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    Satya Nadella doesn’t think your headset will replace your laptop.

    Is the metaverse a place we’ll all spend all our time someday, thus replacing all our current tech with glasses and headsets? Microsoft’s CEO doesn’t think so:

    When I think about the Metaverse, the first thing I think about is it’s not going to be born in isolation from everything else that’s in our lives, which is you’re going to have a Mac or a Windows PC, you’re going to have an iOS or an Android phone, and maybe you’ll have a headset.

    An Interview With Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Partnering in the Metaverse

    [Stratechery by Ben Thompson]

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    Today’s Vergecast: mixed reality, virtual reality, actual reality.

    We talked all about Meta Connect and the Quest, from Zuck’s thoughts on the Quest Pro to our impressions after using the device to the state and future of VR games. We also have a lot of feelings about what a “VR stylus” is actually good for.

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    Meta Connect is just about to start.

    It’s going to be a big day in the metaverse! Here’s where all our coverage lives, and here’s what we’re expecting to see from the Quest Pro. See you in Horizon Worlds, maybe?

    Keynote and Developer State of the Union

    [Facebook]

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    Sounds like the Coinbase documentary is not very good.

    I haven’t seen it yet, but The Atlantic’s Charlie Warzel came away thoroughly unimpressed. It’s basically an internal marketing video masquerading as a documentary:

    Most of what we see of our billionaire protagonist is a series of shots as he works (often alone) from his various homes and offices, or gets into and out of chauffeured cars and private jets.

    It’s hard to make crypto boring! But that’s what Coin does, it appears — and maybe even what it wanted to do.

    I Watched the Coinbase Documentary So You Don’t Have To

    [Galaxy Brain]

    Google Docs will soon let you embed other apps into your documentsGoogle Docs will soon let you embed other apps into your documents
    Chips, canvases, and chats: Google Workspace’s plan to crush OfficeChips, canvases, and chats: Google Workspace’s plan to crush Office
    The PC market needs another reinvention — is Microsoft’s Surface up for it again?The PC market needs another reinvention — is Microsoft’s Surface up for it again?
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    David Pierce
    Today on The Vergecast: Pixel phones, Pixel watches, and Elon.

    Including some breaking, mid-podcast Elon news! It’s been a busy week, and we got into all of it. Including the deep, deep disappointment we all felt upon hearing Chris Pratt’s Mario voice.

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    I will never get tired of “I tried to live in the metaverse” stories.

    The latest installment comes from Kashmir Hill at The New York Times, who had some interesting and deeply weird times in Meta’s (not very good) Horizon platform:

    “Oh, that’s me. I sleep in my headset,” said Sam, a redhead in a blazer, one night in the Soapstone. “Imagine waking up in the most amazing place in the universe.”

    This Is Life in the Metaverse

    [The New York Times]

    Google thinks smartwatches are the future again — are you buying it?

    Google has been right about wearables for nearly a decade. Now, the company swears it’s serious about them, too.

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