Putting the ‘Pro’ in Apple Vision Pro and other TC news

June 9, 2023

At WWDC this week, Apple revealed its new Vision Pro headset, a platform it described as the advent of spatial computing. The company clearly put a lot of work into building Vision Pro, and VisionOS, the software that powers it, but is it as revolutionary as Apple marketing would have you believe? Today, Darrell is […]

Putting the ‘Pro’ in Apple Vision Pro and other TC news by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Disney’s Hotstar to offer free mobile cricket streaming in India to take on Reliance’s JioCinema

June 9, 2023

Disney’s Hotstar will offer free streaming of cricket tournaments to mobile users in India, following Reliance’s JioCinema comparable approach that helped it attract millions of viewers. On Friday, Disney+ Hotstar announced it would lift the paywall on the Asia Cup and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup live streams to let all mobile viewers watch these […]

Disney’s Hotstar to offer free mobile cricket streaming in India to take on Reliance’s JioCinema by Jagmeet Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Apple’s Vision Pro reignites excitement in China’s XR world

June 9, 2023

Apple’s launch of Vision Pro, what it refers to as its first spatial computer, is generating a lot of buzz in China. The hashtag #Apple Vision Pro 苹果首款头显 (Apple’s first head-mounted display) amassed over 40 million views on Weibo, China’s Twitter counterpart, on the launch day alone. The country’s virtual and augmented reality industry went […]

Apple’s Vision Pro reignites excitement in China’s XR world by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

The Download: a promising new fuel, and why our phones struggle with wildfires

June 9, 2023
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. This unlikely fuel could power cleaner trucks and ships Transportation is a huge piece of the climate puzzle, accounting for over 15% of worldwide global greenhouse gas emissions. And while we’re making steady…

Runway’s Gen-2 shows the limitations of today’s text-to-video tech

June 9, 2023

In a recent panel interview with Collider, Joe Russo, the director of tentpole Marvel films like “Avengers: Endgame,” predicted that, within two years, AI will be able to create a fully-fledged movie. It’d say that’s a rather optimistic timeline. But we’re getting closer. This week, Runway, a Google-backed AI startup that helped develop the AI […]

Runway’s Gen-2 shows the limitations of today’s text-to-video tech by Kyle Wiggers originally published on TechCrunch