Sean Hollister
Today I’m toying with double magnet rings.
Here’s my full story laying out all the practical options, but practical is overrated: sometimes you just wanna slap two phones together!
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AMD will reveal its RDNA 4- packing Radeon RX 9000 GPUs on February 28th.
That’s just over two weeks from today — it’ll have a YouTube livestream at 8AM ET (that’s 5AM for me on the West Coast!) to show off its half-announced RX 9070 and RX 9070 XT and hopefully reveal their all-important pricing.
The company has set expectations that these will not compete with Nvidia’s latest and greatest on performance, but here’s hoping they won’t cost so dang much. They’ll ship in early March.
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Microsoft confirms it’s getting out of HoloLens hardware entirely.
Microsoft discontinued the HoloLens 2, and is handing off the Army’s version to Anduril, but is it done done with HoloLens hardware? No other products? I asked the company just in case.
Microsoft mixed reality CVP Robin Seiler:
We are transitioning away from hardware development but will continue to provide support for HoloLens2 hardware and software through 2027, as announced in October. We remain committed to the IVAS program and will shift our focus to cloud and AI technologies, which will serve as the foundation for IVAS as a situational awareness platform.
Stick a fork in it.
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Palmer Luckey’s Anduril is taking over the Army’s Microsoft HoloLens (IVAS) headset contract.
In a joint press release:
Through this partnership agreement, and pending Department of Defense approval, Anduril will assume oversight of production, future development of hardware and software, and delivery timelines. This agreement also establishes Microsoft Azure as Anduril’s preferred hyperscale cloud for all workloads related to IVAS and Anduril AI technologies.
It’s only been five months since Anduril first teamed up with Microsoft; Microsoft’s been adapting HoloLens for the US Army since 2017, eventually securing a $21.9 billion contract while combatting various comfort issues. This may be the end of Microsoft’s involvement in HoloLens, as it discontinued its other business in October.
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Damn, Polygon beat me to the Ayaneo 3.
Chris Plante! How dare you suggest the device I called “the most exciting PC handheld” is better than the Steam Deck because it’s “on steroids in every way?”
Plante, direct-messaging me on Slack:
For me being on steroids is not inherently a good thing. people’s hearts explode and their privates shrink
Oh! Well then. That DOES sound like the pre-production model they sent me. For a better “Steam Deck Plus” experience in the meanwhile, try this!
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Would it be that hard to make Meta Ray-Ban batteries replaceable?
I was reading my colleague Victoria Song’s story about how non-replaceable batteries suck, and it reminded me of the transparent Meta-Ray Bans I tried last year — because those transparent frames revealed that Meta’s little battery pouch is kinda just floating in its own little compartment!
Yes, smart glasses are tightly packed. But what if this compartment had a little door and an easily detachable battery connector inside?
