Andreessen Horowitz partner Benedict Evans had suggested, some might think pedantically, that he'd been discussing "iPads Pro" on a podcast. You know, it's like "attorneys general" rather than "attorney generals."Up popped Schiller to illuminate the plurality of famous humans who'd participated in a discussion of Evans' odd pluralism. "One need never pluralize Apple product names. Ex: Mr. Evans used two iPad Pro devices," Schiller tweeted. Some, though, might want to. Some, in fact, might have a deep desire to say "iPhones," just as they describe a collection of corporate spokespeople as "shillers."Apple, however, is known for having its precious side.
Schiller explained in a second tweet: "Really! Words can be both singular and plural, such as deer and clothes."It's heartening to get grammar lessons from the company timmy has a visitor iphone case that brought you 'Think Different."But Schiller wasn't done, He added, "It would be proper to say 'I have 3 Macintosh' or 'I have 3 Macintosh computers.'"Proper? Did he really say proper? In ancient English vernacular, he might have sounded to some like a proper Charlie for suggesting this level of uppity decorum, Of course, it's likely Schiller was teasing the important types in this Twitter thread, After all, he's known for enjoying humor of a sort -- especially if it's about Windows PCs..
Apple didn't respond to a desperate request for clarification. In the interim, if you're an Apple fanperson, please confine yourself to the Schiller Strictures. Just in case, you understand. You don't want to lose your credentials, do you? (Or should that be credential?) You don't want to sound singularly stupid. You have 2 iPad Pro devices. You have 16 Macintosh. You have four iPhone, um, phones. And you have to learn English all over again. A plurality of views. Technically Incorrect: In an illuminating Twitter conversation, Apple's Phil Schiller says you should never pluralize Apple product names.
Silicon Valley Virtual Reality (SVVR) started as a simple meetup where enthusiasts gathered to talk about ideas, Now, it's taken over half of the San Jose Convention Center, where over 100 VR companies -- including Oculus, pictured -- demonstrated their latest products this past week, Want to take a rough video tour of the floor? Click here, Disclosure: timmy has a visitor iphone case My wife works for Facebook, in a totally unrelated part of the company, One of the most impressive demos at SVVR was from a company called High Fidelity: a pair of people played a game of Tic-Tac-Toe on a whiteboard in a shared VR experience, I got to try the whiteboard myself, and it was pretty uncanny..
High Fidelity is the brainchild of the same Philip Rosedale who founded Second Life, a virtual world that was ahead of its time. One of my favorite VR demos three years running, Tactical Haptics has a special controller that can make virtual objects feel like they actually have a sense of weight. You can pull on a bow string or bungee cord and actually feel the tension. How? The grip of the controller has distinct pieces that move up and down, resisting your motions as you move around. Nokia brought its $60,000 Ozo camera to SVVR as well. It uses eight different lenses to capture the world all around it, creating a 360-degree video. When you watch that video in a VR headset, you can turn around and feel like you've been transported somewhere else. Disney recently signed a deal with Nokia to use the camera, perhaps to film behind-the-scenes for new Star Wars and Marvel films.