{"id":1119,"date":"2024-02-13T02:50:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-13T02:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harwoodben.com\/?p=1119"},"modified":"2024-02-15T03:53:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-15T03:53:10","slug":"when-generative-ai-met-vision-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harwoodben.com\/?p=1119","title":{"rendered":"When Generative AI met Vision Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With generative AI sense-making happily consuming more of my time along with the almost overnight arrival of Apple&#8217;s VR headset after years of anticipation&#8230; anticipation be like<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wlwnbcxBuzI?si=y8A7FNQeo6yv9rCY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><strong>TT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m ready to hit this Blog project again for a bit. I&#8217;ve had a nice extended break. I&#8217;m back for a spell. Thanks for that silent nod of encouragement.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I normally don&#8217;t get excited about new devices but after trying out the Apple Vision Pro, I can see even in its first iteration, it&#8217;s a game-changer on many levels. Yep, it&#8217;s $. But it&#8217;s neither a gadget nor fad. I&#8217;ll hold off on any predictions for now except only to point out the timing of its release is not coincidental with generative AI making giant leaps and bounds at the same time. The world just needed Apple to give us a device and platform where it&#8217;s really going to take off. Ahem. Surely, I&#8217;m not alone to have noticed a perfect storm in the making.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5904-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1124\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5904.jpg?resize=584%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5904-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5904-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5904-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5904-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5904-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5904-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5903-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-1125\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5903.jpg?resize=584%2C779&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5903-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5903-scaled.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5903-scaled.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5903-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5903-scaled.jpg?w=1920&amp;ssl=1 1920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/harwoodben.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/IMG_5903-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With generative AI sense-making happily consuming more of my time along with the almost overnight arrival of Apple&#8217;s VR headset after years of anticipation&#8230; anticipation be like TT I&#8217;m ready to hit this Blog project again for a bit. I&#8217;ve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/harwoodben.com\/?p=1119\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[116],"tags":[117],"class_list":["post-1119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-xr","tag-devices"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1285,"url":"https:\/\/harwoodben.com\/?p=1285","url_meta":{"origin":1119,"position":0},"title":"The GenAI Archive Effect: Kent State","author":"Ben Harwood","date":"April 19, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"What happens to our memory of May 4, 1970 when generative AI starts filling in the archive? 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