Apple

Apple AI Plans

Later This Year: Tim Cook’s 3-Word Answer About Apple’s Plans for AI Was Incredibly Revealing | Inc.com – https://www.inc.com/jason-aten/tim-cooks-3-word-answer-about-apples-plans-for-ai-was-incredibly-revealing.html

“Apple CEO Tim Cook hinted at an AI announcement coming from the company later this year. “Let me just say that I think there’s a huge opportunity for Apple with Gen AI and AI, without getting into more details and getting out in front of myself” https://t.co/1dzrRxRwZJ” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1754375867352883635

Tim Cook teases Apple AI announcement ‘later this year’ – https://www.cnbc.com/2024/02/01/tim-cook-teases-apple-ai-announcement-later-this-year.html

“A new research paper from Apple demonstrates a breakthrough technique to run advanced AI on iPhones. It involves streamlining bulky LLMs using flash storage optimization. If (or when) Apple integrates advanced AI into the iPhone — it will be another 0 to 1 moment for adoption. https://t.co/inrHTGfE6O” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1738017048049922384

“Apple researchers just introduced a new method to help speech recognition models better comprehend unfamiliar words and names. Looks like we may have a major (and much needed) Siri upgrade soon 👀 https://t.co/KrRkCn9ZwV” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1754761482166796592

Vision Pro

This guy did a better job on marketing the Vision Pro than the entire Marketing department at Apple

This guy did a better job on marketing the Vision Pro than the entire Marketing department at Apple pic.twitter.com/Cd8YFVIzvt
— Everton Carneiro (@everton_dev) February 5, 2024

“ok this demo is better than apple’s actual ads for vision pro 🤯 https://t.co/DE9IGdGCcG”https://twitter.com/thekitze/status/1754189182992253156 

mistral 7b (4bit quantized) running locally on apple vision pro

inference on your head

mistral 7b (4bit quantized) running locally on apple vision pro pic.twitter.com/xOhkztksLl
— Joseph Semrai (@josephsemrai) February 5, 2024

Facebook VR developer: radically better experience. This will stick ✈️

radically better experience. This will stick ✈️ pic.twitter.com/Ro8IEMrDDy
— Jaroslav Beck (@JaroslavBeck) February 5, 2024

“Apple Vision Pro camera explorations number two. https://t.co/vVd2I4bOfM” / X – https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1755072155245785326

“night vision with the apple vision pro, no cameras needed https://t.co/AI65R9VMOE” / X – https://twitter.com/sdand/status/1755479632613089669

“YouTube reportedly has an Apple Vision Pro app on its roadmap https://t.co/gjzY6hgWpN https://t.co/0CSP9QfhLh”

YouTube reportedly has an Apple Vision Pro app on its roadmap https://t.co/gjzY6hgWpN pic.twitter.com/0CSP9QfhLh
— Engadget (@engadget) February 5, 2024

“Vision Pro isn’t just great, it’s the single greatest piece of tech ive ever used https://t.co/ArBgbkH0UR” / X – https://twitter.com/Casey/status/1753848769118970152

“I just spent almost 3 hours coding in Vision Pro. No discomfort, no fatigue… just pure bliss https://t.co/STcQ0YCHPM”

I just spent almost 3 hours coding in Vision Pro. No discomfort, no fatigue… just pure bliss pic.twitter.com/STcQ0YCHPM
— austin blake (building productivity apps for iOS) (@austboston) February 3, 2024

“#AppleVisionPro changes everything! This comes from a person that has been involved in 3D since 2000, and VR since 2003! The #Quest3 pushed the MixedReality revolution, Apple Vision Pro pushes it further. For the first time, since I’ve been heavily using VR devices starting… https://t.co/Xhjl8ljnvG”

#AppleVisionPro changes everything! This comes from a person that has been involved in 3D since 2000, and VR since 2003! The #Quest3 pushed the MixedReality revolution, Apple Vision Pro pushes it further.

