2024-09-26
I gotta say I did not have much faith after the Meta rebrand and the very public metaverse play that didn't land well. And yet everything the company has done since acquiring Oculus does seem to now be paying off, and they're currently far ahead on the intersection of AI, AR, and consumer hardrware than Apple, Magic Leap, etc. If anyone is going to win here, it's seems increasingly likely to be Meta.
CNET
Hands-on with Meta's Orion: needs a wireless processor puck, weighs only 100g, is packed with sensors, and has good eye tracking and a wide FoV for AR glasses
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls them “The most advanced glasses the world has ever seen.” — I wore Mark Zuckerberg's contact lenses.
So @alexheath sat down with Zuckerberg this year for Meta Connect. He had a lot of spicy things to say, particularly around the AI training debate, getting blamed for Cambridge Analytica, the link between teen mental health and products like Instagram, and his current hands-off approach to politics and partisanship. …
Platformer
At Meta Connect, Mark Zuckerberg was the whole show, giving it a “Zuck or nothing” feel, and he has never seemed more intent on claiming the mantle of innovator
The company has an expansive vision for the future — and until then, some incremental updates
I gotta say I did not have much faith after the Meta rebrand and the very public metaverse play that didn't land well. And yet everything the company has done since acquiring Oculus does seem to now be paying off, and they're currently far ahead on the intersection of AI, AR, and consumer hardrware than Apple, Magic Leap, etc. If anyone is going to win here, it's seems increasingly likely to be Meta.
The Verge
Meta unveils an Orion prototype, its first AR glasses, with a 70-degree FoV, a wireless neural input wristband, silicon carbide lenses, and micro-LED projectors
they could put the iPhone on notice Peter Kafka / Business Insider : I tried out Meta's Orion computer glasses. I'd buy them in a heartbeat — if they were actually for sale. Jon Ke...
So @alexheath sat down with Zuckerberg this year for Meta Connect. He had a lot of spicy things to say, particularly around the AI training debate, getting blamed for Cambridge Analytica, the link between teen mental health and products like Instagram, and his current hands-off approach to politics and partisanship. …
The Verge
Q&A with Mark Zuckerberg on Meta's Orion AR glasses, partnering with Ray-Ban, Threads, X, downranking political content, mental health, AI regulation, and more
they are using so much of it no single creator or publisher matters, and they're striking deals to keep the loudest happy. Sort of good that @zuck just came right out and said it ...
2024-05-31
Slowly coming to the realization that the current LLM market might play out the same as the smart speaker one, where you're going to be tied to whatever model works with whatever hardware you use and it's going to be annoying as shit to integrate anything across platforms. https://www.bloomberg.com/...
Bloomberg
Sources: Apple plans to overhaul Siri with more advanced AI, a move that would allow Siri to take command of all the features within apps for the first time
- The feature will be at the heart of renewed Apple push into AI — Idea is to operate features within individual apps using voice