Subj : Apple wants the Vision Pro to be the worlds most expensive in-fli To : All From : TechnologyDaily Date : Fri Jun 23 2023 18:45:03 Apple wants the Vision Pro to be the worlds most expensive in-flight accessory Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2023 17:30:01 +0000 Description: Apple has created a dedicated Travel Mode for using the Vision Pro on a plane. FULL STORY ====================================================================== The first beta for the Apple Vision Pro headsets operating system visionOS has launched and were finding out a bunch of interesting details about the Apple VR headset, including that Apple wants it to be the ultimate travel companion. Apples Vision Pro isnt expected to launch until next year, but that hasnt stopped Apple from releasing the OS early so app creators can start bringing their software to the system. This way, by the time the headset is publicly available it should have a solid library of content thatll help justify its exceptionally high price of $3,499 (around 2,800 / AU$5,300). But the beta isnt just giving us an idea of what third-party developers are working on for the Apple headset, its giving us a clear picture of the direction Apple wants to take the Vision Pro. Previously (in our round-up of six Vision Pro details the visionOS beta has revealed ) it was discovered that Apple isnt keen for people to use its headset for VR fitness with its guidance for app makers being they should avoid encouraging people to move too much. Now weve learned that the Vision Pro will have a dedicated Travel Mode designed for using the headset on an airplane (discovered by MacRumors ). (Image credit: Future) Travel Mode is more than just the typical airplane mode youd find on your smartphone. Instead, it apparently adapts how the Vision Pro operates so that the experience is better suited to being crammed like a sardine next to people in Economy. According to code found in the visionOS beta, the headset will do this by switching off some of its awareness features and asking you to stay stationary while in Travel Mode. Both of these make sense. The Vision Pros awareness features alert the wearer if a person or an object gets close to them while theyre wearing the headset. On a plane, where people are around you all of the time this could make the sensors go haywire and be a major distraction to your in-flight VR movie. As for moving around, if you have people sitting on either side of you then they likely wont appreciate it if you start flailing your arms around. So you wont be getting the full Vision Pro experience during your flight, but the idea of making your travel better with VR certainly sounds appealing. The beta code doesnt go into much more detail, but we can turn to the Apple Vision Pro introduction video shown at WWDC 2023 to get an idea of how Travel mode functions. TL;DR, you can use your headset as a private movie theatre and enjoy a 4K film of your choice (that you likely had to download before you boarded) on a massive virtual display a much larger and higher-quality image than a planes built-in video screens. The Nreal Air AR Glasses (Image credit: Nreal) That said, if you dont want to splash out $3,500 for a piece of travel tech, there are much more budget-friendly AR glasses that can achieve a similar effect to the Vision Pros private movie theatre. The Xreal Air AR glasses (formerly Nreal Air) wont offer you 4K visuals and have a fair few faults namely, we feel theyre pricey for what you get and the battery life leaves something to be desired but if youre a frequent flier these could be just what you need and they only cost $379 / 400 (around AU$570). And when the Xreal Beam launches it looks like many of the AR glasses faults could be solved. ====================================================================== Link to news story: https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/apple-wa nts-the-vision-pro-to-be-the-worlds-most-expensive-in-flight-accessory --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A47 (Linux/64) * Origin: tqwNet Technology News (1337:1/100) .