TechCrunch will be on the ground at SXSW 2025 — the annual tech, music, comedy, and film conference that kicked off Friday in Austin — in search of the zeitgeist of this AI-centric era. The tech portion of the annual event kicked off Friday and will run through March 13.
Apple’s Upcoming OS Updates to Feature Biggest Design Overhaul in Years
Apple is gearing up to introduce its most significant design overhaul in years with the next set of operating system updates. These changes are set to debut at the Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC ...
A short Metallica concert film is coming to Apple Vision Pro
Metallica founding member and drummer Lars Ulrich announced plans to launch a concert film on Apple’s Vision Pro mixed reality headset. Speaking at the SXSW conference in Austin, Texas on Tuesday, the musician revealed the 26-minute VR movie was shot in Mexico City in September,
Apple Doubles Down On Vision Pro With Metallica Concert Experience: But Can Rock Legends Save A $3,499 Headset That’s Already Being Scaled Back?
Why It's Important: This comes as Apple appears to be reevaluating its extended reality (XR) strategy. Last year, it was reported that the tech giant has scaled back Vision Pro production due to lower ...
No Metallica tickets? How to see the band’s new Apple Vision Pro concert film – for free
One of the world's best-selling rock bands partnered with Apple to create an immersive film that gives you a front-row concert seat. And you don't have to own a Vision Pro headset to see it.
Samsung’s Android XR headset could avoid the Apple Vision Pro’s biggest mistake, according to this leak
Samsung and Google ’s XR headset – currently known as Project Moohan – is shaping up to be an Apple Vision Pro competitor with high-end specs (like a rumored OLED display) and a sleek design, but it also looks set to avoid its rival’s biggest blunder: a lack of first-party controllers.
Samsung’s Vision Pro alternative may bury its best feature under a ridiculous price tag
Project Moohan, Samsung's upcoming mixed-reality headset following in the footsteps of the Apple Vision Pro, is a real spatial computing supergroup moment for the virtual, augmented, and mixed-reality market. But is it destined for the same fate as Apple's highfalutin headset — impressive, expensive, and quick to fade from memory?