[NEW] ESSAY: 9 Takeaways from the Vision Pro After 6 Months. Apple’s biggest bet in 17 years released on February 2. Before giving any detailed thoughts on the device, I wanted to spend a few months using it and seeing how other users and developers did (or didn’t). Here are my “nine thoughts after six months” on Apple’s own expectations and spend, what the Vision Pro has and hasn’t achieved, fair and unfair evaluations, and more.

[NEW] Prof G/Scott Galloway Podcast (Apple Podcasts, Spotify): I joined Scott Galloway earlier this month to talk the M-World, Gen AI, Starlink, Meta’s ownership of undersea Internet infrastructure, and more.

[ICYMI] BOOK EXCERPT: The Founding of Epic Games and How It’s First (and Somewhat Accidental) Game Became “Unreal Engine 0” and Now Defines Fortnite. Like many of the world’s greatest companies and products, Epic Games, Unreal Engine, and Fortnite all arose through a mix of unexpected inspiration and an entrepreneur’s ability to see decades into the future. This is a story not of the pioneering 1998 3D shooter Unreal, but of the little-known but immensely important 1991 2D puzzler ZZT.

[ICYMI] INTERVIEW: My Two-Hander Interview With Epic Games Founder/CEO Tim Sweeney and Author/Entrepreneur Neal Stephenson. In the first-ever public conversation between these two metaverse pioneers, I ask how currently define the “Metaverse,” their thoughts on its technological and economic growth, the future of Fortnite, Apple’s Vision Pro, blockchains, and the ethics of Generative AI, plus a Snow Crash 2, and much more (including Neal’s reaction on the day Facebook changed its name).

[ALSO] SIGNED COPIES OF “THE METAVERSE: BUILDING THE SPATIAL INTERNET” ARE NOW BACK IN STOCK AT PORCHLIGHT.