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I recently took a long flight and brought my Quest device, set to travel mode. It worked great! Pretty much the same experience as this article describes. One

I recently took a long flight and brought my Quest device, set to travel mode. It worked great! Pretty much the same experience as this article describes. One protip, I bought a 512G flash drive and loaded it with content. Then I could pop the drive in and play movies off it. I did not want to deal with needing connectivity for DRM or other server checks. Highly recommend that people try this out, the next time you travel. It’s a killer use case for VR.

illegalsmile 2y ago
Sounds great, what did you use for audio?
- kreetx 2y ago
  Would guess regular wired headphones/earplugs, as bluetooth has a lag which is pretty bad for gaming.
  - RockRobotRock 2y ago
    I exclusively use bluetooth headphones when gaming. The lag is actually not that bad unless you're playing something like a rhythm game.
- edmundsauto 2y ago
  There’s a headphone port in the Quest 3. I just got a $20 set of wired headphones for it. I think you can connect via Bluetooth for wireless but I have t tried.
candiddevmike 2y ago
Aside from the Meta integration which will always be a non-starter for me, it would be great if Quest and other headsets followed Apple's design with an external battery pack. I wonder if there are/will ever be "dumb headsets" that are powered/ran by a phone.
- romanhn 2y ago
  You can extend your Quest with third-party accessories to do this. I got a better head strap with external battery support + 2 batteries and charger from BoboVR. With the magnetic snap-in the batteries can be easily replaced mid-play, in essence providing infinite charge time.
- sofixa 2y ago
  XREAL Air do this, the headset itself is the size of sunglasses, and powered by the USB C used for display in.
- dylan604 2y ago
  The very first gen of untethered headsets were powered by the phone. They quickly realized that the phone stack in that phone stole too many resources to reach the performance they wanted. The Quest came out "shortly" after that Carmack presentation.
- thecapybara 2y ago
  I have a Quest 2 and a Quest 3 - both headsets allow you to continue using them while they're plugged into an external battery pack or charger, so you can absolutely do this already. I agree it'd be nice to have an external CPU pack for heat and weight reasons, but we're not quite there yet. The closest thing currently is wireless streaming via a PC running Steam VR, but that's not exactly portable.
- numpad0 2y ago
  I believe XREAL headsets are exactly that. Bulky sunglasses form factor, Pepper's Ghost optical setup, dumb display by itself + 3DoF for comfort with an adapter, takes DP Alt input.
- blensor 2y ago
  Pretty much yes, there are already hints that this will be coming but for the current experience what would be the benefit Quest with battery included is already the same weight as the Vision Pro without the battery. So just add an external battery bank via USB and you have the same weight experience
piyuv 2y ago
How did you acquire the content? Buy the blu-rays and rip them?
- edmundsauto 2y ago
  Depends on the content, but some disc rips, some ytdl, some internal corporate stuff that I just hit Save As. The nice thing about the Quest, it is pretty much just a computer so lots of formats can get played (and you can even just copy files to the filesystem in a format the e.g. BigscreenVR or other video player apps can read)
- sneak 2y ago
  Once you buy the blu-rays, there's no need to rip them. You can just download them, as you already have a license. Come to think of it, you can skip the first step too, and just download them.
calf 2y ago
I have a Quest One collecting dust, but now I'm thinking it might be fun to bring it on a long flight if I know the onboard entertainment will be really lacking--some airlines I've been on have really reduced the TV/movie selections for some reason.
- ghaff 2y ago
  An iPad works pretty well for in-flight entertainment like video or reading. Though I’ll just bring a Kindle on a shorter trip where I sort of know I won’t be watching video.
DidYaWipe 2y ago
Too bad Apple's fear of I/O ruled out that kind of connectivity. No card slot, no external drive capability, and no video input. No sale.
- slater 2y ago
  and less space than a Nomad, you say?

illegalsmile 2y ago

Sounds great, what did you use for audio?

kreetx 2y ago
Would guess regular wired headphones/earplugs, as bluetooth has a lag which is pretty bad for gaming.
- RockRobotRock 2y ago
  I exclusively use bluetooth headphones when gaming. The lag is actually not that bad unless you're playing something like a rhythm game.
edmundsauto 2y ago
There’s a headphone port in the Quest 3. I just got a $20 set of wired headphones for it. I think you can connect via Bluetooth for wireless but I have t tried.

candiddevmike 2y ago

Aside from the Meta integration which will always be a non-starter for me, it would be great if Quest and other headsets followed Apple's design with an external battery pack. I wonder if there are/will ever be "dumb headsets" that are powered/ran by a phone.

romanhn 2y ago
You can extend your Quest with third-party accessories to do this. I got a better head strap with external battery support + 2 batteries and charger from BoboVR. With the magnetic snap-in the batteries can be easily replaced mid-play, in essence providing infinite charge time.
sofixa 2y ago
XREAL Air do this, the headset itself is the size of sunglasses, and powered by the USB C used for display in.
dylan604 2y ago
The very first gen of untethered headsets were powered by the phone. They quickly realized that the phone stack in that phone stole too many resources to reach the performance they wanted. The Quest came out "shortly" after that Carmack presentation.
thecapybara 2y ago
I have a Quest 2 and a Quest 3 - both headsets allow you to continue using them while they're plugged into an external battery pack or charger, so you can absolutely do this already. I agree it'd be nice to have an external CPU pack for heat and weight reasons, but we're not quite there yet. The closest thing currently is wireless streaming via a PC running Steam VR, but that's not exactly portable.
numpad0 2y ago
I believe XREAL headsets are exactly that. Bulky sunglasses form factor, Pepper's Ghost optical setup, dumb display by itself + 3DoF for comfort with an adapter, takes DP Alt input.
blensor 2y ago
Pretty much yes, there are already hints that this will be coming but for the current experience what would be the benefit Quest with battery included is already the same weight as the Vision Pro without the battery. So just add an external battery bank via USB and you have the same weight experience

piyuv 2y ago

How did you acquire the content? Buy the blu-rays and rip them?

edmundsauto 2y ago
Depends on the content, but some disc rips, some ytdl, some internal corporate stuff that I just hit Save As. The nice thing about the Quest, it is pretty much just a computer so lots of formats can get played (and you can even just copy files to the filesystem in a format the e.g. BigscreenVR or other video player apps can read)
sneak 2y ago
Once you buy the blu-rays, there's no need to rip them. You can just download them, as you already have a license. Come to think of it, you can skip the first step too, and just download them.

calf 2y ago

I have a Quest One collecting dust, but now I'm thinking it might be fun to bring it on a long flight if I know the onboard entertainment will be really lacking--some airlines I've been on have really reduced the TV/movie selections for some reason.

ghaff 2y ago
An iPad works pretty well for in-flight entertainment like video or reading. Though I’ll just bring a Kindle on a shorter trip where I sort of know I won’t be watching video.

DidYaWipe 2y ago

Too bad Apple's fear of I/O ruled out that kind of connectivity. No card slot, no external drive capability, and no video input. No sale.

slater 2y ago
and less space than a Nomad, you say?