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So it may be a good wirk machine to use during long flights, with a compact wireless keyboard. Unless you fly first class, using a laptop on a plane is painful
by nine_k 19d ago
So it may be a good wirk machine to use during long flights, with a compact wireless keyboard.
Unless you fly first class, using a laptop on a plane is painful.
- esskay 19d agoAlso only possible if you've got a power outlet (Surprisingly even today many long haul flights do not) as its only got just over an hour of battery life.
- freehorse 19d agoIt has a 21.6 Wh battery. You can easily get a power bank 3+ times this capacity, thus can last 4x longer. If anything, I would rather have that weight in my pocket or backpack than on my head, all things considered.
- killingtime74 19d agoCan't use power banks on many flights now
- papascrubs 19d agoAnecdotal, but on the last few flights that I've taken. I was told that you can use them, but you can't charge them on the flight. This was inside the US, American Airlines, and United. I can't speak to the other airlines.
- erikig 18d agoI believe the restriction is on charging devices out of sight (in luggage, seatback pockets etc).
- fragmede 18d agoDepends on the airline and jurisdiction.
- SXX 19d agoThe question here is whatever Steam Frame displays resolution is sufficient to work with text. So far only mass produced device that was really suitable is a Vision Pro. So far all reviews I've seen been centered around gaming and not work.
- andybak 19d agoI work on a Quest 3 no problem. This is sharper.
- SXX 19d agoHonestly I'be tried Quest 3 and it was not enough for me to consider it anything more than just a toy. How many hours a day you spend in it? How often do you use it?
- andybak 19d agoMost days often for several hours.
- mulderc 19d agoI have tried this in the past and it wasn’t nearly sharp enough but I guess I see people using 1080p screens at work and those make me want to rip my eyeballs out.
- bildung 19d agoFor me personally the Quest 3 is absolutely unusable for any text work. Even small font in games looks shitty. This is so far off for what it ought to be for comfortable work that I'll wait for devices with at least double the resolution per axis, i.e. 4x the pixels of the Quest 3 screens to even bother trying again. Edit: And I'm writing this on a 32" 2560x1440 display which looks just dandy to me, so it's not like I'm super sensitive or have above average eyesight (quite the opposite actually)
- awakeasleep 19d agoMaybe I'm hard to please but I would say even the AVP isn't actually suitable for multi-hour text sessions.
- contingencies 19d agoIn constrained plane environments https://github.com/vk2diy/hackbook-m4-mini https://github.com/vk2diy/hackbook-m4-mini works well and has long battery life. I fix the screen to the seat using adapted helping hands and use a wireless keyboard/mouse for input. Super comfy as long as your eyes can deal with the reduced distance (look down the aisle occasionally).
- Melatonic 19d agoMagnifying style shop glsssed might actually be perfect for this. I use them for electronics repair (they also only focus close which is sort of a benefit here). Downside for me is they fit in a way that is too high (they are designed for looking straight ahead) that would be great for this
- 6yyyyyy 19d agoHow many flights are you people taking that it's cutting into your work time? When I fly I just read a book.
- khafra 19d agoMaybe better for a train; the benefit is that when you unfold your bike for the last mile, you just put your work into partial transparency and navigate using the external cameras.
- jfoster 19d agoFor me it's more that flights are extremely boring. I find watching any movies or TV shows on a plane to be a horrible experience. The noise of the plane can ruin even the best of movies.
- dataengineer56 19d agoUsing it while flying will be complicated by the fact that all airlines have banned the use of power banks. If the onboard USB socket isn't very powerful then you'll only get an hours' use.
- ongy 19d agoSource? Last I checked I'm allowed 100Wh of power bank on a flight. And for flights where that's not enough I'm used to having a (~100W) socket.
- account42 19d agoI can confirm that all the flights I have been on this year we were told not to use power banks. You can have one with you (well you have to since you're not allowed to check large lithium ion batteries) but you aren't allowed to actively use it.
- Liquid_Fire 18d ago100 W sockets? All the flights I've been on that provided power have had a really low current USB A port that can barely keep my phone from discharging when the screen is on.
- dataengineer56 17d agoI've flown on half a dozen different airlines this year and all have had exactly the same stance: no power banks in checked luggage, and if they're in hand luggage you must be able to see them at all times (not in overhead storage). You're also not allowed to use them even if you do have them with you. This is all very strictly enforced with reminders at the check-in desk and several announcements before take-off.