To hear Apple fans talk about glasses, Apple has been working on this since 2006. The whole tech industry has turned Heads Up Displays into a spectator sport, where “reviewers” tell people not to buy what’s currently out, because Apple is right around the corner. SEVENTEEN years of rumored R&D, with NOTHING to show for it from Apple, and numerous competitors dead along the way. We could be rocking some cool face tech if we could get consumers educated on what these systems can really do. Here we are again. Returning to the same Apple rumors people have been spreading since Google Glass. I’m not holding my breath.
They haven’t. Apple has made almost zero public commitment to glasses. They’ve shown off tech demos of AR software on phones and tablets, but if you’re thinking of actual headsets, you’re only remembering the media and journalist hype machine speculating on what Apple glasses might be. We’ve seen patents, but they’re all clunkier diagrams than Google Glass or Samsung Gear VR. Google Glass was a solid first step of a Heads Up Display. People saying it wasn’t very good never used the updated models. It ran in medical and industrial uses until this year, and it seems the main reason Google finally killed off that hardware was to make Samsung happy. Eleven years after the Glass reveal, Apple has still been unable to ship a practical daily wearable face display to market. That hasn’t stopped the hype machine from acting like Apple AR is right around the corner. “THIS time we MEAN it! It’ll come!”
Apple of the Jobs era was way better at using proper standards and bringing consumers up to speed. Current Apple is more concerned with breaking standards to sell proprietary solutions. If the mission is to put a smartwatch at eye level, Apple will not be good stewards of that mission.
Prototypes behind closed doors, where no one else gets to see the product, and it’s later “revealed” by a leaker in a completely un-sourced youtube video are not “demos”. Microsoft put hololens on stage. Google shipped Glass to the public 11 years ago. Apple still hasn’t shipped Vision Pro.
A lot of folks are finding out that their bosses never REALLY cared that their job was done well, or even competently. If the company can save money with an AI that gets a bunch of stuff wrong, that’s “good enough”.
The problem with most smartphone image editors is that they are meant for quick edits to photos. Usually they are limited to cropping, adding filters and drawing. I’m looking for something a little more capable, something more akin to a traditional desktop editor like GIMP. Open source is a plus.
It’s like Google’s deal with Apple. Apple receives around $10 Billion a year to make Google the default search. I don’t believe Siri search can be changed, but if the user changes safari over to DDG, Apple already got paid. The amount Google pays out doesn’t depend on users KEEPING Google search. Just that it was the default.
Almost as bad as the connection of titles, the performance is so pretty garbage too. Especially compared to running apps in Windows 11. I made a short when it launched and still get people whining “but he’s complaining about a BETA?!?!”, like Google’s terrible performance is excusable, and we haven’t had better emulation for years now.
I love all this consumer blaming. “Samsung put 512GB on the side of the box, but these DUMB AVERAGE CONSUMERS are freaking out because their phone says 470GiB! They’re so dumb to whine about that! Why didn’t they learn about decimal versus binary storage measurements HUR HUR HUR!”
Then they can conveniently ignore that Samsung is still eating up a bunch of device storage. Criticizing Samsung means making less money.
This should be easy. The label on the side of any computer should be the user accessible storage. Done. If your product’s system files take up 20GB, then you can’t advertise to the user that they have 512GB.
As the title says, I’m looking for some of the best Star Trek books to read. I’ve read both of The Eugenics Wars books and quite enjoyed them, so was looking for some other good ones. I don’t really care what time period they’re in, just as long as they’re Trek and pretty
I completely agree. The issue with all these MP counts, they keep dividing 12mp sensors into smaller and smaller sub pixel resolutions. It creates a lot of challenges for image software to de-mosaic. But a GN6 could be interesting, as at that sub pixel size, it would be Samsung’s first true competitor for Sony’s monster IMX989. That 1"Type sensor is a beast at 12MP.
The trailer sold me so much I went to purchase a Netflix sub which is something I don’t do because I think Netflix sucks, but I wanted to support what I believed was to be great. And it really is great. I wish Netflix enabled purchase per-item so I could just buy what I want to clearly signal to them what to invest into....
I LOVED it. Mixing some tension with some comedy, and some brilliantly aware writing. Little glimmers of Jordan Peele, with some of the humor of Black Dynamite. Great movie to giggle at this weekend.
When I got the XSX recently, it was so I can play Starfield when it comes out. That was basically the only reason. I did not realize the extensive backwards compatibility that this thing has. But since getting it, I’ve been playing FF13 trilogy, Fable games, Dragon Age series, Lost Odyssey, etc. Basically all games of note...
We’re almost at that point. PS3 emulation on the Steam Deck is ALMOST there. Another generation of hardware improvements should push us over the edge. Then it would be up to Sony to decide “hey, we want to make money on the titles we can license and put back in an online store…”
Google’s latest advertising campaign, encapsulated by the tagline “It’s all good with Google on Android,” is aimed at persuading iPhone users to switch to Android by emphasizing the simplicity and worry-free nature of the process....
Apple 'smart glasses' on the way? New patent points to AR spectacles separate from Vision Pro (www.zdnet.com)
“AI took my job, literally”—Gizmodo fires Spanish staff amid switch to AI translator (arstechnica.com)
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What are some good image editor apps for Android?
The problem with most smartphone image editors is that they are meant for quick edits to photos. Usually they are limited to cropping, adding filters and drawing. I’m looking for something a little more capable, something more akin to a traditional desktop editor like GIMP. Open source is a plus.
Asus only cut the PC department in July, and now the commercial department is also going to be cut (Asus Zenfone 10 is their last phone) (finance.technews.tw)
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Does Firefox make money even if I don't use Google as my default search engine?
How does it work anyway? I mean, how does Firefox make money? Are they paid per google search or something like that?...
Google Play Games - Play Android games on PC (play.google.com)
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Samsung shows system storage correctly in Android 14 (9to5google.com)
cross-posted from !samsung
Best Star Trek Books
As the title says, I’m looking for some of the best Star Trek books to read. I’ve read both of The Eugenics Wars books and quite enjoyed them, so was looking for some other good ones. I don’t really care what time period they’re in, just as long as they’re Trek and pretty
Samsung might be working on a 440MP camera sensor (www.phonearena.com)
They Cloned Tyrone is amazing
The trailer sold me so much I went to purchase a Netflix sub which is something I don’t do because I think Netflix sucks, but I wanted to support what I believed was to be great. And it really is great. I wish Netflix enabled purchase per-item so I could just buy what I want to clearly signal to them what to invest into....
Backwards compatibility is the best feature of Xbox, and I don't understand why Sony is so far behind on this
When I got the XSX recently, it was so I can play Starfield when it comes out. That was basically the only reason. I did not realize the extensive backwards compatibility that this thing has. But since getting it, I’ve been playing FF13 trilogy, Fable games, Dragon Age series, Lost Odyssey, etc. Basically all games of note...
Google wants iPhone switchers to know 'It's all good' on Android [Video] (9to5google.com)
Google’s latest advertising campaign, encapsulated by the tagline “It’s all good with Google on Android,” is aimed at persuading iPhone users to switch to Android by emphasizing the simplicity and worry-free nature of the process....
Inbox's spiritual successor Shortwave has finally come to Android (lemdro.id)
androidpolice.com/google-inbox-spiritual-successo…