The one and only hybrid PC.

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Apple’s biggest threat?

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Haptic feedback and adaptive triggers deliver immersive sensations you can really feel.

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This is creator’s most loved microphone.

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The best Govee deal of the year.

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This is the best price ever seen on Apple’s premium headphones.

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HEPASilent filters 99.97% of particles down to 0.1 microns at whisper volumes.

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Meta is tossing out a limited time 20% discount off all Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1) smart glasses, which you can nab from now until December 1st.

The News

Released in 2023 starting at $300, Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1) are capable smart glasses in their own right, including video/photo capture, onboard AI assistant, and the ability to play music and take calls.

The second gen version released earlier this year, starting at $380, bringing with it better battery life, higher-quality video capture, and improved audio/mics. You can check the spec sheet below for a 1:1 comparison.

Still, at $240, Meta’s latest deal makes Gen 1 the cheapest it’s ever been, with the 20% discount available across all Gen 1 lens and style combos.

You can get the deal from now until December 1st direct through Meta, which includes expedited shipping, as well as partner retailers, including Amazon, Best Buy, Ray-Ban Stores, and Target in the US.

Many supported regions are getting the deal too, which you’ll find in local pricing across Europe, Australia, Canada, India, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, and the UK.

Meta is also tossing out 20% off prescription lenses when you purchase Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 1 and 2) and/or Oakley Meta HSTN glasses, which will only be available through Meta from now until December 1st.

Ray-Ban Meta: Gen 1 vs Gen 2 Specs

	Gen 1	Gen 2
Camera	12 MP ultra-wide	12 MP ultra-wide (improved sensor)
Photo Resolution	3,024 × 4,032	3,024 × 4,032
Video Resolution	1,440 × 1,920 @ 30 fps	Up to 3K @ 30 fps (includes livestreaming ability)
Storage	32 GB	32 GB
Microphones	5-mic array	5-mic array
Speakers	Open-ear speakers	Improved open-ear speakers (louder, better bass)
Processor	Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1	Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1
Battery Life (Glasses)	~4 hours	~8 hours
Battery Life (Case)	~32 hours	~48 hours
Charging Speed	Not clearly stated	~50% charge in ~20 minutes
Water Resistance	IPX4	IPX4
Frame Styles	Wayfarer, Headliner, Skyler	Wayfarer, Headliner, Skyler, Oakley HSTN, Oakley Vanguard
AI Features	Basic Meta AI	Enhanced Meta AI, new capture modes

My Take

While Meta is clearly using the big Black Friday sales rush to flush old stock, I honestly hoped for a much larger barn burner, although it’s pretty clear why we’re not seeing the any super deep discounts.

As occult corporate calculus goes, Meta and EssilorLuxottica probably don’t want to make Gen 1 too attractive to people who might otherwise just spring for the more expensive Gen 2. This makes me think that 20% off is about as low as Meta will go this year around, although I’ll be keeping my eye on post-Black Friday sales to confirm.

Still, there are some caveats potential buyers should be aware of: neither are better at capturing video than your smartphone, and they don’t play music better than even mediocre wireless ear buds. You also have to use Meta AI, which is… okay, making it more of a fun toy (or Christmas gift) than a must-have addition to your smartphone.

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Puzzling Places adds a ‘Replay Tool’ in its latest free Quest update, launching alongside the game’s newest premium puzzle, “A Painter’s Dream.”

The new experimental Replay Tool automatically records the many individual moments in which a new piece is added to your puzzle. At the moment the puzzle is completed, it automatically generates a full timelapse video of the entire puzzling session. This allows players to share their builds with the Puzzling Places community without the need for manual recording or editing.

Releasing alongside the Replay Tool is a new premium puzzle, “A Painter’s Dream.” This peaceful riverside escape is inspired by impressionist paintings, so think water lilies, sun-dappled ponds, delicate swans, and quiet cafés. Unlike the Replay Tool, that’s receiving a wider release that covers Quest, PS VR2, and Pico.

You can see that in action below.

Developed by realities.io, Puzzling Places is a relaxing 3D jigsaw puzzle game in which players can build all sorts of 3D puzzles in VR and MR modes across solo and multiplayer modes. The game continues introducing new puzzles you can tackle with different-sized piece sets, with more added monthly.

Puzzling Places is out now on Quest, Apple Vision Pro, Pico, and PS VR2, while it’s also coming to Steam at a later date.

Tineco is the best wet dry vacuum cleaner brand.

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An Apple Immersive Video documentary about Real Madrid is coming next year, “with a level of access that fans have never experienced before”.

