Cordkillers 458 - HMD: Hollywood Movie Device? (w/ Ashley Esqueda)
Apple showed off a vision for "spatial computing," but we're not 100% sold on the trade-offs. Plus, DirecTV locks down NFL Sunday Ticket for bars and a new season of Black Mirror is on the way. All that and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Ashley Esqueda ( https://ashleyesqueda.com/ ).
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CordKillers: 458 - HMD: Hollywood Movie Device?
Recorded: June 5 2023
Guest: Ashley Esqueda
Intro Video
The Out-Laws
Primary Target
Apple Vision Pro is Apple’s new $3,499 AR headset
- Apple announced a mixed reality headset called the Apple Vision Pro running on the VisionOS. So all those realityOS leaks were false flags I guess. It looks like goggles. Lets you see the world around you and also projects a picture of your eyes onto the front of the headset so people think they can see you. No controller, just eye and hand tracking for controls. To keep the weight down, power comes from plugging it in, or connecting it to a two-hour battery pack. Its use cases are all providing gigantic screens, for productivity like meetings and Microsoft Office or entertainment like movies and video games, including Disney+ on day one! Disney CEo Bob Iger even made an appearance on stage to talk about the partnerships. And it's not cheap. $3500, coming early next year.
- (Some questions)
- Is this for TV watching? Is it a cordcutter device if you have that cord running down your neck?
- Apple Vision Pro
- tethered googles you strap around your head
- controlled by eyes hands and voice
- "Spatial computing"
- See Real world first.
- Home view has apps. Apps cast shadows and react to light.
- Apps can be any scale. Place where you ant them.
- Environments extend into your space. (Like a forest)
- Control with a Digital Crown on headset
- Icons react to viewing them. Tap fingers to select. Flick to scroll.
- Look at a search field and tart talking. Tell Siri to do things too.
- "You're never isolated from the people around you." Vision Pro displays your eyes to the people around you. EyeSight. -Changes to color field if you're immersed
- Vision Pro works with Bluetooth accessories.
- Bring Mac wirelessly into Vision Pro.
- spatial FaceTime. "Life size" (the system uses an advanced encoder network to create a 3D digital persona.")
- can capture and relive memories in 3D with spatial audio.
- Watch movies on a huge screen with spatial audio. Dims surrounding light.
- 100 Apple Arcade titles on Day 1
- Disney partnership. Multiscreen sports, Extra info with broadcasts (sports and Mandolorian)
- Disney Plus on Vision Pro day one.
- Has fans in the headset. Fabric band and flexible straps. for holing on. Audio Pods deliver audio without blocking out natural sound.
- Custom optical inserts for glasses wearers. Magnetically attach.
- Two hour external battery
- MicroOLED Apple silicon backplane. 7.5microns. 23 million pixels across both displays.
- Custom lens to wrap pictures around you.
- Audio ray tracing positions audio. Match it to the room as well.
- Downward cameras for hand tracking, LiDAR for sensing the space
- LED illuminators.
- M2 and R1 chip - sensor processing. 12 cameras, five sensors, six mics.
- R1 eliminates lag, streaming new images to display in 12 milliseconds, eight times faster than blink of an eye
- Curved OLED panel with lenticular lens to project eyes not he outside
- runs on VisionOS - real-time subsystem, foveate rendering to where you look, multi-app 3D engine
- $3499 early next year
- Demo and personalize fitting in store
Apple announces visionOS, the operating system for its Vision Pro headset
- VisionOS Apps
- Deejay with a "reimagined spatial interface." Stargazing app. Excel, Word, and Teams
- WebEx, Zoom
- Unity run natively
- RealityComposer Pro for developers
- 100K phone and iPad app available on Vision Pro - Adobe Lightroom
- Vision Pro App Store
- OpticID for authenticating - iris on device.
"- Where you look stays private" Apps and websites can't access it.
FaceTime is coming to Apple TV with tvOS 17
- ALSO: - tvOS 17 - Access AirPods settings and such from control center, one touch one remote. Use iPhone to locate remote. Memories as TV screensaver. FaceTime on Apple TV with continuity camera. Start on phone or TV and move it. SharePlay for watching movies on Apple TV. Zoom and WebEx coming to Apple TV.
