Kevin Reape

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[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

@pronounced_kyle He’s going to be a big brother any day now. This is awesome and a great example of X being not all bad. Happy Father’s Day.

[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

 day.

[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

If your job is truly to increase unregretted time spent, you would change the default view on this app to the following tab for everyone. A chronological list of posts from people we choose is the most powerful feature in all of social media and no other site can offer anything close to it. Make it the default. Then spend your time helping users discover people/accounts to follow. Unregretted time is zero and your job is done.

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@EichelGDavis @JacobWizgird @MizzouFootball Speaking of icon, when I watched this video, I literally thought to myself, 'This is the coolest video I've seen since Eichel was here. Wonder how he's doing.' Then saw your comment and looks like you're crushing it. Love to see it.

[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

 day.

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[Simon Smith @_simonsmith]

Okay, @elevenlabs v3 is as good as advertised. Just threw a load of emotions and sounds at it, and it crushed everything. The whistle got cut a bit short, but in another test it did that too. Very impressed. Voice has crossed the uncanny valley.

[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

This is remarkable, no? I mean you could argue not the most remarkable thing we’ve seen here today but it’s up there. So many things are going to change.

[ElevenLabs @ElevenLabs]

Introducing Eleven v3 (alpha) - the most expressive Text to Speech model ever.

Supporting 70+ languages, multi-speaker dialogue, and audio tags such as [excited], [sighs], [laughing], and [whispers].

Now in public alpha and 80% off in June.

[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

@scenery_app I’d love to check this out!

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@sundayjeff

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@gfodor https://t.co/cG4cv2Qf1q

[Sam Altman @sama]

o1 is powerful but it's not so powerful that the universe needs to send us a tsunami

[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

Last week, we said goodbye to the most extraordinary man I’ve ever known—my dad, Mike Reape. He was a master of his craft, a Diet Coke enthusiast, and the funniest, kindest guy you’d ever meet. He worked hard daily and still found time to be an amazing dad and grandpa to Callahan. I’m going to miss him more than words can say. Rest easy, Dad. We love you.
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[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

Vision Pro is blowing my mind all over again with the 2.0 update.

🔊 Sound on for a sample of a fresh Dillon Francis mix.

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@matthewtaber @gruber @sandwich https://t.co/z8S0C268dL

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I don't think this means what they are implying in the headline. Apple is not releasing a product that costs $3500 annually, and they never planned to. I would bet a share of $AAPL that in the future, we learn the Vision Pro 2 is essentially complete today and that it's all hands on deck for the release of Apple Vision I, the $2000 product that will be on a lot of Christmas lists next year. I predict the next Vision Pro will be announced in 2026 and released in 2027, as always planned.

Why do I think this?

Many early reviews talked about the Vision Pro being "over-engineered", and that's exactly why I bought one. With software updates alone, the device can go from the most amazing piece of tech you have ever used to absolute pure magic, and I think Apple can pull it off in a matter of years. The videos I have seen of VisionOS 2.0 (currently available to developers in beta) make it look like they are on the right track, and while we won't get a new device every year, we will get an annual major software update. And I think we will see the device we own today do things in the near future we didn't know it could do (like when both Spatial and Adaptive Audio were added to AirPod Pros). The device's hardware today can handle quite a lot, at least most of what developers and content creators will be demanding. When people start to get the hang of things and a few million have been sold, the Vision Pro 2 will make sense, probably released for the same price of $3500 in 2027, with an M4 chip, complete with jaw-dropping EyeSight on the front display and a FOV truly second to none. Then, in 2028, we will see Apple Vision 2, and millions will be sold in the first year.

When the Apple Vision is released (or at least announced) next year at a still-steep-but-worth-it price of $2000, Apple will by then have a decent-sized library of immersive content, 20,000+ custom Vision Pro apps, contracts for live sports and PPV events, and a larger library of environments and unique ways to enhance your living space. We are slowly getting closer to the big "aha" moment when more people understand their long-term roadmap and what that could mean for our futures (some early guesses include a livestreamed MLS game, a MidJourney environment creator app, or a 3D AI super tutor for students). We are still so early, so until then, it's a bummer that The Information (annual subscriptions on sale for $749!) is going for the clickbait.

[Kevin Reape @KevinReape]

The Vision Pro gives you a lot of opportunities to see the future, and last night’s 3D(!) immersive(!!) livestream(!!!) of @gruber’s WWDC show in the @sandwich Theatre app was the coolest one yet. This won’t give you the full experience of course, but I felt like I was there.

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The best.

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 day.

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