Hello! This is The Vergecast, the flagship podcast of The Verge... and your life. Every Friday, Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn make sense of the week's tech news with help from our wide-ranging staff. Join us every week for a fun, deeply nerdy, often off-the-rails conversation about what's happening now (and next) in technology and gadgets.
Matrix Awakens Unreal Engine 5 demo / Snap’s first AR Spectacles / LG TVs can now play Google Stadia
December 10, 2021
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Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, and Alex Heath discuss Epic Games' Matrix experience in Unreal Engine 5, Snap’s first AR Spectacles, streaming news, and more.
Stories discussed:
- Snap’s first AR Spectacles are an ambitious, impractical start
- How Snap is sidestepping the metaverse
- The Matrix Awakens is an interactive tech demo for PS5 and Xbox Series X / S
- Meta opens up access to its VR social platform Horizon Worlds
- Apple’s AR headset reportedly uses 3D sensors for hand tracking
- Your LG TV can now play Google Stadia if it’s running webOS 5.0 or later
- Matter could bring universal casting that actually works
- Roku settles YouTube dispute and locks down apps in ‘multi-year’ deal
- Spotify removes popular comedians’ content over royalties dispute
- Apple Music’s voice plan likely to launch with iOS 15.2
- Sonos now supports Amazon Music’s Ultra HD and Dolby Atmos tracks
- Google Pixel’s lock screen Snapchat shortcut is here
- Google releases first Android 12L beta for large-screen devices
- Google Pixel mail-in repairs have allegedly twice resulted in leaked pics and a privacy nightmare
- 5G now means some flights won’t be able to land when pilots can’t see the runway
- Jessica Rosenworcel confirmed by Senate to lead the FCC
- Verizon might be collecting your browsing history and here’s how to stop it
- Sonos announces plans to make its products more efficient and repairable
- Instagram head says it’s bringing back the chronological feed
- The vice president should not be using Bluetooth headphones
- Kickstarter says it’s switching to crowdfunding via the blockchain
- Epic v. Apple ruling put on hold after appeals court grants a stay
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