How to Watch
DirecTV Inks NFL Sunday Ticket Deal for Bars, Restaurants and Other Businesses After YouTube Nabs Retail Rights
- YouTubeTV may have the rights to show NFL Sunday Ticket to home users in the US, but if you go to a bar, the games will still come from DirecTV. NFL Sunday Ticket lets subscribers pay to watch all the Sunday NFL football games. After 28 years the service is moving to YouTube TV for home users.
YouTube will allow unlimited simultaneous streams for NFL Sunday Ticket
- But bars and restaurants need a special license to show games,which DirecTV for Business covers. DirecTV has renewed that part of the deal with the NFL. And you may not realize that DirecTV’s Business service also carries games streamed exclusively on Peacock, Apple TV+ and Amazon Prime Video.
- If you’re thinking you’d like to have that in your home, the price in the past has been based on occupancy of the business, starting at $650 a season for Sunday Ticket and getting more expensive for larger venues. YouTube TV’s version starts at $349 for the season.
- YouTube TV announced that it will not limit simultaneous streams for NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers.
- DirecTV for Business says it has more than 300,000 customers
DirecTV Stream Sets Distribution Deal With Telly, A Startup Giving Away 55-Inch Smart TVs
- New DirecTV customers whose packages start at $65 a month, will get priority access to Telly’s "free" 55-inch TV.
YouTubeTV added seven new channels to its cable replacement service, including the Tennis Channel, which was removed in 2020.
Apple, Fox, Netflix Emerge as Potential Bidders for Future NBA Rights
- YouTube got the NFL. MLB spread its love around to Peacock, Apple and more. And the NHL is tied up with Disney's ESPN. Now it's time for the NBA Word is that Disney and Warner Media are both looking to renew their deals which expire in 2025. But the NBA is expected to follow MLB's lead and sell rights to more than just two partners. Bloomberg says the NBA wants more games on broadcast (not cable) and wants to simulcast cable games on streaming services. So Amazon, NBC, Apple and Fox are in the mix as well with th off chance that Netflix might become involved.
What to Watch
Let's start by checking in with Iyaz Akhtar to see what's coming to streaming services in June!
Matt Berry is in talks to star in a Minecraft movie opposite Jason Momoa. It’s scheduled to hit theaters on April 4, 2025.
‘Black Mirror’ Season 6 Trailer Unveils Release Date and Takes Aim at Netflix With Help From Salma Hayek Pinault
- Netflix released a trailer for season 6 of Black Mirror coming June 15th. Much of the trailer is taken from the first episode where Annie Murphy plays a person whose life has been turned into a streaming TV series starring Salma Hayek Pinault.
Disney+ Now Streaming First Four Indiana Jones Movies, Launches Exclusive Merch for U.S. Subscribers
- Disney+ is now streaming the first four Indiana Jones movies. To promote that and the new movie coming out, Disney+ subscribers get first crack at special Indiana Jones merchandise until June 8th after which it goes on sale to the general public. They'll see a special shop tab in the details page for some Indy content on Disney+ or they can just go to shopdisney.com/IndianaJones.
Eyes On:
Ashley: I Think You Should Leave, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars
Brian: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Tom: Suga/Agust D Tour: D-Day in Japan
On the Lookout: Love Village
Front Lines
Netflix begins its password sharing crackdown in the US and global markets
Netflix updates My List feature so users can find content they have yet to watch
- Netflix began emailing US users about changes to its password sharing policies. Users on a Netflix Standard plan can add one extra member using the service outside a primary household for an extra $7.99 a month. Nexflix Premium subscribers can add up to two outside accounts at the same price each. Subscribers on Basic and Standard with Ads tiers cannot add extra members. Primary Netflix accounts are based on the IP address used to watch the service on a TV. Netflix told the press that it is “now starting to roll out updates to sharing to countries around the world, including the US.” So if you're not in the US, you don't need to feel left out.
- Netflix began rolling out new filters for its My List section on mobile, initially on Android and coming to iOS in the next few weeks. Users can now sort tiles by release date, alphabetically, by movies and TV, whether they were started or not started, and by when the title was added by the user. Netflix says it doesn't have immediate plans to bring the filters to TV apps.
