Nathan at AWE

AI Wearables Policy Director at Meta Reality Labs. Tweets are my own.

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

STOP RIGHT THERE!

TAKE THE MONEY.

PUT THE BAG ON THE GROUND, AND NOBODY HAS TO GET HURT.

Hostage exchange or dinner in 2020?

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

I don't mean to be a hater. There are some good points in this essay.

But there is something ironic about ending a 5000 word persuasive essay about AI's impact with this... (ChatGPT couldn't even get a h/t?)

[Matt Shumer @mattshumer_]

https://t.co/ivXRKXJvQg

[Reality Labs at Meta @RealityLabs]

Great news for devs: The developer preview of our Meta Wearables Device Access Toolkit is now available! https://t.co/KLFhqLj6oW

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

#Subscribe to this podcast

[Kashmir Hill @kashhill]

@OrinKerr It’s not just bad humans or bad machines, it’s bad process.

[UploadVR @UploadVR]

Meta AI on Ray-Ban Meta glasses can now be much more descriptive about what it sees, via a new accessibility setting for blind and low-vision people.

Details here: https://t.co/1NqyWjdME0

[Reality Labs at Meta @RealityLabs]

Tired: Keyboards & touchpads
Wired: Surface electromyography (sEMG)

We believe sEMG is the future of human-computer input. Be the first to understand the next wave of innovation. Today, we’re releasing a white paper that describes sEMG’s potential to revolutionize how we interact with computers. https://t.co/MDGMe6RTQR

[Boz @boztank]

We just unveiled Orion, our full AR glasses prototype that we’ve been working on for nearly a decade. When we started on this journey, our teams predicted that we had a 10% chance (at best) of success.

This was our project to see if our dream AR glasses—wide FOV display, less than 100 grams, wireless—were actually possible to build. Not only do they work, we’ll be using them internally as a time machine to help build the core experiences and interaction paradigms needed for the consumer AR glasses we plan to launch in the coming years.

TL;DR: We built it, just like we said we would =)

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

I really miss tech twitter. I used to actually learn a lot on this platform.

[Matthew Green @matthew_d_green]

Since I can’t format a thread to save my life, here’s my previous thread on Apple’s Private Cloud Compute in threadreader form. https://t.co/0nBqJUFDv0

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

That spatial web. So hot right now.

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

Metaverse, spatial web, Web 3.0

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

@KevinBankston I actually miss tech policy Twitter :(

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

Personally, I think it's a good thing to be open, transparent, and inclusive when trying to build the next generation of human/computer interaction.

But I guess "One more thing..." is cool too.

[Dan Burgar @dburgar]

Apple is keeping their Metaverse cards close to their chest, taking a very methodical and patient approach.

https://t.co/hNIBNlmbFp

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

Really enjoyed seeing so many friends at #TechPromCDT

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

Really enjoyed @debmayers24's presentation at #AWE2022 today. If you couldn't attend you missed out on concise guidance about how you can build more inclusive products that are useful to all and critical for some. #thankyou

Signal boosting @XRAccess @XRSIdotorg @A11yVR

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

@KevinBankston My actual work desk right now.

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

@josephmenn @KimZetter Well that and your lack of blades.

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

Metaverse, spatial web, Web 3.0

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

@ashleyrgold Pepperidge Farms remembers.

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

I'm rather excited to share this update about the use of facial recognition at Meta: https://t.co/vvHhpdhOEo

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

I continue to be incredibly proud of this. And especially because I get to work with the people who made it happen.

https://t.co/rEDTGchtZG

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

@KavyaPearlman @open_metaverse @TrevorFSmith @kentbye @arobertlong @technobaboo @PClemenko @ianhamilton_ @timoni @IEEEDigitalReal @w3c @XRWomenGlobal @CyberXR @XRSIdotorg @ReadyHackerOne @XRAccess @theivrha @SarahMidMO @SarahTicho @benz145 @3duaun @HugoSwart_QCOM @auradeluxe A lot of thoughtful work in this space recently. Some top of mind are:
FPF: https://t.co/B4P5mS3igX
Brittan Heller: https://t.co/8rbcpKByXi
EFF: https://t.co/gq0YC1p8rt
Tech Policy Lab: https://t.co/GJJuSOvbmQ
Access Now: https://t.co/jsoxREx3no

[Nathan at AWE @NathanielDWhite]

@kentbye @AnthroPunk @CatherineFlick Hi Dr. Applin and Dr. Flick thank you for spending so much of your valuable time thinking about Project Aria and ways we can improve.

I’d love to chat with you more.