Martin Scott

Want to know more about CSPs' future relationship with the #Metaverse? Below: - How we establish a framework for thinking about the metaverse - What consumers think about it (& why that matters to telcos) - The roles that telcos can play in the metaverse youtube.com/watch?v=rmGd9C…

@kimmonismus Viscosity of the water is inconsistent and the ripple causality is wrong. Plus physiology a giant cephalopod - I imagine that an octopus that big would be acclimatised to a higher pressure environment and so would look rather more ‘squishy’ at sea level! So it’s AI.

I had to watch this video umpteen times to find out whether it was real or AI. For me, it was a wake-up call: we've reached the point where even people who have a lot to do with AI and work with it no longer know what is real and what is fiction.

@jamesmccrary @VRmaninJapan 👌 came here to say the same thing

@Tojiro Oh for sure, you’re right! I think this is something that’ll have to change in later Vision Pro models but we’re a way off that yet and in the meantime Apple knows how to keep the wall up on a walled garden 🙂

@Tojiro I’m pretty certain cloud rendering will eventually be the future. I say as much here: analysysmason.com/research/conte…

@Tojiro I picked up on this as soon as they mentioned the eye tracking privacy in the keynote. It basically locks out cloud-based rendering with efficient compression during streaming to put the greatest detail where the user is looking.

I agree; headsets are fundamentally isolating not just because they're on your face (I don't want to film my child's birthday wearing one, ta) but 'cause the price tag is *per person* so, indeed, TimCook's point comparing the cost of AppleVisionPro to a TV rig is fallacy #WWDC23

#AppleVisionPro will be available early 2024 from USD3499 #WWDC23

Unity apps running natively on Apple Vision Pro; dedicated app store for Vision Pro apps (which will also include compatible iOS apps) #WWDC23. Apple's efforts to keep the headset under wraps will have slowed down all the whizzy gaming things that devs will do with this platform

Digital personas usable with Microsoft Teams, Zoom and others

Oh here we go - digital personas in FaceTime/visionOS. They are really emphasising latency (good!)

12 cameras, 5 sensors, 6 microphones in the #AppleVisionPro. A new dedicated processor for inputs, the R1, processes inputs within 12ms #WWDC23

New Apple Vision Pro has over 23 million pixels in the display which is >4K video resolution per eye #WWDC23 #AppleVisionPro

2 hour battery life with the external battery pack. That would barely get me through some meetings, let alone some classic movies that top 150 minutes #WWDC23

'Perfect for when you're working remote' - I'm curious to know how long its comfortable to wear an Apple Vision Pro headset for. I doubt I could get through a working day on one! #WWDC23

It's interesting that Apple Vision Pro looks like a credible productivity device in its first generation (not just a dev device). This is what Meta were aiming for with the Quest Pro. People balked at the price of that. Let's see what they say about the Vision Pro's RRP! #WWDC23

Apple and Disney's dynamic is intrinsically tied to Steve Jobs' relationship with Disney. The cool 3D demos are just teasers. The Vision Pro is starting out as a pretty 2D device but that's going to change relatively rapidly over the next 12-24 months, I think

Oh how interesting! Bob Iger at the #WWDC23 event. Given Disney's winding down on the metaverse.

I'm struck that the Apple Vision Pro primarily feels like a 2D media consumption device. Also, spatial videos sound great, but I don't want to attend my child's birthday whilst wearing a headset. #WWDC23

@Apple Vision Pro input model for spatial computing: requires no additional hardware, just eyes, hands and voice. Expect other UIs to follow. This is quite a big shift from most existing MR UIs #WWDC23