Imagine you’ve just arrived in another country, you don’t speak the language, and you stumble upon a construction zone. The air is thick with dust. You’re tired. You still stink like airplane. You try to ignore the jackhammers to decipher what the signs say: Do you need to cross the …
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I am a menace. I walk around, nattering constantly to myself. More accurately, I natter constantly to my sunglasses. “Hey Meta, take a look. What kind of tree is that?” “Hey Meta, take a look. Does this concrete need resurfacing?” I’m listening to podcasts on my run through the built-in …
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As I was flying to cover Google I/O early in May, I vowed to do some work on the plane. I pulled out my MacBook while in my economy window-seat. As a 6'4" guy, things were already cramped for my legs; I couldn’t put the 16-inch machine on the tray …
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The day preordered Apple Vision Pros were being delivered, I texted my boyfriend about an hour after his messages abruptly stopped. We were both in our respective homes, working remotely, so I knew he had access to his phone. But I also knew he was waiting impatiently for the headset …
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This week, Apple finally let a carefully selected few people try out its boldest, most portentous product since 2007’s iPhone. It’s Apple Vision Pro, a spatial computer that is definitely not a VR headset. It costs a small fortune, some $3,499, yet preorders were wiped out within minutes. It's estimated …
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I spent a little more than 30 minutes wearing the Apple Vision Pro today, and I saw the future of computing. The impressive technology in Apple's upcoming mixed-reality headset lays the groundwork for what's to come, but I am at a crossroads. I'm not sold on the bulky headset. Apple …
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