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An Interview with Hugo Barra About Orion and Meta’s AR Strategy

Thursday, October 17, 2024

An interview with Hugo Barra about Meta’s XR strategy, including where augmented reality fits in the history of computing, what AR apps will look like, and the evolution of hardware, including Orion.

More on Orion, Where Vision Pro Went Wrong, Apple’s Response and Meta’s Motivation

Monday, September 30, 2024

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Breaking down the Orion demo, how it exposed the problems with the Vision Pro, and where Apple and Meta go next.

An Interview with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth About Orion and Reality Labs

Thursday, September 26, 2024

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An Interview with Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth About Orion and Reality Labs

Does VR Matter?, Modular Products and Defining New Markets, TikTok Acquirers

Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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First, the theoretical case for why Meta’s approach to VR is more likely to succeed, then, which companies should acquire TikTok

MLS on Vision Pro, The Vision Pro’s Missing Content, The Vision Pro’s DRI

Monday, April 1, 2024

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The Apple Vision Pro finally has a new piece of immersive content, and it’s very disappointing — along with the overall paucity of content. Does Apple have a strategy? Who is in charge?

An Interview with Hugo Barra About a Career in Tech and the Future of VR

Thursday, March 28, 2024

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An interview with Hugo Barra about his career at Nuance, Android, Xiaomi, and Meta on the Oculus team, with an extended discussion about the Vision Pro.

An Interview with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan About Surviving COVID and Building Moats

Thursday, March 14, 2024

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An interview with Zoom founder and CEO Eric Yuan about starting Zoom, surviving COVID, and building a moat in the enterprise.

An Interview with Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross Reasoning About AI

Thursday, February 29, 2024

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An interview with Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross about Gemini, Groq, Sora, Mistral, and why the next big breakthrough is AI that can reason.

An Interview with Matthew Ball About the Vision Pro and the State of Gaming

Thursday, February 22, 2024

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An interview with Matthew Ball about the Apple Vision Pro, the malaise in gaming, and the Disney-Epic deal.

Sora, Groq, and Virtual Reality

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

OpenAI’s new video model and a new chip for Groq are important developments in not just AI but also virtual reality.

A Working Siri

A Working Siri

WWDC Questions

Seizing The Commanding Heights; Decoding Shangri-La Dialogue; Europe Moots Trade Policy; The PRC Expels a New York Times Journalist

Google Buys Compute From SpaceX, Broadcom’s Outlook, Apple’s AI Politics

An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies

The Nvidia AI PC, Project Solara, Microsoft AI

A Working Siri

WWDC Questions

Seizing The Commanding Heights; Decoding Shangri-La Dialogue; Europe Moots Trade Policy; The PRC Expels a New York Times Journalist

An Interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Finding Core Competencies