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Rony Abovitz

@rabovitz
14 posts
2024-02-15
The Zuck/Meta vs. Tim/Apple XR battle is interesting. Zuck is super, insanely committed to XR and the idea of the Metaverse. Apple will get a bunch of things right over time, but Zuck is a bit more native to it - he lives and breathes it. But - Apple is Apple - so this may be a...
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
The Zuck/Meta vs. Tim/Apple XR battle is interesting. Zuck is super, insanely committed to XR and the idea of the Metaverse. Apple will get a bunch of things right over time, but Zuck is a bit more native to it - he lives and breathes it. But - Apple is Apple - so this may be a...
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.

2024-02-03
Apple's global brand power will expand the XR/spatial computing market - likely good for all players.
2024-02-03 View on X
Bloomberg

Apple starts selling the Vision Pro in the US; Tim Cook compares Vision Pro debut to the birth of Mac, iPod, and iPhone in a memo to employees

Apple Inc. faithful lined up at its US stores on Friday to pick up the first Vision Pro headsets, ushering in what the company calls “the era of spatial computing.”

2024-01-10
The rabbit thingy looks cool-ish - but why can't a phone with an app do something very similar, if not better??
2024-01-10 View on X
Wired

Startup Rabbit debuts the R1, a $199 handheld AI device meant to be a virtual assistant to complete tasks without a smartphone, shipping in late March 2024

The startup has developed a virtual assistant that learns whatever digital errands you teach it.  The interface is extra cute …

2023-11-23
An @OpenAI observation: with the current conclusion of the drama, it appears that the bandage has been ripped from the altruism/safety vs. capitalism conflict. Full-on capitalism appears to have won. This will likely ripple across AI and tech in many ways. @GaryMarcus...
2023-11-23 View on X
Axios

OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as chair, alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo

4 key takeaways Jason Dorrier / Singularity Hub : OpenAI Mayhem: What We Know Now, Don't Know Yet, and What Could Be Next New York Times : Explaining OpenAI's Board Shake-Up CNBC :...

An @OpenAI observation: with the current conclusion of the drama, it appears that the bandage has been ripped from the altruism/safety vs. capitalism conflict. Full-on capitalism appears to have won. This will likely ripple across AI and tech in many ways. @GaryMarcus...
2023-11-23 View on X
The Information

Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern

One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …

2023-11-22
An @OpenAI observation: with the current conclusion of the drama, it appears that the bandage has been ripped from the altruism/safety vs. capitalism conflict. Full-on capitalism appears to have won. This will likely ripple across AI and tech in many ways. @GaryMarcus...
2023-11-22 View on X
Axios

OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo

OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new board chaired by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.

2023-09-28
I love that indie companies like Lynx exist. But how can they survive the Meta Quest 3 at $499? Apple and Magic Leap are playing the high-end. Meta is aiming to vaporize the low end and middle market.
2023-09-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Meta debuts the $500 Quest 3, featuring a 30% higher resolution than the Quest 2, double the processing power, new lenses, a thinner design, and new controllers

- New mixed-reality headset to start at $500, a $200 increase  — Apple to launch rival device, Vision Pro, early next year

2023-06-06
I'm watching every single idea and patent we filed at Magic Leap
2023-06-06 View on X
The Verge

Tim Cook unveils Apple Vision Pro, a “spatial computing” headset controlled with the user's eyes, hands, and voice, coming to the US for $3,499+ in early 2024

Apple has announced an augmented reality headset called Apple Vision Pro that “seamlessly” blends the real and digital world.

2021-11-17
Anyone not taking FB/Meta seriously needs to be nervous: https://about.fb.com/...
2021-11-17 View on X
The Verge

Meta details a haptic glove prototype that uses air pockets to simulate touching objects in VR and has been in development for seven years

A new sci-fi interface for the metaverse  —  You cannot pet a dog in Meta's new, high-tech virtual reality gloves.  But researchers are getting closer.

2021-03-09
@Scobleizer @gemisisDev @hrafntho @DennyCloudhead @NimaZeighami @Azadux @realovirtualcom @AGraylin Reality check: the XR platform game is billions per year per company - and there is also a vast IP minefield. At least 10x harder than trying to be a mobile phone player.
2021-03-09 View on X
MacRumors

Kuo: Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 for around $1K, followed by AR glasses by 2025 and “contact lens type” devices by 2030-2040

Mark Zuckerberg on the Future of AR and VR Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : Kuo: Apple's Mixed Reality Headset Will Have No Fewer Than 15 Cameras Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide : Apple m...

@Scobleizer @gemisisDev @hrafntho @DennyCloudhead @NimaZeighami @Azadux @realovirtualcom @AGraylin The market will have segments and opportunities for smaller players within them - but smaller here is a relative term compated to companies with valuations over one trillion.
2021-03-09 View on X
MacRumors

Kuo: Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 for around $1K, followed by AR glasses by 2025 and “contact lens type” devices by 2030-2040

Mark Zuckerberg on the Future of AR and VR Oliver Haslam / Redmond Pie : Kuo: Apple's Mixed Reality Headset Will Have No Fewer Than 15 Cameras Tom Pritchard / Tom's Guide : Apple m...

2021-03-08
@Scobleizer @gemisisDev @hrafntho @DennyCloudhead @NimaZeighami @Azadux @realovirtualcom @AGraylin The market will have segments and opportunities for smaller players within them - but smaller here is a relative term compated to companies with valuations over one trillion.
2021-03-08 View on X
MacRumors

Kuo: Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 for around $1K, followed by AR glasses by 2025 and “contact lens type” devices by 2030-2040

Mark Zuckerberg on the Future of AR and VR Aaron Pressman / Fortune : The latest charges against John McAfee show exactly how not to tout and trade cryptocurrencies Liam Tung / ZDN...

@Scobleizer @gemisisDev @hrafntho @DennyCloudhead @NimaZeighami @Azadux @realovirtualcom @AGraylin Reality check: the XR platform game is billions per year per company - and there is also a vast IP minefield. At least 10x harder than trying to be a mobile phone player.
2021-03-08 View on X
MacRumors

Kuo: Apple plans to release a mixed reality headset in mid-2022 for around $1K, followed by AR glasses by 2025 and “contact lens type” devices by 2030-2040

Mark Zuckerberg on the Future of AR and VR Aaron Pressman / Fortune : The latest charges against John McAfee show exactly how not to tout and trade cryptocurrencies Liam Tung / ZDN...