Recent study of 16 surgeries using Apple Vision Pro in surgeries. Operative time was about 19% shorter with the AVP Surgeons reported improved comfort and a more neutral head and neck posture with AVP All five surgeons favored the AVP
Todd Heberlein
@toddheberlein.bsky.social
Hobby: AR/VR dev, Guilty pleasure: UFOs/UAP, Job: Cybersecurity R&D. I’m into anything science-related and have a soft spot for technology-focused businesses.
Electronic Arts, Blizzard, Activision, Bethesda, Bungie, ... I feel so many gaming companies from ~20 years ago have been swallowed by giant corporations or private equity over the years. Feels kind of sad. gamesbeat.com/electronic-a...
Electronic Arts sold for $55B as Saudi-led coalition completes deal
Ending a long era for gaming, Electronic Arts announced today it was acquired for $55 billion by a Saudi-led consortium.
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Blog post that manages to combine ElevenLabs' voice changer, an explanation of a 20-year old cyberattack that is still extremely common, and plans for immersive storytelling. www.toddheberlein.com/blog/2026/7/...
Telling the Story of a DNS DDoS Attack — Todd Heberlein
I want/need to change my voice for presentations and eventually immersive storytelling, but I still want to capture my own voice performance. This post describes the process I used for creating a vide...
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Nice summary by Gurman: "The AI hardware effort originally intended to power a self-driving car is now shaping Macs and AI servers. In the end, one of Apple’s costliest failures may be seen as one of its most consequential technology investments."
Mark Gurman@markgurman.bsky.social · 3w agoPower On: Apple’s Mac chip shake-up around the M6, M7, M7 Pro, M7 Max, M7 Ultra and M8 show how AI is continuing to reshape the company. New details on Apple’s chip plans. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
When Apple announced the Apple Vision Pro, I started taking panoramic photos. Panos are great in the Photos app, but in visionOS 27 you can use them as your environment while using other apps. Video shows a photo from my Moroccan vacation while watching a trailer for Lawrence of Arabia in Apple TV.
Last immersive website environment for Safari in Apple Vision Pro before WWDC - a ship (that may look vaguely familiar) approaches Mars. If you have a Vision Pro, link to the website to experience this is below.
Less than a week before WWDC, and Ming-Chi Kuo drops this on the Apple Vision Pro line. I hope Apple provides encouragement at WWDC that visionOS is still a major part of their roadmap.
TIL if you have your Mac file system synced to iCloud and you create a directory named "tmp" or "Tmp" anywhere under ~/Documents, neither it nor any content below it will be synced to iCloud.
This was an incredibly touching and informative conversation. Certainly if you are in the AR/VR space I encourage you to listen. But even if you are an entrepreneur or an aspiring entrepreneur, you should check it out. The story of Rec Room as a business is fascinating all by itself.
Kent Bye (Voices of VR)@kentbye.com · 2mo agoRIP Rec Room. 2016-2026. A bit of a shame to see another UGC-driven social VR app shut down. Export tools were recently provided to makers, but hoping to see more open source / open standards in XR in the future. My chat with Shawn Whiting reflecting on what happened: voicesofvr.com/1719-rip-rec...
Created another website environment for Safari in Apple Vision Pro. Video shows the environment with me watching the trailer for the Dungeons & Dragons movie on YouTube. If you have a Vision Pro, link to the page is below.
Looking forward to this book next week. NeXT computers (And NextStep) were just as advanced as the Apple Vision Pro (and visionOS) is today. I loved my NeXTStation like I love my Apple Vision Pro today. 30+ years later, NextStep lives on in macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and visionOS.
Walking into the house today after 2+ weeks of vacation/adventure, and all our Apple devices joining the Wi-Fi like they are new devices. Welcome home Apple devices.
First attempt to simulate orbiting the Moon (I might have been inspired by Artemis II 😃) in a website environment for the Apple Vision Pro. #AppleVisionPro
With 3rd party Apple Immersive Videos coming out, and Blackmagic now shipping a live version of their camera (used for the Lakers games), I expect Apple to give this a some time at WWDC. www.blackmagicdesign.com/products/bla...
Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive | Blackmagic Design
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GenX, pour one out for one of the architects of our childhood www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/s...
Sid Krofft, Co-Creator of Mind-Blowing Kids TV Shows, Dies at 96
The puppeteer and his late brother Marty partnered on 'The Banana Splits Adventure Hour,' 'H.R. Pufnstuf,' 'Land of the Lost' and much more.
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YouTube in Safari in full screen mode in Apple Vision Pro is great! And since it is Safari, you can create your own environments to watch YouTube in. This weekend's environment is an empty cafe in a starfield. #AppleVisionPro
First symphony performance in Apple Immersive Video drops this Friday (which often means Thursday night PT). #AppleVisionPro
With visionOS 26.4, Safari has a new advanced feature flag called Immersive <model> API Anyone know what it is for?
FYI on website environments for Apple Vision Pro 1) Updating to visionOS 26.4 will disable the feature. You need to reenable it in Settings > Apps > Safari > Advanced > Feature Flags 2) The "Website environments" switch has moved from the top and into the long list of switches below.
Trench Cafe - website environment for Apple Vision Pro. Website environments is an amazing feature in visionOS 26
iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information without requiring special software or settings. #cybersecurity www.apple.com/newsroom/202...
iPhone and iPad approved to handle classified NATO information
Today, Apple announced iPhone and iPad are the first and only consumer devices in compliance with information assurance requirements of NATO nations.
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Wrapping up the weekend Apple Vision Pro project. Still very much a work in progress, but it was fun to see the TIE fighters at full scale. The video is just YouTube.
I expected someone else to file the bug reports and for Apple to fix them. That didn't happen. www.toddheberlein.com/blog/2026/2/...
Surely, someone else will report that terrible bug — Todd Heberlein
I thought, “Surely, someone else will report these terrible bugs. I’ll just wait for a future macOS update.” I’m still waiting.
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I remember the excitement around the 1996 launch of original X Prize (later renamed the Ansari X Prize) and when it was won in 2004. Space tourism for the masses seemed right around the corner. 21 years later, it seems that dream has died. arstechnica.com/space/2026/0...
Here's why Blue Origin just ended its suborbital space tourism program
This program has laid the groundwork for our company's future success."
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Wow, Apple has a lot of network service outages right now (6:56 pm PT). I don't think I've seen this much color on their system status page before.
At WWDC this June, Apple should introduce their visionOS section with, "We are continuing to invest heavily in spatial computing, and we are inspired by the all the creative ways people are using our platforms."
Sarah Perez@sarahp.bsky.social · 7mo agoWell, there goes the metaverse!
Alex Lindsay announced on MacBreak Weekly that he is going to work for Apple's Developer Relations. He will be the Partnership Manager for the 3D ecosystem. This is good news for those of us in the visionOS & RealityKit space but sad news for those of us who watch/listen to MacBreak Weekly.
On this day in history: Hitler released from prison for conspiracy to overthrow the government. A "tamed" Hitler looked "sadder and wiser". Authorities believed Hitler "was no longer to be feared" and "he will retire to private life."
