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Janko Roettgers

@jank0
102 posts
2025-04-18
Amazon has been increasingly open about Vega in its job listings — but the company did change a few of them after I reached out for this story www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-veg...
2025-04-18 View on X
Lowpass

Sources: Amazon plans to release its first TV streaming device with its Vega OS, used in some Echo devices, in 2025 and is courting publishers to add their apps

but the company did change a few of them after I reached out for this story www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-veg... Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Amazon To Launch First Vega OS-powered TV Str...

Behind closed doors, Amazon has been courting developers to adopt Vega's Kepler SDK to build React Native apps for TV devices www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-veg...
2025-04-18 View on X
Lowpass

Sources: Amazon plans to release its first TV streaming device with its Vega OS, used in some Echo devices, in 2025 and is courting publishers to add their apps

but the company did change a few of them after I reached out for this story www.lowpass.cc/p/amazon-veg... Forums: Msmash / Slashdot : Amazon To Launch First Vega OS-powered TV Str...

2024-12-13
Also: Those AR glasses Google is testing are almost certainly monocular. www.lowpass.cc/p/android-xr...  [image]
2024-12-13 View on X
The Verge

Google unveils Android XR, a mixed reality OS for headsets and smart glasses, with Gemini built in, and plans a 2025 debut with Samsung's Project Moohan headset

I'm way more excited about Android XR in smart glasses Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Data Sheet: We don't judge Rebekah Carter / XR Today : Microsoft XR and Windows Mixed Reality: Could...

There are a lot of interesting details in today's announcements, and a few things you'll have to read between the lines.  —  One example: Project Moohan, that Samsung headset powered by Android XR?  Gaming doesn't seem to be a priority for it. www.lowpass.cc/p/android-xr...
2024-12-13 View on X
The Verge

Google unveils Android XR, a mixed reality OS for headsets and smart glasses, with Gemini built in, and plans a 2025 debut with Samsung's Project Moohan headset

I'm way more excited about Android XR in smart glasses Andrew Nusca / Fortune : Data Sheet: We don't judge Rebekah Carter / XR Today : Microsoft XR and Windows Mixed Reality: Could...

2024-10-03
The thing about people using Meta's Ray-Bans to remind them who they're talking to: It's scary, but it's also the scenario everyone has been working towards.  It's basically the Apple Intelligence ad that's widely circulating right now ("I didn't think you would remember me!"), but with computer vision.
2024-10-03 View on X
404 Media

Two Harvard students demo using Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses, PimEyes, and other tools to instantly identify strangers' names, phone numbers, addresses, and more

The technology, which marries Meta's smart Ray Ban glasses with the facial recognition service Pimeyes and some other tools …

2024-02-15
Here's how you can tell that Meta has been building this kind of hardware a lot longer that Apple: MR footage captured with the Quest 3 looks better than it does when you're wearing the headset, while Vision Pro screenshots look worse than the same thing does in headset.
2024-02-15 View on X
The Verge

In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision Pro, saying Quest 3 “is the better product, period”, highlighting Apple's tradeoffs, and more

closed won mobile but open won PC, and i believe open will win the next” is not only brilliant but even more bullish for crypto than VR Tobi Lutke / @tobi : Great message, lots of ...

2024-02-14
Here's how you can tell that Meta has been building this kind of hardware a lot longer that Apple: MR footage captured with the Quest 3 looks better than it does when you're wearing the headset, while Vision Pro screenshots look worse than the same thing does in headset.
2024-02-14 View on X
The Verge

In a video, Mark Zuckerberg shares his thoughts on the Vision Pro, saying Quest 3 “is the better product, period”, highlighting Apple's tradeoffs, and more

Now that it can be strapped to our faces and worn in strange places, opinions about Apple's Vision Pro are flying left and right.

2023-10-13
I found a regulatory filing outlining those plans that also shows that Sam Altman is Humane's biggest shareholder, spelling out exactly how much of the company he owns. https://www.lowpass.cc/... https://www.lowpass.cc/...
2023-10-13 View on X
Lowpass

Filing: Sam Altman is the largest investor in Humane, which plans to unveil its AI Pin in November, with a 14.93% equity; Humane's two co-founders own 13% each

2023-09-15
Amazon removed in-app purchases for digital goods and services from its Android apps last year because it didn't want to fork over 30% of those charges to Google. Now, in-app purchases are back in the Prime Video app https://www.lowpass.cc/...
2023-09-15 View on X
Lowpass

Amazon adds IAP back to Prime Video for Android, letting users buy VOD rentals and more, after removing IAP from its apps in 2022 to avoid Google's 30% fee

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass :

2023-08-16
Twitter has had this for Threads links since it launched.
2023-08-16 View on X
Washington Post

