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Scott Stein

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CNET - future tech, VR/AR, wearables, games, immersive, existential dread/whimsy. Looking in weeds for little frogs. The Intertwixt is my free newsletter about strange overlaps intertwixt.beehiiv.com

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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 6h
The Steam Frame will probably be pretty well optimized by the time Meta VR Glasses come out
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 6h
My body got used to California time…NJ mornings are hard
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is the Monday of Tuesdays
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
September gauntlet is done. A little rest before the October gauntlet
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Holograms! VR Glasses! AI pendants! Muse AI. A lot, a lot of Muse AI. Wrap-up of the things I see at Meta Connect youtu.be/VhYoVNefoZA?...
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Meta REALLY Wants You to Use Muse AI: Everything From Meta Connect 2026 | All Things Mobile
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
About…halfway through reading book on magic and improv. Flying back from SF at last, time to read
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Everyone asks me what I think about AI. friends, family. It’s basically the small talk chat that emerges no matter what. For me it’s more about what I think about our cyborgification
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Drew Brees is the worst NFL commentator I’ve ever seen
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Holy shit this Jets game
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The US government running a goddamn propaganda ad for the president during NFL games on tax dollars is outrageous shit
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Valve Steam Frame Snap Specs Meta VR Glasses Google stuff to come Taking a break this weekend before Techtober arrives
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Do listen to us getting deep on VR thoughts: a lot of ground covered here!
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
And now for another pair of smart glasses I wore recently: Vonder. Looking forward to wearing them, but curious/skeptical about the subscription AI service for memory. Still, their design is strong www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/...
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These Lightweight Audio Memory-Recording Glasses Might Foreshadow Meta's Next Step (and Apple's) - CNET
Vonder is making camera-free smart glasses that can differentiate between personal voice memos and conversations. I tried on some of the frames ahead of their November launch.
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
My adventures in the Bay Area are not done yet
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
In which I talk more about Meta VR Glasses
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m wondering whether Apple makes a Vision Air by 2029 and then I’m thinking…I’m thinking about 2029
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Alex Blechman @alexblechman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
When I wished to live in interesting times I meant a renaissance for point-and-click adventure games
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Victoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
This week in Optimizer, a Meta Connect themed issue. Would a spoonful of kawaii cute help the AI pill go down? Maybe not fully but perhaps you might feel less alarmed if Jolly — the aptly named Muse AI mascot — was the one asking for your health data. tinyurl.com/ba5jf9a4
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It’s sinister that Meta’s Muse AI mascot is so cute
A spoonful of cute to make the AI pill easier to swallow.
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meta day number what day is this
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Feel like Meta started to realize that VR is the key to understanding the road to glasses this Connect. Which is what I wrote about this summer www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
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To Get Beyond ‘Pervert Glasses,’ Meta Should Remember the Lessons of VR - CNET
Commentary: You can’t understand what you can’t see – and the social contracts for smart glasses are still nonexistent.
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Drew a rune over breakfast. The communication one…feels appropriate after the last week
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m Ready For a nap
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
In which I show you my demos of all the AI stuff, Muse, and also Meta’s VR Glasses. Watch here as I think/vent youtu.be/wzUU-Jp3zoU?...
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Hands-On With Meta VR Glasses and All of Meta's Other Glasses and AI
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My hands on thoughts about Meta’s VR Glasses, coming next spring for $1299 www.cnet.com/tech/computi...
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I Wore Meta's New $1,299 VR Glasses: A Tiny Quest, or Vision Pro to Go? - CNET
Meta’s not done with VR. Its sleek and expensive glasses-like VR device doesn’t need controllers, plays Quest games and is aiming to be your personal cinema too.
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meta has VR glasses…
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Meta Connect keynote starting soon, jet lagged, stories incoming
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
After waking up at 2:50, I’m here on west coast again. Somehow made it where is a nap
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Rallying around the coffee, boarded and ready, neck pillow purchased
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Airport, Newark, round 2, Meta-bound
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The levels of true, dripping cyberpunk we’ll be in is overwhelming
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We’re in the heart of the Cronenberg now
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just watched the White House splash video for Trump TV and my brain became two sizes too small
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Holdover at home. We’ll see how tomorrow goes for Meta Connect plans
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Am back home having bagels. My Meta Connect Travel Attempt begins again tomorrow at 6am
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chatting w several people in commuting hell to see where the situation’s at. Trying to get eyes at the airports.
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Does Newark airport get to wreck an Amtrak train line now to make it even
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Overall, not a great Yom Kippur
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Would be a good night for a gummy
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
So…how is Newark airport
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s from Amtrak??? www.nbcnewyork.com/new-jersey/n...
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Amtrak crew blamed for air travel nightmare as Newark ground stop enters 6th hour
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford says the cut line could take up to 13 hours to repair. They’re working on replacing an old Verizon circuit instead.
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
It’s funny that my trip to look at new Meta glasses tech has been cancelled due to system malfunction
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Don’t go to the airport
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The Jets are having an awful hangover
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This country is such a flaming pile of shit right now
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Flight cancelled. This trip is off to a good start
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Airports sucker you in with promises of “flights,” then there are delays, and that’s how they get you to buy the pumpkin crème cold brew
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The airport chime is the same three notes as the NBC tone. Is this intentional?
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Don’t know when this airport delay will end but at least have I entertainment with me for 400 lifetimes
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Chatbots aren’t conversation partners. They’re not even good conversation simulators
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Scott Stein @scottstein.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I know, I’m on the runway
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