If you’re an American reading this who doesn’t know much about what you call “soccer”, here’s some context: Real Madrid is one of the most successful football clubs of all time, and has signed some of the best players of all time, including both Ronaldos, Zinedine Zidane, and David Beckham. In the year 2000, FIFA even officially declared Real Madrid “Club of the Century”.

Today, Real Madrid and Apple confirmed work on an Apple Immersive Video documentary about the club, captured during last month’s Champions League match against Juventus.

Apple says the documentary was filmed using over 30 Blackmagic immersive cameras, and “brings viewers inside the world’s most decorated club, capturing moments from practice to the pitch with a level of access that fans have never experienced before.”

In an interview with GQ Spain, Real Madrid’s president Florentino Pérez described the documentary as just the beginning of a long-term plan to connect the club’s “billion” strong global fanbase to the stadium using technology. He references the “Infinite Bernabéu”, an idea he has floated in previous interviews, a goal of one day letting fans all over the world virtually attend Real Madrid home matches using VR.

Apple Vision Pro Is Getting Live Apple Immersive LA Lakers NBA Games

Select LA Lakers NBA games will be streamed in Apple Immersive to Apple Vision Pro owners next year, the first-ever live content for the format.

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That strongly suggests that the next step of Real Madrid’s plan is to stream live games in Apple Immersive.

The first known live Apple Immersive Video offering will be select LA Lakers NBA games, set to be streamed next year via Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive Live, a special variant of the immersive camera creators are using for prerecorded Apple Immersive Video content.

The announcement came almost nine years after NextVR started streaming weekly NBA games to the Oculus-powered Samsung Gear VR headset in 180-degree. In 2020 Apple acquired NextVR, and leveraged its expertise and IP to develop Apple Immersive Video.

8K 360-degree dual sensors with triple AI chips and replaceable lenses capture everything.

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Fourteen ports including triple display, 5Gbps transfers, and 80W pass-through charging capability.

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You can now turn new Horizon Hyperscape captures into unlisted Horizon Worlds, letting you invite friends to join you in them as Meta Avatars.

Launched at Connect 2025, Meta’s Horizon Hyperscape Capture app for Quest 3 and Quest 3S lets you use your headset to scan a real-world environment, such as a room, to create a photorealistic virtual copy that you can visit in VR.

The Hyperscape scanning process takes between 5 and 10 minutes, during which you need to walk around the scene while wearing the headset, and it’s followed by between 1 and 8 hours of processing on Meta’s servers, depending on the complexity of the capture.

Hands-On: Meta Horizon Hyperscape Captures Photorealistic VR Scenes On Quest 3

Meta Horizon Hyperscape, rolling out now in the US, lets you capture a real-world scene with your Quest 3 or Quest 3S and visit it in VR with photorealistic graphics.

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At launch, Horizon Hyperscape was a solo experience, and you couldn’t share your captures with others. It was also cloud rendered, requiring a very strong and stable internet connection at all times.

Now, less than two months later, Meta is “rolling out” an overhaul of the technology.

Instead of creating cloud-rendered captures only accessible within the app, Hyperscape now creates a special kind of Horizon Worlds destination, a Hyperscape world. Hyperscape worlds are rendered on-device on Quest 3 and Quest 3S, via the Horizon Engine that also powers Quest’s new Immersive Home and Horizon Central.

Once a new Hyperscape world finishes processing after being captured, you’ll see Invite and Share buttons, with the latter generating a URL that you can send to friends.

People with the link can join the Hyperscape world in VR from a Quest 3 or Quest 3S, or from a smartphone on the Meta Horizon app, and you can reset access at any time, according to Meta.

For example, here’s a link to Gordon Ramsay’s home kitchen, Chance the Rapper’s live room, Happy Kelli’s Crocs room, and the UFC Apex in Las Vegas as Hyperscape worlds.

Hyperscape worlds currently support up to 8 people per instance, and Meta says it “hopes” to increase that number in future.

As with all Horizon Worlds, for people joining on smartphones the experience will continue to be cloud-rendered. The on-device rendering is for VR only.

UploadVR plans to test the new social Hyperscape experience as soon as we can, and we’ll bring you footage and impressions once we do.

This is one of the best value for money Android watches.

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Twenty-two terabytes USB 3.0 with professional data recovery services.

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People have bought houses, had kids, changed careers, and more since pre-ordering Nintendo’s long-awaited sci-fi shooter

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120 individually controlled RGBWWIC LEDs span 200 feet with 50,000-hour weatherproof lifespan.

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Microsoft’s latest livestream was full of new Game Pass reveals

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‘This industry is hard…there are many people who should be here who aren’t because they are laid off’

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