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There are a lot of ideas and promise packed into this smart ring, but it’s not all the way there yet.
Rumor has it that Samsung will start mass production on the Galaxy Ring in May to the tune of 400,000 units. Of course, that’s just an estimate and could tweaked down the line. But if true, it hints that Samsung’s feeling confident about its forthcoming smart ring. Like I said, 2024 is really shaping up to be the year of the smart ring.
I’m not the one making this very big claim. That’d be Hugo Barra, former VP of Android and head of Oculus. Go check out his in-depth blog about his Vision Pro experience. It’s a great read overall, but this bit stood out:
Intentionally making the Vision Pro optics blurry is a clever move by Apple because it results in way smoother graphics across the board by hiding the screen door effect (which in practice means that you won’t see pixelation artifacts).
I’ve been hopping between both headsets and... I see what he’s saying!
This is the sort of thing Zuck’s hoping you’ll ask the Ray-Ban Meta Smart Glasses. The company’s finally rolled out landmark recognition for its multimodal AI beta. You can watch it (and a few other demos) in Zuck’s latest Instagram post. Though, unlike Zuck, I don’t recommend asking AI to rate your onesies collection.
These watches hit a nice balance between style and function without bombarding you with information.
Here’s the story behind that photo of a bride giving her new Vision Pro-wearing husband the stink eye. Speaking to Futurism, the now notorious groom says:
“My wife was like, ‘We’re not taking photos in the Vision Pro,’ but I told her it was just for the meme.”
The bride says she wasn’t actually mad and gave the okay after everyone else left. That said, the Vision Pro “was the last thing [she] wanted pictures of.”
At least it wasn’t during the ceremony.
