You're on the right track. Nix the kiddie crap and focus on a truly compelling experience. And it has to play well with others. Yes, games are a driver, but people are just as happy to use their steam deck or handset to interact with an MMO. It's all pretty straight-forward. VR, AI, crypto are all floating point-bound, which means WebGPU is the common thread, so anything happening that's worth a damn is Web-based. Spatial search and generative AI are the killer apps in this space. The other thing to consider is engagement. They can't possibly expect people to spend hours glued to thier HMD. Sometimes I just want to check something quickly and move on. The Ray Bans are cool, but they're nowhere near a fully immersive MR experience with that route. You're not even supposed to use your headset outside per the instructions on the box. It's a joke. They need the cheap gas station sunglasses version for mobile, like Google Cardboard. The technology is there, they just need to pick the right stuff to work on.

I could be wrong, but last time I checked, they were doing something similar. Supposedly Automattic tried to get them to play ball, but the VC decided the game was chicken, so Matt blocked them from .org resources, which they were supposedly a significant user of. Itâ(TM)s definitely a messy situation that could have been handled differently. Does the .org have the right to block access? Sure. They can always request the DVD.

When the original iSight camera came out, it had a physical aperture cover. Somewhere along the way, they dropped it and things haven't been the same. I can understand the floppy and CD, but to physically limit the operator's ability to control their own hardware is Apple's game, I guess. If you're curious to see the impressive engineering Apple pulled off to get folks comfortable with having an Orwellian prop integrated into their telescreen, here's a photo: https://guide-images.cdn.ifixi...

Lincoln Michel has a post on why publishing statistics are so confusing and why this is BS here: https://countercraft.substack....

People are not going to call it a feedforward loop. I’m with Gruber on this one. People are “quiet fired” all the time.

Hard to regulate something you don’t fully understand. is it even AI? Machine learning, yes; AI, meh. Ask an expert and they’ll tell you they don’t fully grasp how it works. This is how we get stuck with cybersecurity, cyber command, and the vaguely turd reich sounding “homeland” in common use. The map is not the territory.

Sounds like folksonomy and lowest common denominator UX abstractions do have their consequences. Tag it, bag it, and forgetaboutit. Youâ(TM)re watching the mitosis of the morlocks and eloi in real-time.

Austin is a wonderful place, but itâ(TM)s an oasis. Itâ(TM)s already a tech hub, which is why it attracts the carpetbaggers skipping SV. I do hope the folks in Austin can manage to keep it weird. Unfortunately, Oracle, HPE, and the PayPal mafia wonâ(TM)t add anything to the mix not already present. Gird you loins, yâ(TM)all!

Rest in peace. To the rest of you reading this, pick up the torch and carry it to the next in line.

Autonomous vehicles are a solid red herring. Anybody working in this space knows that anything above the quantum level has way too much latency, so you're seeing folks taking the obvious next step and pushing out to the edge with silicon like Nervana, Jetson, and Mythic. It's the same stuffed shirt boardroom toads grasping at thin air. Enjoy the ride :)

Just the other day, my neighbor was driving to work when her engine exploded in front of my house. She got out OK, but her car (a Jeep SUV) was totaled. She said she felt like she drove over a large rock, but it was likely a fuel line issue. I originally thought it was battery related, but the fire department said it was the engine. The explosion shook the windows at my house and there was lots of smoke and fire. Do I think Jeep is at fault? Probably not. The feeling I got was that she was having issues with the vehicle and probably shouldn't have been driving it. The point is, we don't know all the details of these stories, yet we're so quick to pass judgement. The number of Tesla fires is a little worrying, but it seems acceptable compared to gas-powered vehicles.