Meta is apparently deprioritizing VR and its Oculus business to focus on reproducing the surprising success of its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. And it makes sense — VR is out, AI is in, and Meta’s smart glasses are the absolute standout gadget thus far for AI. But in the same week that Alex Heath reported this shake-up in Command Line, The Information reported that Apple is focusing on a cheaper Vision headset in favor of a successor to the Vision Pro.
Plus, Perplexity appears to be burning bridges to create a competitive AI search engine, and the tension between creators and the AI companies who want them both as customers and for training data grows more taut. Finally, we hit a lightning round that’s got a surprising fashion focus. If you want to know more about everything we discuss in this episode, here are some links to get you started. First, we talked a lot about cool gadgets: * Happy Windows on Arm day. * Qualcomm inside.