Now through June 12th, you can score a rare $10 discount on the purple, pink, and blue PS5 console covers. | Image: PlayStation Whoa, Nelly. There are a whole lot of PlayStation-related deals going on right now as part of Sony’s ongoing Days of Play promo, which runs through Monday, June 12th. Sony has a wide-ranging deals page that pulls together deals on digital games for the PlayStation 5, PS4, and even some of its PC ports on Steam, but the promo also extends to physical PS5 and PS4 games at a number of different retailers. At Amazon, for example, you can get The Last of Us Part I for $49 ($20 off), Gran Turismo 7 for $39.99 ($30 off),…

Illustration by Hugo Herrera for The Verge If Apple’s mixed reality headset is going to succeed, it’s going to be because of the apps. On Monday, Apple will take the stage at its 2023 Worldwide Developers Conference to talk about FaceTime and Apple Books and all the other cool built-in stuff you’ll be able to do with its ski goggles strapped to your face. But if it can’t get third-party developers on board, and those developers don’t figure out how to build life-changingly great stuff for those goggles, the Reality Pro (or whatever it’s called) doesn’t stand a chance. Apple knows this better than anyone, of course. The iPhone took off when apps like Instagram and Uber showed what you…

Apple may announce a major change to Siri that would move away from the "Hey ‌Siri‌" trigger phrase currently required to invoke the virtual assistant hands-free at next week's WWDC keynote, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. In a new tweet, Gurman reiterated that the change to the ‌Siri‌ trigger phrase is a possibility for next week. In November, Gurman reported that Apple is working on a way for ‌Siri‌ to be able to understand and respond to commands without the need to use "Hey ‌Siri‌" as a trigger-phrase. Instead, users will simply need to say "‌Siri‌."The company is working on an initiative to drop the "Hey in the trigger phrase so that a user only needs to say "Siri"—along with…

Apple’s Reality Pro headset will pack a number of unique features when it’s announced on Momday (10am PDT / 1pm EDT) at WWDC 2023, including virtual reality concerts. Apple VR/AR headset concept by Antonio DeRosa Last month, MacDailyNews reported, “One selling point of Apple’s mixed-reality headset will be attending live and recorded concerts remotely. Buy a ticket, for significantly less than in-person, and the headset will “as much as possible, be like being there – with extras like changing seat positions. Apple’s launch [in mid-MAy] of new concert discovery and set lists features on Apple Maps and Apple Music lays part of the foundation.” Chance Miller for 9to5Mac: Nothing will ever compare to the experience of live music. But when…

Apple’s Reality Pro headset will pack a number of unique features when it’s announced next week at WWDC 2023. But there’s one thing in particular that I’m interested in seeing from Apple – virtual reality concerts. Nothing will ever compare to the experience of live music. But when you combine things like 360-degree video, top-of-the-line display technology, and spatial audio, Apple’s Reality Pro headset will create an incredibly immersive experience. more… The post Reality Pro’s library of Apple Music VR concerts has been a decade in the making appeared first on 9to5Mac.

Apple’s Reality Pro headset will pack a number of unique features when it’s announced next week at WWDC 2023. But there’s one thing in particular that I’m interested in seeing from Apple – virtual reality concerts. Nothing will ever compare to the experience of live music. But when you combine things like 360-degree video, top-of-the-line display technology, and spatial audio, Apple’s Reality Pro headset will create an incredibly immersive experience. more… The post Reality Pro’s library of Apple Music VR concerts has been a decade in the making appeared first on 9to5Mac.