The launch sees Apple go head-to-head — or should I say headset-to-headset — with Meta. But while Meta has aimed to make VR/AR affordable for the masses, with limited success, Apple is squarely aiming the Vision Pro at early adopters and developers.
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1. Say hello to the Vision Pro. The headset, which is set to go on sale early next year, represents Apple's future vision of personal computing. It's packed with cool features — though Apple CEO Tim Cook and other executives seemingly didn't want to dent the Vision Pro's street cred by donning the device themselves.
The headset uses 12 cameras, five sensors, and six microphones to track a user's hand movements. It also uses high-speed cameras and a ring of LEDs that project light patterns onto a user's eyes to understand where they're looking at all times.
The device lets you see your surroundings with breakthrough "EyeSight" tech. EyeSight alerts the user to the presence of other people — and when someone approaches a Vision Pro wearer, the headset brings them into the user's field of vision, while at the same time displaying a digital likeness of the user's eyes.
2. An inmate handbook details life inside the minimum-security prison where former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes is serving her 11-year sentence. It involves 6 a.m. wake-up calls and phone access is limited to about 10 minutes per day. Check out the full Bureau of Prisons inmate admission and orientation handbook.
3. Linda Yaccarino began her first day as Twitter CEO this week. Ahead of her arrival, Elon Musk had instructed engineers to revamp Twitter's defunct livestreaming platform Periscope as he zeroes in on building live video, sources say. Read more.
6. The US Securities and Exchange Commission is suing Binance and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao. The lawsuit accuses the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange of breaking US securities rules and operating an illegal exchange. Binance said it intends to defend its platform "vigorously." Read more.
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7. Brokerage firm Bernstein just released one of its famous "blackbook" research reports. This one outlines how to invest in AI and how the market is likely to develop. Here are some highlights from the 300+ page report.
8. Hollywood's next big fight is over how actors will get paid for work performed by their AI "digital doubles." AI has been a sticking point in the current round of contract negotiations between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers — which represents Hollywood entertainment companies — and the directors' and writers' guilds. With the rise of convincing AI-generated deepfakes, the situation for actors is even more fraught.
10. Apple is making improvements to AutoCorrect. "In those moments where you just wanna type a ducking word, well, the keyboard will learn it too," said Apple software boss Craig Federghi at Apple's WWDC event on Monday. About ducking time.
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