Design & AI Scoop Issue #4

• Apple Vision Pro & WWDC

• Sam Altman’s India Tour

• Chrome Extensions are notorious

• Text prompts to Video

Apple Vision Pro ~ WWDC 2023 ✨ 

• Apple is finally in the game of AR/ VR by launching Vision Pro.

• Launch of a brand new VisionOS operation system to power the Vision products.

• Priced at a whooping price of $3499 it is expected to hit the market in early 2024.

• P.S. During the whole even Apple didn't mention AI even a single time. It resorted to using the words like “machine learning model, language model, etc.”

First-Hand review- MKBHD’s thoughts on VisionPro after using it for 30mins

Now, Since the biggest tech company is now in the AR/ VR segment it can rally other media & production houses to adapt and create rich content and experience for the users. One such example is Apple partnering up with Disney to bring Disney+ and a cinema-like experience to the VisionPro headset.

For designers, this adds a new playground the “Spatial Interface Design”. Here are some resources to read and know more about it.

• Principle of Spatial Design: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/10072

• Design for spatial interfaces: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/10076

• Design for spatial input: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc23/10073

• Also Check out Microsoft mixed reality resources

A quick overview of Apple WWDC 2023: 17 big & little things at WWDC23

Sam Altman visiting India, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, the UAE and South Korea

Think Twice before using a Chrome AI extension. ⚠️ 

Chrome extensions are notorious and some of them might be stealing your data while posing as a lifesaver.

• Some Chrome extension promise to deliver AI capabilities right in your Chrome browser but are actually malware to steal sensitive information. Read more

• Even if an extension have 1000s of download you cannot be sure if it is not a malware.

• Do not install a chrome extension unless it's super necessary.

• Only install extension from trusted source.

• A quick trick would be to deny automatic site access to the Chrome extension.

Quick Read: Browser Extensions: How to Vet and Install Safely By Berkley Information Security Office

Text to video ~ Runway ML Gen2. 😲 

Chips

Chips can show multiple interactive elements together in the same area, such as a list of selectable movie times, or a series of email contacts. There are four types of chips: assist, filter, input, and suggestion.

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