Episode 331 — The Metaverse is so new

Some of our Cohosts meeting in SecondLife in 2007

Andy and Michael R have a detailed discussions of the week’s tech topics, including robots, iOS security topics, the Lord of the Rings Gollum stealth game, and of course the Metaverse. Our co-host Michael M. is out this week, on a mystery trip, but we attempt to keep the show going without him.

By now, many of our Apple product using listeners have updated their devices to address the security vulnerabilities addressed by the list recent iOS, macOS, and watchOS updates. We hope you help your friends and family do the same.

Michael R. talks about how cool the new stealth Gollum game looks, while Andy recounts all the Lord of the Rings games that he has played on various platform.

We then dive deep into Newzoo’s Intro to the Metaverse analyst report, discussing what is missing in the true metaverse. We look at how you can build the metaverse, but it certainly requires a set of common standards with interoperatability across platforms.

Show Links:
9to5Mac – Speculation that yesterday’s iOS security fix was for NSO exploit (https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/27/ios-security-fix-14-7-1/)

MacRumors – Apple Says Don’t Buy AirTag Replacement Batteries With Bitter Coating (https://www.macrumors.com/2021/07/28/airtag-replacement-batteries-no-bitter-coating/)

/Film – ‘The Lord of the Rings: Gollum’ Trailer Shows Off What It’s Like to Play as the Saddest Villain in Middle-earth (https://www.slashfilm.com/the-lord-of-the-rings-gollum-trailer-shows-off-what-its-like-to-play-as-the-saddest-villain-in-middle-earth/)

The Verge – Could you beat this bipedal robot’s 5K run time? (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/28/22597655/biped-robot-cassie-runs-first-robotic-outdoors-5k)

The Verge – Robot arranges 100,000 dominoes into a Super Mario Bros. mural in one day (https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/29/22599111/mark-rober-domino-robot-super-mario-bros-mural-single-day)

OSU Blog – Bipedal robot developed at Oregon State makes history by learning to run, completing 5k (https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/bipedal-robot-developed-oregon-state-makes-history-learning-run-completing-5k)

Record Breakers BBC Show (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_Breakers)