This story was originally published on June 9, 2023 in my weekly IoT newsletter. You can subscribe to it here. For the last year or so, I've been scoffing at the concept of the industrial metaverse. Microsoft, Nvidia, Siemens, and other big names … [Read more...]
Love it or hate it, the Apple Vision Pro is a game changer
I'm sure by now, you've seen or heard about Apple Vision Pro, the company's $3,499 spatial computing headset. If you haven't, this nine minute video will quickly catch you up: https://youtu.be/TX9qSaGXFyg Reactions from those who have, and … [Read more...]
Meta may offer a lesson in how to brick a surveillance device
It’s the beginning of the end for Meta’s Portal display. The company quietly removed the app for Microsoft Teams from the Portal app store in recent weeks, a little over a year after the video chat service first became available on Meta’s smart … [Read more...]
Why smart glasses are on the cusp of being a gamechanger
It's hard to believe that Google Glass debuted nearly a decade ago. I was one of the early "Glass Explorers," which is a far kinder name than the other ones that were used to describe people like me at the time. Google Glass both ushered in the smart … [Read more...]