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0 pointsprawn2y ago0 comments

Anyone who flies a lot will be able to use it as advertised now for entertainment and work.

And this is WWDC. They’re getting this in front of developers to build the first third-party apps. Years ago, we applied to get Apple TVs for $1 and then came up with an app to launch on it. If you’re early, you have limited competition and can rank in the charts relatively easily (obviously at the risk of fighting over a smaller market).

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another2another2y ago

>Anyone who flies a lot will be able to use it as advertised now for entertainment and work.

It will have the added advantage of being private, so nobody can shoulder surf what you're doing.

But ergonomically, writing emails, presentations and filtering spreadsheets - I'd need to use it to see how fun that might be.

I guess you can see through the screen, so you know if somebody needs your attention ?

b_t_s2y ago

It might sound silly, but I would be fine using this with a keyboard and touchpad. The lousy thing about working from a laptop is the screen being tiny and in the wrong place. It's bad in general, but it's intolerable on a plane. This solves that.

prawnOP2y ago

It looks like you either dial up/down the immersion, so you could always see people at the fringes, or the passthrough would mean you could see someone like a steward appearing to get your attention.

matt-attack2y ago

Actually it looks like someone approaching will automatically fade in, even if your immersion had been dialed up.

notJim2y ago

With a two hour battery life? I don't see it.

prawnOP2y ago

Most flights I've been on have USB charging ports. Is it different where you live?

Gareth3212y ago

Those USB charging ports are usually very low power. The circuits also have maximum loads, meaning that if too many people are using USB charging ports, they drop even further. I've measured output on several airlines. Two topped out at 5W. The other at 12W. This is likely WELL below the requirements for this headset.

One will have more success with the wall outlets, but most flights don't have these. Even many international flights don't offer them.

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another2another2y ago

>Anyone who flies a lot will be able to use it as advertised now for entertainment and work.

It will have the added advantage of being private, so nobody can shoulder surf what you're doing.

But ergonomically, writing emails, presentations and filtering spreadsheets - I'd need to use it to see how fun that might be.

I guess you can see through the screen, so you know if somebody needs your attention ?

b_t_s2y ago

prawnOP2y ago

It looks like you either dial up/down the immersion, so you could always see people at the fringes, or the passthrough would mean you could see someone like a steward appearing to get your attention.

matt-attack2y ago

Actually it looks like someone approaching will automatically fade in, even if your immersion had been dialed up.

notJim2y ago

With a two hour battery life? I don't see it.

prawnOP2y ago

Most flights I've been on have USB charging ports. Is it different where you live?

Gareth3212y ago

One will have more success with the wall outlets, but most flights don't have these. Even many international flights don't offer them.

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