Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple Vision Pro Struggles

Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by xandrius on Saturday August 24, 2024 @01:37AM (#41335900)

Many many places of the world, if you are ok with not having all the comforts and more.

Usually the most expensive thing is the flight, so you've got to time that well. Go to places for more than 2 weeks and in the lowest season and you can make that $1000 last a while.

The limitations are generally on the traveller's side.

Of course, if you're looking for a full paid cruise, with kids and must have perfect everything in the "best" season then you pay like the rest.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by kalleboo on Saturday August 24, 2024 @01:41AM (#41335912)

From Europe, a 1 week package holiday in Thailand with flight+resort hotel included is $1000.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by epolanski on Saturday August 24, 2024 @07:54AM (#41337504)

Link?

I really doubt this is true, I'm European and check this kind of stuff often.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by dzikimarian on Saturday August 24, 2024 @12:02PM (#41339147)

https://www.pepper.pl/share-deal-from-app/881457

$700 - flight + hotel for a week

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by vlovich123 on Saturday August 24, 2024 @01:24AM (#41335855)

The fidelity of a real local $1000 experience vs a fake one is a lot different even if you can’t travel as far.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by freetanga on Saturday August 24, 2024 @04:05AM (#41336474)

Especially when that hallmark moment is left behind by Tim Cook deciding the format or platform legacy and no longer supported.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by what on Saturday August 24, 2024 @01:30AM (#41335879)

That doesn’t really answer the question. What real local experience can you have for $1000 that isn’t in your back yard?

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by nine_k on Saturday August 24, 2024 @04:12AM (#41336509)

OK, if you live in (Western) Europe, you can go, say, from Netherlands or Sweden to fabulous places like Barcelona or Rome or Istanbul, all very different, picturesque, and not hugely expensive. A flight, if you time it well, could cost less than €100, or even €60..

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by bratwurst3000 on Saturday August 24, 2024 @04:49AM (#41336652)

we in europe are lucky. i got a flight for 20€ to portugal and was staying there for a week for around 50€ a day. thats not even 500 bucks. this vr headset would be 5-8 weeks of holiday worth

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by nicoburns on Saturday August 24, 2024 @02:21AM (#41336081)

I took a 4 day holiday to Athens from the UK for <$200 all-in (including flights and accomodation)

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by tuwtuwtuwtuw on Saturday August 24, 2024 @02:13AM (#41336052)

I got curious and looked. I'm from Sweden and for $1000 I could get to Cabo Verde, Madeira and or course most parts of Europe (like Italy, Greece, France). That is for flight and hotel. You need to eat as well of course, but that you need to do at home as well.

I wouldn't call Africa my back yard.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by lm28469 on Saturday August 24, 2024 @04:48AM (#41336649)

I went a week a Norway from Germany, everything included for 4 people was less than 1k

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by Earw0rm on Saturday August 24, 2024 @04:53AM (#41336669)

So many options in Europe if you don't mind discomfort. From the UK, I'd maybe take a cheap flight to Poland or even the long distance bus. Once there, YHA hostels, camping etc.

Another option is fly to Greece and island hop on the ferries. Or Portugal and northern Spain. Buses are the cheapest way to get around there and fairly flexible although not quick. Sometimes you can hire a car for a week for $250, or some places hire mopeds for way less.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by Flop7331 on Saturday August 24, 2024 @11:36AM (#41339008)

A lot of "meanwhile in Europe" replies here, but even within the United States there are great places you can fly to pretty cheap. Or make a road trip out of it.

Yeah, you've gotta budget it, but it's not impossible to get somewhere, have a great time, and get back for under $1000.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by saagarjha on Saturday August 24, 2024 @02:10AM (#41336036)

There are dozens of options for me and I don’t even have to leave the state.

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Re:Meta Cancels High-End Mixed Reality Headset After Apple V... by vel0city on Saturday August 24, 2024 @11:52AM (#41339088)

Spend a week camping at a state park nearby with the family. About $40 in transportation costs round trip for the whole family. Maybe $200 in food/snacks/other consumables. $70 for the yearly parks pass+ $15/night for campsite = $175. If I don't already have camping supplies, I can get decently kitted out for the family for this kind of camping for like $400. It'll last me a bunch of trips but let's assume you've got nothing. So that's like $815 for the first time, $415 every other time.

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