Rolling up to the Carl’s Jr. a few blocks from my house, I was greeted with a line for the drive-thru. There’s a certain culture that forms only when a drive-thru is taking particularly long. Fast food veterans, people who are high, and your quarterly french fry enjoyers direct their confusion and anger at the …
Now that people have been experimenting with Apple’s spatial computer for a couple of weeks, we’re starting to see just how it stacks up against the Quest 3 and Pro. There are a lot of differences — just ask Mark Zuckerberg — and while the Quest 3 scores points in fields like price, hand tracking, …
The Apple Vision Pro has been a serious game changer for mixed-reality headsets, but it still doesn’t completely solve one of the most common issues with them: comfort. The Vision Pro, like other headsets, can still get burdensome after long periods of use, and as a result, Vision Pro owners are taking matters into their …
We think of smartwatches as a distinct category of device, with their own software and hardware design concerns. For one, we wear them instead of carrying them in our pockets like a phone. They also have to be small enough to fit on a wrist in the first place. But can they really be meaningfully …
Searching for things on your Pixel 8 should be getting a whole lot easier. Google is rolling out its recently-announced Circle to Search function to its latest smartphones, including the Pixel 8 and the Pixel 8 Pro. The new feature uses generative AI to quickly help you figure out what’s on your smartphone screen. Instead …
The internet may be vast but it’s made up of a million and one niche corners, and each one has its unique appeal. There’s BookTok on TikTok, an ASMR community on YouTube, and lunchbox influencers on Instagram, just to name a few — and more seem to crop up every single day. If you feel …
Having glasses and owning the Apple Vision Pro might be even more annoying than we thought. As you may already know, if you wear glasses and are looking to order Apple’s headset, you’re forced to add on Zeiss optical inserts since the Vision Pro doesn’t work with any eyewear. The need for additional custom lenses …
In 2021, Jocelyn was ready to get back on dating apps. Fresh out of a long-term relationship, she figured they would be relatively the same as when she first used them in college five years earlier. Even if they didn’t lead to lasting love, she’d have fun exploring her options. “I wasn’t experiencing any of …
Imagine a perfect partner: One who always texts back, listens, and remembers even the most insignificant details about your life.The cherry on top? If you’re tired or need space, you can switch them off. That’s the appeal of AI programs created for connection, and it’s hardly surprising people are falling in love with them. In …
“A lot of the high hopes that we had actually crumbled to pieces around a week before launch.” Edi Torres, creative director at Mixed Realms, was faced with a hard choice. Despite her team’s intentions, the PlayStation VR2 version of Hellsweeper, a frenetic roguelike shooter, would not have the graphical fidelity of its Steam VR …