Some demos were posted this week that make it easier to picture how technology can change reality. The picture above shows a laptop in a perfectly normal apartment with a Game of Thrones augmented reality overlay. Stick with me and I’ll explain enough for you to know what that means, and maybe you’ll scroll back up…
An alien spaceship has blasted a hole in my ceiling and is landing on the floor in front of my bookcases. It’s a game on the Meta Quest 3 headset named “First Encounters.” My office is fully visible through the passthrough cameras. In the picture above, you can see a giant moon hanging in the…
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have cameras in the frames. You can take pictures and shoot videos, then upload them. It’s a fast and convenient way to record a moment without pulling out your phone. You can post the images to Facebook or Instagram, or ask AI questions about them. Last week two Harvard students got viral coverage of…
Take a minute – literally just one minute – and listen to the beginning of one of these podcast conversations about recent books. Each is about ten minutes long but just listen to the first minute of one of them to get the idea. I’ll wait. Veilpiercer by Bruce Berls (Amazon) The Avatar Murders by Jim Rowson (Amazon) Wild…