Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg posted his review of Apple’s Vision Pro on Instagram, and it comes inexplicably for us here at Engadget.
One video Taking it straight from Meta Quest 3 (of course), Zuckerberg didn’t mince words. He said he expects the Quest to be a better value for most people because it’s “seven times cheaper” than the $3,500 Vision Pro. Ultimately, he concluded that the Quest 3 was “a better product, period.”
Zuckerberg thinks the Quest is “very comfortable” and notes that the headset has a wider field of view than the Vision Pro and has a brighter screen. Quest has a larger library, he added: Unlike Meta’s Quest, Vision Pro has access to YouTube and Xbox apps. And that’s certainly a fair criticism.
All in all, two out of five Zucks. Don’t forget to like and subscribe.
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It gave some viewers access to pirated shows and movies.
An app called Kimi has curiously overtaken popular streaming services like Netflix and Prime Video on the App Store’s list of best free entertainment apps this week. Now, Apple has pulled it down, presumably because it gave users access to pirated movies.
Some are disguised as an app that tests your eyesight by forcing you to play ‘spot the difference’ between similar photos. In fact, it was full of bootleg shows and movies. If anyone remembers the heyday of pirated movies on slow internet connections, you should relive the choppy video quality of yesteryear.
This could make the retail giant a formidable competitor to Amazon and Roku.
Walmart may buy budget TV maker Vizio. The rumored $2 billion deal will make Vizio a household brand for the retailer and allow the company to directly compete in the affordable smart TV space currently dominated by Amazon and Roku. Vizio has been tracking buyers for years. It was nearly bought by Chinese media conglomerate LeEco in 2016, another $2 billion deal, but it fell through. If the acquisition goes through, Walmart will also have access to all the sweet, sweet customer data collected by Vizio’s smart TV platform.
We are not ready for what is to come.
Arctic ice has shrunk by 1.35 million square miles since 1979, and Antarctic ice is now at its lowest level since records began. The Frozen Arctic report, produced by the Arctic and Lapland universities together with the UN-backed GRID-Arendal think tank, brings together sixty geoengineering projects that could slow or reverse polar melting. The team of researchers examined each idea, from those already existing to those on the fringes of science. Daniel Cooper breaks down some possible solutions.
