The schedule I had in mind when planning to attend Augmented World Expo was not a priority. There were people in real life I was eager to meet and speak with. Many of these meetings were off-the-record or in the background, with conversations that informed my long-term reporting. Those that were recorded, however, came directly from Meta Glasses to an iPhone, and then onto Apple Vision Pro, where the composition was done in Safari Web Browser. This is how I want to continue covering technology conferences, with Meta Glasses and Apple Headset. I have been a journalist for over 15 years. In the beginning of my career, I would scribble in handwriting in a notebook that was only readable by myself. Then, after returning to the desktop, I’d turn those notes into an article using a Content Management System. A photographer, however, usually submits a series of photographs on a similar subject. In 2024 I record a face-to-face conversation on sunglasses, then take it to the media area where I use AirPods and my VR headset, and focus on writing words, images and videos into Safari until I finish the task. You can view my first attempts at this workflow in action in my articles on
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Conferences like these are opportunities for ideas to mix and partnerships to forge. As I was typing this T-Mobile sent me a text to let me know that I had used 48 of the 50GB I have for the month. As I type this, T-Mobile texted me to tell me I’ve used 48 of my 50 GB for the month. The videos were Air Dropped to my iPhone, as T-Mobile had throttled the tethering earlier that day. As I write this with the waves lapping on Bora Bora beach, my Apple Vision Pro is at 20%. I traveled as light as I could on this trip, with three high-output Anker batteries and several MagSafe ones to snap onto my iPhone.Sony’s headsetThere’s much more to explore in the workflows from glasses to headsets. As I use the remaining percentage of the Vision Pro battery tonight, let me note that pictures and videos will accompany my article after my equipment and head have had a chance recharge. Double tapping the button on my Meta glasses allowed me to switch from the view of my phone onto the Meta glass and give him a walk-through of the event. The glasses were disconnected in the middle, probably due to Bluetooth interference. It was now time to move on to phase 2 of the experiment. On the expo show floor, I put on the Vision Pro and continued the same WhatsApp call via iPhone Mirroring, seeing Don on his computer in Missouri from a VR headset in the middle of Long Beach, though this experience too seemed to be under the strain of overwhelming wireless interference.UltraleapI’m typing this on a laptop connected to hotel Wi-Fi in another area of Los Angeles that does me no more favors in uploading videos and photos from this event than T-Mobile did in Long Beach.Doublepoint