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Re:Apple Vision Pro – Why It May Be Lousy for Watching Movie... by smoldesu on Thursday June 22, 2023 @10:14AM (#36432492)
Some nights I'll wear my headset in bed for this reason. I've got a TV in my room, but with my Quest I can lay back however I want and still get an IMAX display in front of me.

Not sure if I'd be desperate enough to try it on a plane (the stereoscopy would probably make me sick), but as a viewing experience it's phenomenal. The OLED panel on the original Quest is a godsend for movie watching, and when streaming over DNLA I can get 3-4 hours of battery life.

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Re:Apple Vision Pro – Why It May Be Lousy for Watching Movie... by crazygringo on Thursday June 22, 2023 @11:47AM (#36433996)
Yup I do the same. The key is an app that doesn't use the "movie theater" gimmick but just gives you a screen you can resize arbitrarily and move in space to vertically above your head.

It truly is a glorious viewing experience, and if you make the screen large enough you effectively get full 1080p detail.

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