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David Heaney

@heaney_555
14 posts
2025-04-25
While awful for the individuals affected, there is some unwarranted sensationalism in some of the reporting around this.  These layoffs represent far less than 1% of Meta Reality Labs, and mainly affect some of the acquired game studios.  This is not “the end of the metaverse”, or anything like that.
2025-04-25 View on X
Bloomberg

Meta lays off Reality Labs staffers, affecting Oculus Studios teams; sources: 100+ staff are affected, including those involved in Meta's hardware efforts

Bloomberg :

2025-03-11
Think visionOS doesn't matter?  Your iPhone is about to look & feel like it.
2025-03-11 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Apple preps a major interface revamp for iOS 19, iPadOS 19, and macOS 16, loosely based on visionOS, with a consistent design and simpler navigation

Apple Inc. is preparing one of the most dramatic software overhauls in the company's history, aiming to transform the interface of the iPhone …

2025-02-22
The iPhone-driven guest flow will be a game-changer for giving Apple Vision Pro demos!
2025-02-22 View on X
UploadVR

Apple releases visionOS 2.4 developer beta, adding Apple Intelligence, a guest mode, a Spatial Gallery app, an iPhone app for remote installs, and more

here's all the new features Wes Davis / The Verge : The Vision Pro is getting easier to share with guests, and adding a new iPhone app Aaron Brown / GB News : Apple unveils blockbu...

Quest's Horizon OS should really get a Guest Mode too.  It could show a streamlined interface with the ability to select whitelisted apps, have no access to People, Files, Camera, or Gallery, and ideally be launchable from the app.  Any plans for something like that @mrabkin?
2025-02-22 View on X
UploadVR

Apple releases visionOS 2.4 developer beta, adding Apple Intelligence, a guest mode, a Spatial Gallery app, an iPhone app for remote installs, and more

here's all the new features Wes Davis / The Verge : The Vision Pro is getting easier to share with guests, and adding a new iPhone app Aaron Brown / GB News : Apple unveils blockbu...

2024-10-22
If Qualcomm used the new GPU from the just-announced Snapdragon 8 Elite in an XR2 Gen 3, it would achieve 75% faster GPU performance over Quest 3.  That means it's likely on track to achieve another double GPU performance leap for Quest 4 in 2026, continuing the pace.
2024-10-22 View on X
Android Authority

Qualcomm unveils the 3nm Snapdragon 8 Elite mobile SoC, with two prime and six performance CPU cores, claiming 45% faster CPU and NPU over the 8 Gen 3, and more

The new name marks a major departure from previous Snapdragons.  —  •  —  After much speculation …

2024-08-29
My thoughts (entirely speculation): - Quest Air?  Or perhaps not branded Quest at all?  - Maybe it uses a stripped down version of Horizon OS that only supports 2D panels and spatial apps made with Meta's upcoming framework, not traditional immersive apps.
2024-08-29 View on X
The Information

Sources: Meta plans to release a new MR device codenamed Puffin in 2027, resembling a bulky pair of glasses with a second unit for battery and computing power

Report Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Meta Reportedly Considering Smaller Mixed Reality “Glasses” for Release in 2027 Sarah Fields / Game Rant : Meta is Reportedly Working on a Super-...

2024-06-19
This is the right move, though it will disappoint enthusiasts.  Apple needs a cheaper & lighter headset, and the non-Pro Vision headset will reportedly be both: $1500-$2000 and one-third lighter.  That's the real moment Apple disrupts this industry; Vision Pro was just a tease.
2024-06-19 View on X
The Information

Source: Apple told at least one supplier it has suspended work on the next Apple Vision Pro; sources say Apple still plans a cheaper model by the end of 2025

Apple Suspends Work on Next High-End Headset, Focused on Releasing Cheaper Model in Late 2025 Apple has told at least one supplier …

2024-06-18
After all the speculation about Apple doing this with Vision Pro, Meta will do it first with Quest via Logitech.  The first officially supported third-party tracked controller for an Oculus or Meta headset.
2024-06-18 View on X
CNET

Logitech unveils the MX Ink, a $130 stylus coming in September for the Meta Quest 2, Quest 3, and “future headsets”, the Quest's first third-party input device

2024-06-11
The new ultrawide Mac Virtual Display looks incredible.  *Better* than multiple monitors, and getting closer to the dream goal of just spawning Mac apps as floating windows without the 2D container.
2024-06-11 View on X
New York Times

Apple Vision Pro, while a remarkable piece of tech, needs updates to avoid gathering dust, and WWDC's new features like 3D “spatial photos” are modest tweaks

The $3,500 “spatial computing” device has gathered dust on my shelf.  Can tweaks and upgrades save it from obsolescence?

The new ultrawide Mac Virtual Display looks incredible.  *Better* than multiple monitors, and getting closer to the dream goal of just spawning Mac apps as floating windows without the 2D container.
2024-06-11 View on X
9to5Mac

Apple unveils visionOS 2, with a higher-res, ultra-wide Mac Virtual Display option later in 2024, regular photos gaining spatial depth, new gestures, and more

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac :

2024-05-03
This is huge.  Most analysis of Vision Pro so far has focused on consumers, but Apple has silently taken the enterprise AR market by storm.  See the article for example use cases, including footage.
2024-05-03 View on X
CNBC

Apple Q2 revenue: iPhone down 10% YoY to $45.96B, Mac up 4% to $7.45B, iPad down 17% to $5.56B, and Wearables, Home, and Accessories down 10% to $7.91B

Apple CEO Tim Cook waves to journalists after his meeting with Indonesian President Joko Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia, April 17, 2024.

This is huge.  Most analysis of Vision Pro so far has focused on consumers, but Apple has silently taken the enterprise AR market by storm.  See the article for example use cases, including footage.
2024-05-03 View on X
AppleInsider

Tim Cook says half of Fortune 100 companies have purchased Apple Vision Pro units and that Apple's focus is on getting more apps and more enterprises engaged

Wesley Hilliard / AppleInsider :

2024-01-17
This is a Macintosh moment, not any kind of iPhone moment.
2024-01-17 View on X
Engadget

Apple Vision Pro hands-on: eye and hand tracking are very accurate, but typing is frustrating, the killer app is watching movies, can feel heavy after 15+ min

We got hands-on with the device once more before its official launch, with some new features available to test this time.

2024-01-05
I wonder who the fifth undisclosed headset is from 🤔
2024-01-05 View on X
The Verge

Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, an update to the XR2 Gen 2 used in the Meta Quest 3, offering 4.3K resolution at 90fps per eye, up from 3K per eye

Allison Johnson / The Verge :