AMC and Vudu score big with new on-demand streaming partnership
- AMC Theaters makes money off tickets and concessions but as folks started going to theaters less it started its own AMC Theaters On demand streaming service to fill the gap. Fandango makes its money off selling tickets for theaters, but similarly, years ago bought a video streaming service then later bought Vudu and merged them together. Let the consolidation continue! AMC Theaters on Demand will be replaced by Vudu, which becomes the official streaming destination for AMC Theaters patrons. Users of AMC Theatres On Demand have until August 31st to transfer their movie collections to Vudu,
It’s Back! MoviePass Launches Nationwide at 4,000-Plus Theaters — but With a Very Different Pricing Model
- MoviePass launched nationwide in the US. More than 4,000 locations are available including AMC, Regal and Cinemark theaters. The basic plan is $10 a month for up to 3 movies and the top plan is $40 a month for 30 movies. Members can visit any theater that takes MasterCard. Participating theaters will let you use Moviepass in their e-ticketing system.
Comcast Launches Now TV, A $20-A-Month Streaming Service With 40-Plus Entertainment Channels, FAST Offerings And Peacock Premium
- Comcast is offering its broadband subscribers a $20 a month streaming service that combines 40 non-sports channels with Peacock Premium and some FAST offerings from Xumo. Subscribers access it from the Xfinity Stream app. It offers a 20-hour DVR and three concurrent streams.
Season 2 of Wheel of Time returns to Amazon Prime video July 14th.
Starz will raise its price from 9 to $10 a month starting June 26th.
Google ended support for the 1st gen Chromecast, originally launched in 2013. The dongle will still work but will not receive security updates.
Vimeo will stop supporting its TV apps on June 27th. Vimeo is focusing on corporate and creative video hosting.
Pluto TV Adding 200-Plus Free Movies This Summer, Including Indiana Jones and Mission: Impossible Films, ‘Titanic,’ ‘Forrest Gump’ and More
- Pluto is adding 200 films to its FAST streaming service, including the first four Indiana Jones movies, Transformers, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and more.
Max has arrived, and it’ll feel very familiar to HBO Max customers
- Warner Brothers Discovery launched its rebuilt Max app, which brings in more content fromt he Discovery Networks. No price increase for existing tiers, but if you want those 4K videos, they are only available on a new $19.99 a month Ultimate tier.
Peacock Weighs In On HBO Max’s Rebranding With R-Rated Name Change Suggestion Of Its Own
- And many people pointed out that the joke begun by Brian on this show about Peacock going by its last name, was related by the Peacock social media account in response to HBO Max becoming Max. Peacock's account wrote "“I know you’re all very disappointed, but I will not be dropping the first half of my name any time soon.”
Dispatches from the front
Disney will use GO
Why, because they've used it before... abc.go.com use to be a thing...
- James
Hi Tom, Brian and Bryce,
I have two thoughts about why Nielson's YouTube hours might be higher, though neither of them really applies to just the most recent quarter.
First, if you rent or buy a movie from Google, now you watch it in YouTube, where before they had a separate app for movies and TV shows.
Second, since the pandemic, many more churches are live-streaming their services than before, and more people are taking advantage of that than you might imagine. Besides people who just don't want to leave their houses on Sunday mornings, you get people who work on Sundays so they watch the service later, people who want to hear another pastor preach in addition to their own church's pastor (so they attend their own church but watch another one or more than one on YouTube), and people who moved to a different town but miss the church they attended before they moved, so now they can watch it on YouTube. I am personally aware of people who fit each of these categories; I'm not making it up.
YouTube has come a long way from the days when they didn't have an official Roku app, when you had to use some kind of bootleg app to watch YouTube on Roku.
Also, I agree with Bryce, YouTube Premium makes YouTube much better. I'm not usually a fan of paying for something if I can get it free with ads, but the ads on YouTube are so annoying that I actually pay for YouTube Premium.
Still your wanna-be boss, (waiting for Patreon to fix the bug that prevents me from continuing to support you)
- Beelissa
Hey Cordkillers,|
Just wanted to let you know I get really slow download speeds on the Cordkillers podcast. It's been happening for years. Just thought I'd mention it. I use Pocket Casts. But I don't have this issue with any other podcast. I'm in country Victoria, Australia. I suspect my location might have something to do with it. I don't know how many Australian listeners Cordkillers has. And I don't know if this has been raised to you before. But this is a thing that's been happening to me for a while now. I use a Google Pixel 6 Pro on Android 13 and the May 2023 Android/Pixel security update and Pocket Casts is updated to the latest version. My mobile provider is Telstra, my home Internet NBN Retail Service Provider is Aussie Broadband.
Thanks,
- Anthony
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