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Having used XReals and Vision Pro (which I assume will be very similar), they're not even in the same ballpark for experience for movies and for desktop. XReals feel like a crappy monitor strapped to your face that bounces with your pulse, tilts, etc and not enough resolution to be good for coding. Vision Pro feels like you're in both the virtual world and real world (plus the ultra wide Mac Virtual Desktop is amazing). I tried to dev on XReal and quickly gave up. Vision Pro I've been using consistently for over a year. Is it worth it? That's personal preference, but I think so.

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When do you use it? When you're on the go, like on a plane? Or even at home, or in an office? Mostly for coding? Can you use it all day long?

I don't think the tech is good enough for me personally but I'm hoping we get there in a few years.

I’m not who you were responding to, but I use it on the plane, at home, mostly for coding but also for entertainment as well. I probably average about 6 to 8 hours a day in the headset. I’ve used a variety of headsets in the past, starting way back with the DK2 for Oculus, and the AVP is the first I felt was truly capable of replacing my monitors.

Thanks for sharing. Why at home? Is it simply your main setup, so you got rid of external displays thanks to it? I'd have thought that in a situation where you can easily use regular displays, these were still preferable.

I'm surprised that you find it comfortable enough for 6+ hours, especially since you probably need to keep it plugged in. I thought the consensus was that for most users it was hard to keep them on even for just a whole movie.

I'm also using it at home and the office or coworking spaces. Having the giant ultra wide screen all the time is great, and then I usually break out a handful of apps to the side (calendar, Slack, etc) and keep my desktop to almost entirely coding and sometimes browsing (sometimes use the VisionOS Safari instead). I like the setup and it's something I struggle to get with traditional monitors. Add widgets that persist their location has been awesome too.

It's definitely comfortable enough, though I got a different strap. I'm plugged in most of the time, and at home I'll wear it when I get up to pee/grab coffee.

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