Thursday, April 1, 2004

Happy April Fools Day! Evidently a lot of people thought Google's gigabyte of free email storage was an April Fools joke. It's not -- but the lunar job posting is. 9:49:33 PM

Today Apple announced the vrPod, an extension of the popular iPod portable music player. The vrPod is a portable QuickTime VR and music player with a capacity of 1,000 VRs and 1,000 songs. It comes with special wired VR sunglasses which enable viewing virtual reality (VR) scenes without having to wear uncomfortable goggles, and without others realizing you are visiting another world. The ideal device for those endless plane or subway rides, or anytime you need to get away for a virtual vacation. The vrPod device weighs 6 ounces and lasts for 8 hours of viewing using the built-in battery. Recessed in the case, the 1.67 inch (diagonal) backlit screen displays VR scene names, song names, and more. Like the popular iPod, full control of your media collection rests under your thumb. Always striving for perfection, Apple engineers used the mini Click Wheel to give you the enhanced durability and sensitivity of the iPod Touch Wheel, with buttons underneath. The Click Wheel takes best advantage of limited space and lets you scroll single-handedly through 1000 VRs from your iWorld VR collection, 1000 songs from your iTunes collection, or navigate inside a VR scene. Supplies of the $499 vrPod are expected to be constrained by Hitachi 1 inch hard disk production, but the product should be available at Apple Stores by the end of the month. Along with the vrPod announcement, Apple introduced iWorld, a VR jukebox. Welcome to a VR store with tens of thousands of VR scenes which you can conveniently browse, search, preview, buy and download the best VRs. Scenes are licensed from VR photographers around the globe, and allow you to visit some of the world's most interesting places. Welcome to the best friend a vrPod ever had: iWorld. The vrPod, and iWorld use QuickTime, the platform of choice for multimedia and web designers, producers and distributors. 12:00:00 PM

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