3y ago
It absolutely hasn't been possible to watch a movie on a plane in VR since the 90s for a couple hundred dollars. There's zero surprise that in 1990 nobody saw anyone watching a movie in VR on a plane because it was not remotely possible. The main point may have some validity, supporting it with over the top misleading arguments just because they sound like slam dunks is dishonest.