For the first time, since I've been heavily using VR devices starting… pic.twitter.com/Xhjl8ljnvG
— Anthony Duca (@Anthonyduca) February 4, 2024

“We took apart the Vision Pro, and it is a phenomenal feat of engineering! There is just so much packed in this headset. Some highlights: https://t.co/m4I5LR6uoU”https://twitter.com/kwiens/status/1754160263387902339

Sam Altman “vision pro is second most impressive tech since the iphone”

vision pro is second most impressive tech since the iphone
— Sam Altman (@sama) February 9, 2024

“James Cameron is a huge fan of #AppleVisionPro “I was skeptical at first. I don’t bow down before the great god of Apple, but I was really, really blown away” (via @VanityFair) https://t.co/WohcsMUkcP” / X – https://twitter.com/CultureCrave/status/1754604964666855536

“I imagine this is what support calls will feel like in the near future. Remote experts will be able to “telestrate” over our field of view and annotate things spatially. Eventually it’ll be a multimodal AI doing the annotation. But for now, humans will be far more effective. https://t.co/ccTNAqbjvt” / X – https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1754711100019388859

“Flipping between real & virtual worlds with my 3D scan in Vision Pro is pure eye candy 😻 The environmental lighting change reveals all the high frequency detail baked into the normal maps 🌅 Used Sketchfab to convert my photogrammetry model to USDZ, then you can open it… https://t.co/yPrItX1wMx” / X – https://twitter.com/bilawalsidhu/status/1755396303285100742

“I just used @LumaLabsAI’s text-to-3D to generate a DeLorean from Back to the Future and placed it in my living room using the Vision Pro! The future is wild. 🤩 https://t.co/ofJsMQDqf7” / X – https://twitter.com/ammaar/status/1754711436193112554

“Outtakes AI posted a demo of its app showcasing the ability to generate immersive worlds on the Vision Pro. Apple’s headsets + AI are going to enable some truly insane experiences. The Holodeck is becoming a reality. https://t.co/iJ9eKNSzMC” / X – https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1755429430728515832

“✨ WHAT THE GOLF? available now for Apple Vision Pro! ⛳️ https://t.co/1xG2zdpuvq 🎉 #AppleVisionProApps #AppleVisionPro #VisionPro #SpatialComputing https://t.co/ImlAIOGmXX” / X – https://twitter.com/tribandtweets/status/1753818001076339161

“Been testing Apple Vision Pro’s fitness capabilities, from Peloton Classes to Digital Weight loading with Vitruvian, to Boxing, and more…. As someone who previously has been pretty unimpressed with VR fitness experiences, Apple has something really special here. Unlike the… https://t.co/NLgoZ7L6gg” / X – https://twitter.com/heycolinjenkins/status/1754658820893425730

“visionOS 1.1 on Vision Pro requires you to rescan your Persona. It makes Personas look significantly better. Before (1.0) vs After (1.1) https://t.co/D6qdw05zsf” / X – https://twitter.com/Zacitus/status/1754994422373064787

“Thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro: the hardware and core software (absolutely exceptional), the user experience and controls (great for some things, less great for others, due to the very limiting controls), and what Apple can improve for the future (a lot!): Hardware and Core… https://t.co/dgSlxHJ55P” / X – https://twitter.com/amaldorai/status/1755377421547716665

“generated worlds on vision pro. incredible https://t.co/twKXAKxQPx” / X – https://twitter.com/battleangelviv/status/1755351422432911454

“I already have many virtual plants in my home. You will too.” / X – https://twitter.com/Scobleizer/status/1755761297206210995

“Apple Vision Pro + Skiing ⛷️ https://t.co/FAI9WMj1wW” / X – https://twitter.com/eyc/status/1755742453980958761

“When we started Box, one of the breakthrough features was being able to view a document on a BlackBerry. Now, you can interact with your content in full 3D. The pace of technology is incredible. https://t.co/uBtOuucfsO” / X – https://twitter.com/levie/status/1756002636036444182

The Apple Vision Pro – Stratechery by Ben Thompson – https://stratechery.com/2024/the-apple-vision-pro/

The first Reddit reviews of the Vision Pro are in – The Verge – https://www.theverge.com/2024/2/3/24060419/reddit-vision-pro-user-reviews-launch

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