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visionOS dev tools suggest 'Travel Mode' for airplanes (www.macrumors.com)

submitted 2 years ago by Semi to c/applevision

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Strings found in the developer beta of visionOS suggest that Vision Pro will require entering a “Travel Mode” to operate on an airplane. This mode requires the user to remain stationary, disables the realtime digital persona representation, and disables ‘some awareness features.’

The text strings also include a message warning that the current fit could reduce gaze accuracy, though it is unclear if this is related at all to travel mode or simply poor headset fit.

Personally, I’m curious if travel mode will increase battery life by any significant amount. With the 2 hour battery life cutting things close when watching a movie, extending that runtime to 3 hours or so would be excellent. It will remain to be seen how much Vision Pro sacrifices in travel mode, and how this affects the experience.

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[–] derelict 2 points 2 years ago

From my experience with other standalone headsets that makes a lot of sense. Most utilize IMU data, especially gyro, for head tracking, but on a plane or other vehicle the motions of the vehicle move the gyroscope and this can be misinterpreted as turning your head, which can be very disorienting. IMU are usually pretty low power draw, so if they're extending the battery life it probably isn't from disabling that.