Do You Believe in Magic Leap?

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Do You Believe in Magic Leap?
Number 3342
Broadcast Date AUGUST 8, 2018
Episode Length 30:15
Hosts Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane
Guests Scott Johnson

The Magic Leap One is now shipping to creators in select areas. Has Magic Leap delivered on its goal of a workable virtual retinal display? And can the Magic Leap one compete in already crowded field of VR competitors?

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Quick Hits

The Magic Leap One Creator Edition augmented reality headset for developers has begin shipping to select areas in the US for $2,295. Developers can go to magicleap.com and enter their shipping zip code to see if it's available. If it's not available to you, you can sign up for a wait list. We're going to talk a little more about it later in the show.
Facebook introduced two new augmented reality games for Messenger's live video group chat that can be played with up to six friends. Don't Smile is a challenge not to smile and Asteroids Attack, well, has asteroids that attack you.
Someone shared pictures on a Telegram channel called Kanal Luchkova, purporting to be a pre-release version of Google's Pixel 3 XL. Pictures show USB-C earbuds and indicate an 8-core quantum processor, an Adreno 630 GPU, 4GB of RAM and screen resolution at 2960 x 1440. There's a notch and notifications will be stretched like they are ont he Essential phone, with room to show about three icons at a time.
Apple sent a letter to the US House Committee on Energy and Commerce in response to a request for details on how it protects user privacy. Apple says it does not associate location information with user IDs and permanently deletes data from iPhones if it does not connect to WiFi or power for 7 days. Apple also denied it listens to customers through iPhone microphones.

Top Stories

EU Commissioner for Competition Margrethe Vestager said the commission is asessing options to address the problem with incompatible phone chargers. In 2009, manufacturers including Apple, Samsung, and Nokia, signed a memorandum of understanding to voluntarily standardize on the micro-USB connector. Apple did so by providing an adapter to lightning. Most phones use USB-A or USB-C, though Apple still uses its proprietary lightning connector. The EU would like to encourage a situation where phones and chargers are bought separately and can be reused across multiple devices.
Uber Eats, the food delivery branch of Uber, is rolling out a new price tool that'll vary the booking fee primarily based on your distance from a restaurant, and allow you to choose your maximum booking fee within the app. The closer you are, the cheaper it'll be, and the further you are, the more expensive it gets. The fee varies per city but is currently between $2 and $8. Uber Eats first launched in LA in 2014 under the moniker UberFresh. Today it's in more than 293 cities in 35 countries.
Fifthdomain reports that research from Kryptowire funded by the US Department of Homeland Security found several OS-level vulnerabilities in mobile devices offered by Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. The vulnerabilities were described as privilege escalations. Manufacturers were notified of the flaws in February. Kryptowire found vulnerabilities in the Blu phone in November 2016, which spurred this further research.
Someone posted source code from Snapchat on Microsoft-owned GitHub. Snap responded with a DMCA takedown notice and the code was removed. The user account used to upload the code has no other projects and nothing certain is known about them. The user's profile links to a website offering phone programming services and what appears to be modified software. As we mentioned yesterday, Snap reported higher revenues than expected but its first quarterly decline in users in its history. In addition, Saudi Arabian Prince Alwaleed bin Talal announced he is buying a 2.3 percent stake in the company.
On yesterday's show, we mentioned that Elon Musk tweeted "Am considering taking Tesla private at $420." He eventually followed that up with a letter to employees on Tesla's company blog saying such a move would be the best path forward. Michael Dell did a similar thing with Dell in 2013 to avoid the pressures of public investors. However, Tesla has $1.9 billion in debt and loses money making financing the move more challenging. However Musk says investor support is confirmed and the move is contingent on a shareholder vote. Six of Tesla's nine directors said Wednesday that the board had met several times over the last week to discuss the idea. Current investors could sell shares or opt to remain investors in the private Tesla.

Discussion

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Just following up on your conversation yesterday (episode 3341) regarding ordering product using Alexa. I was having a conversation with my wife about needing protein mix. Alexa interrupted our conversation and asked if she should place an order for that item. I believe I was saying something with the keyword but it was cool to have a conversation in normal language trigger an activity I actually wanted! I did go ahead with the order since Alexa also stated the price of the item and that I had ordered it previously.

Love the show!
Sent by Jude


It feels as if assistive tech is 20 years behind the rest of the world. While this may be true in some cases, in several areas people with disabilities are way ahead of the technology adoption curve.

I’m a blind software engineer at Microsoft, and, (shameless plug) lead a team working on an iOS app called Seeing AI, which has been mentioned on DTNS a couple of times. 😊 It’s a talking camera app which describes the text, people, and objects around you. Thomas should give it a go!

Love the show, keep up the great work.
Sent by Saqib

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