e482 — New Hardware Day | Games At Work dot Biz

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Published 23 September 2024

Co-hosts Michael and Michael start things off with several Apple software updates, beginning with visionOS 2. The referenced article in the show notes below gives you the visual experience enhancements that the Apple software developers have incorporated into the update. Michael R shares his experiences with visionOS 2, and his assessment of all of the usability and functionality improvements.

Michael and Michael then turn their attention to the software updates for the AirPods Pro, which will allow these devices to act as hearing aids given the H2 chip and microphones. The co-hosts have a spirited discussion about the social norm implications of people wearing their AirPods more, and how people will interact with one another if the assumption is that the wearer is listening to their AirPods.

After several articles dealing with the challenges posed by the Starlink and other satellites in Earth orbit, Michael and Michael touch on the new version of Flappy Bird. Check out the show notes below for a hardware instantiation of Flappy Bird from e468.

Rounding out the episode with, you guessed it, a Doom game contained in a keyboard keycap and a walking coffee table, reminiscent of the strandbeest kinetic sculptures from Theo Jansen.

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