At this meeting, held on the 16th of June, we talked about Apple’s Vision Pro augmented reality headset introduced at WWDC 2023.
Vision Pro
At WWDC 2023 Apple announced the Vision Pro augmented reality headset which they discribe as their first spacial computer. We discussed the device, ways it can be used and implications for Apple and the future.
Apple have a video introducing the Vision Pro and the full WWDC presentation.
Discretion
SEAL member DaveK has released his new iOS app Discretion. The app provides extra privacy features for anyone who posts photos on Social Media. Such as masking faces, removing metadata, removing hidden layers, and anonymising the file name. Discretion is a free download from the App store with an in-app purchase for some additional features.
If you try the app, Dave has a handy Visual Quick Start Guide to get you going.
Member topics
- Sue talked about some email problems she’s been having. We mentioned the option of setting up an iCloud email alias if you want to use a separate address for some contacts.
- Sue pointed out the WiFi Calling option in Phone settings on iPhone that can improve phone call quality in areas with poor mobile signal where WiFi is available.
- Sue mentioned the Echo article “£4.4m funding for ‘Basildon’s version of Silicon Valley’”!
- DaveK asked about a problem where playing individual podcast episodes in the Podcasts app caused other episodes of the same podcast to be added to up next. Robert suggested trying disabling the Continuous playback option in Podcasts settings.
- DaveK showed us a music video you have to see and hear to appreciate!