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The Verge
2 days ago
- Business
- The Verge
CEO Chris Best drops that fact onstage at
Alex Heath 'More than 50 people' are making over $1 million a year on Substack. The Information's 'Future of Influence' event in Los Angeles. He also says Substack was 'accidentally cash flow positive' in the first quarter of this year, but isn't planning to be profitable soon. 'We're focused on growth,' he says. 'It turns out that when you do that, it makes the business grow really well, too.'
The Verge
2 days ago
- Business
- The Verge
Meta reportedly sidelined ‘Quest 4' designs for a goggles-like mixed-reality headset
Meta is pushing ahead with a lightweight headset that could come with a 'tethered compute puck' that powers the device, according to a report from UploadVR. Sources tell the outlet that Meta now aims to release the mixed-reality device by the end of 2026, while sidelining two Quest 4 headsets rumored to launch next year. The forthcoming Quest 4 headsets – called 'Pismo Low' and 'Pismo High' internally – were rumored to come in a standard and premium variant. Now that they might be canceled, another Quest headset may be years away. The company also abandoned plans for its high-end La Jolla headset last year, which would've arrived in 2027. The Information first reported on Meta's plans for a lightweight mixed-reality device, codenamed 'Puffin,' in August 2024, saying it looks like a 'bulky pair of glasses' and weighs just 110 grams. At the time, The Information reported that Meta would have to offload the processor and battery into a pocket-sized external pack to make the headset lighter. The device also reportedly won't come with controllers, allowing users to control it with their eyes and gestures instead. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth confirmed The Information's reporting to The Verge 's Alex Heath last year, saying the company recently moved into the 'discovery' phase of its development. As reported by UploadVR, Meta is currently considering several different display options at varying prices, but it 'hasn't yet settled on which it will ship.' The device will also run HorizonOS, similar to Meta's Quest headsets, but it could be primarily designed for productivity and entertainment rather than gaming, according to UploadVR.
The Verge
4 days ago
- Business
- The Verge
Google Beam hands-on exclusive: a futuristic upgrade to conference calls
Google's Project Starline has been in the works for the last few years and is now heading out commercially as Google Beam and it's Google's way to make virtual meetings suck less. Beam uses a light field display and six cameras to render a volumetric, real-time 3D version of the person on the other end of a videocall. There's no headset, no weird glasses. Just a chunky display, a Chrome OS-powered compute puck the size of a DVD player, and a bespoke AI model working with Google Cloud in the background to stitch it all together. The Verge's Alex Heath got an exclusive hands-on.
The Verge
28-05-2025
- Business
- The Verge
The Nintendo Switch's complicated legacy with indie games
Sam Altman's cryptocurrency project is now available in the US and brought its eye-scanning orbs, too. At an event dubbed 'At Last' in San Francisco, Sam Altman and Tools for Humanity unveiled their latest plans to bring blockchain-based identity to the mainstream. Deputy editor Alex Heath and supervising producer Vjeran Pavic bring you the latest news from the event.
