WWDC 2023 steals the spotlight with Apple's groundbreaking announcements. The new 15-inch MacBook Air is diving into the spotlight for its impressive specs and affordability. iOS 17 unveils cool features like personalized contact posters and messaging upgrades. Meanwhile, the Apple Vision Pro raises eyebrows with its spatial computing potential, though its drawbacks spark debate. The podcast humorously contrasts Apple's innovations with competitors while examining how these advancements shape our tech-driven lives.
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Quick takeaways
iOS 17 introduces enhanced auto-correct and inline typing predictions for easier messaging.
Standby mode turns iPhone into a smart home display with customized widgets.
The new Apple headset offers a hybrid reality experience with seamless transition between real world and digital environments.
The headset revolutionizes user interfaces with eye-tracking and hand gesture controls.
OLED screens on the outside of the headset display computed eye movements, adding aesthetic appeal.
Deep dives
Phone app improvements
The phone app now includes live transcribed voicemails, allowing users to read transcriptions as voicemails are being left. Contact cards have been updated with personalized posters and users can easily share contact information by tapping their iPhones together.
Messages updates
Messages now includes features such as search filters and transcribed inline audio messages, making it easier to navigate and understand conversations. The addition of stickers in messages provides users with a more expressive way to communicate.
Auto-correct and predictive typing improvements
The auto-correct feature in iOS 17 has been enhanced with transformer-based technology, allowing for more accurate and context-aware corrections. Inline typing predictions have also been introduced, making it easier to compose messages.
Standby mode
Standby mode allows users to turn their iPhone into a smart home display by placing it on a MagSafe stand. This mode can show customized widgets based on location and time of day, providing useful information at a glance.
The headset offers a hybrid reality experience
The new headset from Apple provides a unique hybrid reality experience, allowing users to seamlessly transition between the real world and digital environments. Unlike traditional VR headsets, this device allows users to stay connected to their surroundings while still enjoying immersive digital content.
Intuitive UI and control
The headset revolutionizes user interfaces with its innovative eye-tracking and hand gesture controls. Users can navigate through applications and interact with digital elements simply by looking at them and touching their fingertips together. The precise and responsive controls enhance the overall user experience.
Impressive visuals and pass-through capabilities
With its high-resolution display and advanced pass-through technology, the headset delivers stunning visuals and realistic virtual experiences. Users can see digital objects seamlessly integrated into the real world thanks to the device's impressive transparency and spatial rendering capabilities.
The headset features transparent OLED screens that display a person's computed eye movements
The podcast discusses a unique feature of the headset, where the OLED screens on the outside of the headset display a person's computed eye movements. These eye movements are only visible when the headset is in pass-through mode, allowing the user to see the surrounding room. The purpose of this feature is mainly for aesthetic reasons, allowing the wearer to avoid looking like a meme in public. The podcast also mentions that this feature adds weight and cost to the headset, without providing any significant benefits to the person wearing it.
The headset offers the ability to make FaceTime calls and display animated versions of the callers
Another notable feature discussed in the podcast is the ability to make FaceTime calls using the headset. The headset has its own computer and uses an M2 chip and an R1 chip for real-time processing of the sensor data. During the call, the headset displays animated and 3D reconstructed versions of the callers, matching their real-time appearances. It is stated that the quality of these animated versions is not as impressive as the Apple Starline technology, but it offers a higher resolution than previous versions. The podcast also mentions that while this feature is useful for business-related activities, it may feel impersonal and less personal compared to traditional FaceTime calls.
It's WWDC time! In this episode we break down everything Apple announced at its annual developer conference, from iOS to MacOS to.. VisionOS? Unfortunately, in order to fit everything we had to skip on doing trivia in this episode, but don't worry! If wacky tech trivia is what you live for (like us), we did a trivia collab with the Vergecast where we went head-to-head so make sure to check that out! We also hopped on at the end of their emergency WWDC podcast for a fun lightning round at the end. There's a ton to get into with everything that Apple announced. This is a long one, but we hope you enjoy!
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