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Reactions to Apple’s new vision

Homebrew project leader Mike McQuaid joins us to weigh in on Apple’s big Vision Pro announcement. We also hit on our favorite (and least favorite) non-AR things from the WWDC 2023 keynote.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Let's talk!
(00:45) - Homebrew & Friends
(01:09) - What will Apple break this time?
(01:58) - What tends to break?
(02:59) - From /usr/local to /opt
(05:40) - The only downside of /opt
(06:17) - Why not ~/.homebrew?
(07:38) - SHOW US THE VR THING
(10:33) - More like blending realities
(12:00) - Not in the metaverse
(13:27) - The guy who's ready to escape
(14:29) - Apple Watch launch vibes
(16:46) - The new dad camcorder
(19:25) - Not there yet
(22:17) - Conjuring the code!
(22:44) - Again on the weight
(24:41) - Ready P1
(27:06) - Soooo many sensors
(29:51) - There's no controllers
(31:43) - 11 launch games?
(33:22) - Game devs yay or nay
(36:33) - Training simulators
(38:31) - A certain type of game
(40:08) - Sponsor: Changelog++
(41:04) - Vision Pros in public
(43:59) - CmdrTaco on the iPod
(44:30) - Who wants to wear a headset?
(46:04) - FaceTime is more metaverse
(46:34) - Apple relentlessly iterates
(47:47) - A strong base
(48:52) - Never buy the 1st gen
(50:33) - "They're not a phone company"
(51:07) - Apple's new playbook
(52:12) - Kickin' Meta's butt, right?
(53:39) - Starting with the Pro
(54:37) - People with glasses
(55:33) - Where Adam would use
(57:37) - Where Mike would use
(59:45) - Where Jerod would use
(1:00:54) - Big In small spaces
(1:02:30) - The biggest of big
(1:03:46) - Other announcements happened
(1:04:38) - iCloud keychain sharing
(1:06:57) - iOS needs a Password.app
(1:07:39) - Passkeys
(1:09:02) - FindMy Apple TV remote!
(1:10:53) - Apple Silicon transition complete
(1:11:23) - Death of Intel chips
(1:12:30) - MK Ultra
(1:13:10) - PCIe expansion
(1:13:54) - Mike on Siri
(1:14:39) - Jerod's Siri prediction fail
(1:17:19) - Jerod on Journal.app
(1:18:06) - Adam on iPadOS 17
(1:19:36) - Day One is Automattic
(1:20:28) - Goodbyes
(1:21:37) - Coming up next
(1:22:34) - Crying about M2

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