Apple’s First 3D Vision Pro Video After 2 Months Sparks Curiosity, Users Want More
- Written by Deep Shikha Content Writer
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
Apple released a new 3D Vision Pro video on 28 March , the first update in 2 months. This short video showcases last year’s Major League Soccer (MLS) playoffs highlights, making it the first sports content for the Vision Pro headset. Designed for the platform’s Immersive Video format, the 5-minute video will be available for free to all Vision Pro users .
The Vision Pro kicked off with 3 captivating series: Adventure , Prehistoric Planet , and Wildlife , each starting with their first episode. But nearly 2 months had passed since those debuts, and no new episodes had appeared. The only new piece since then was a brief performance video by Alicia Keyes, which you’ll find in a small section of the TV app.
The Vision Pro is praised for its marvelous quality for playing 2D movies and videos well. Its 3D video feature also looks promising, thanks to Apple’s first batch of 3D content. However, people are still waiting for more new episodes to come out.
Apple calls the Vision Pro a “spatial computing” device instead of a VR headset because it does more than typical VR headsets. But for watching videos and movies, it’s not yet as good as its rivals, such as the Oculus Quest series.
In an email to The Verge , Apple revealed that the Vision Pro will soon enhance its gaming lineup with new Apple Arcade games designed to utilize its “spatial” capabilities.
Demand for more content, especially new episodes of the initial series and broader 3D internet video support, remains high. Apple needs to make an app for playing 3D videos from the internet on the Vision Pro. While some 3D video apps are on the visionOS App Store, there are fewer than you’d find for other headsets.
OpenAI’s New Voice Engine Can Clone a Voice in 15 Second
- Written by Shipra Sanganeria Cybersecurity & Tech Writer
- Fact-Checked by Justyn Newman Former Lead Cybersecurity Editor
On March 29th 2024, OpenAI announced its new offering known as Voice Engine in a blog post. The software is currently available to a select group of users, due to fear of its misuse in creating deceptive fake audios.
The text-to-speech software under development since late 2022, allows a user to create synthetic voice of anybody based on a 15-second audio clip. The application, which is already a part of ChatGPT’s Read Aloud feature, was initially trained using a mix of licensed and publicly available information, said Jeff Harris, a member of OpenAI’s product team for Voice Engine in an interview with TechCrunch.
However, in 2023, the company started re-testing the tool with a small group of trusted partners in the education, and healthcare sectors.
“These small-scale deployments are helping to inform our approach, safeguards, and thinking about how Voice Engine could be used for good across various industries,” said OpenAI in its blog post .
The few organizations that OpenAI partnered with include; education technology company Age of Learning, AI visual storytelling platform; HeyGen, for-profit social enterprise; Dimagi, AI alternative communication app Livox; and not-for-profit health system, The Norman Prince Neurosciences Institute at Lifespan.
The company said that these real-world applications of Voice Engine generated impressive results, including restoring the voice of patients suffering from speech impairment, translating content in local languages, and providing reading assistance.
Despite the successful outcome, OpenAI is yet to decide on its availability for public use. However, the company has started putting safeguards in place for its public debut in the near future.
OpenAI requires its partners to get “explicit and informed consent” as well as have a legal right to the original speaker’s voice before generating any synthetic audio. Users of the technology would also be required to disclose to listeners that the audio clip is AI-generated. OpenAI will be watermarking the audio generated by Voice Engine to trace its origin and monitor its usage as well.