X added five-second delays, some now removed, on t.co links to Instagram, Facebook, Threads, Bluesky, Substack, the NYT, Reuters, and other sites Musk attacks

The site formerly known as Twitter has added a five-second delay when a user clicks on a shortened link to the New York Times …

2023-07-29
Among the tidbits he revealed during our chat: Meta actually had a working mobile app for Horizon Worlds last year, but scrapped it. “It was a little bit too much of a VR game on mobile as opposed to a mobile-native experience.” https://www.lowpass.cc/...
2023-07-29 View on X
Lowpass

Meta's metaverse VP Vishal Shah on a reboot of Horizon Worlds, starting with a Super Rumble game, a new mobile app, and a transition from VR only to VR first

Who's ready to rumble? … Earlier this week, I was hiding in a tree, dodging bullets, while frantically trying to score some last-second points in a free-for-all brawl.

Meta just launched its new Super Rumble game in its Horizon Worlds social VR platform. It's the first visible sign of a refresh that includes higher fidelity, first-party titles and soon a new mobile app. Inside Meta's Horizon Worlds reboot https://www.lowpass.cc/... tip @techmeme
2023-07-29 View on X
Lowpass

Meta's metaverse VP Vishal Shah on a reboot of Horizon Worlds, starting with a Super Rumble game, a new mobile app, and a transition from VR only to VR first

Who's ready to rumble? … Earlier this week, I was hiding in a tree, dodging bullets, while frantically trying to score some last-second points in a free-for-all brawl.

Another tidbit: “We're also investing in generative AI tools for creation” of worlds in Horizon. https://www.lowpass.cc/...
2023-07-29 View on X
Lowpass

Meta's metaverse VP Vishal Shah on a reboot of Horizon Worlds, starting with a Super Rumble game, a new mobile app, and a transition from VR only to VR first

Who's ready to rumble? … Earlier this week, I was hiding in a tree, dodging bullets, while frantically trying to score some last-second points in a free-for-all brawl.

2023-03-14
Scoop: Broadcaster E.W. Scripps has acquired Tablo, the DVR for cord cutters https://www.theverge.com/...
2023-03-14 View on X
The Verge

A look at the shift to the ATSC 3.0 TV broadcast standard, still not available in many major markets since its 2017 launch, as free streaming TV channels surge

and now, broadcasters are eager to get the rest of us hooked. https://www.theverge.com/... via @Verge See also Mediagazer

2023-02-17
The company has already been testing location-based, proactive assistant reminders with some of its staffers using its Ray-Ban Stories glasses. https://lowpass.beehiiv.com/ ...
2023-02-17 View on X
Lowpass

A patent and a job listing suggest Meta is working on an advanced smart glasses assistant; docs show staff have tested a proactive assistant on Ray-Ban Stories

Janko Roettgers / Lowpass :

2023-02-04
But one of the most newsworthy revelations is that Meta was looking to buy another VR fitness app, and then pivoted to Supernatural when it got wind that Apple was looking to buy it.
2023-02-04 View on X
Reuters

A US judge denies the FTC's bid to stop Meta's acquisition of Within, rejecting the regulator's concerns of the deal reducing competition in the AR/VR market

A judge on Friday released a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission's request to stop Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) …

A redacted version of the court decision denying the FTC's injunction against Meta's acquisition of Supernatural just got published. I have along thread with a bunch of interesting nuggets over on Mastodon https://sfba.social/...
2023-02-04 View on X
Reuters

A US judge denies the FTC's bid to stop Meta's acquisition of Within, rejecting the regulator's concerns of the deal reducing competition in the AR/VR market

A judge on Friday released a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission's request to stop Meta Platforms Inc (META.O) …

2022-11-16
Some news, as they say https://www.cnn.com/...
2022-11-16 View on X
CNN

Sources: tech news website Protocol, launched by former Politico owner Robert Allbritton in February 2020, will close later this week and lay off its ~60 staff

2022-10-19
Netflix's new SoCal gaming studio will be led by former Overwatch executive producer Chacko Sonny. Updated my story: https://www.protocol.com/...
2022-10-19 View on X
CNBC

Netflix beats with Q3 revenue up 5.9% YoY to $7.93B, $1.4B net income, down from $1.45B YoY, 2.4M net global subscribers added, vs. 1.09M est.; stock is up 10%+

- Netflix beat third-quarter expectations on the top and bottom lines Tuesday.  — The company said it added 2.41 million …

2022-10-13
“I see our role ... as making sure the open ecosystem wins out.” Zuckerberg
2022-10-13 View on X
The Verge

Mark Zuckerberg touting an “open, interoperable metaverse” stands at odds with Meta using corporate partnerships and case-by-case permissions to build it

Mark Zuckerberg wants to own the future of computing — but not alone.  That's the intended takeaway from this year's Meta …