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It’s not that much smaller, and like 80% of the GabeCube seems to be cooling…

The PS5 is that bulky because of the stupid exterior shell design, and that big because Sony went into weird directions with the cooling. Reformat that into a more traditional form factor and you can reduce overall size by 30-50%. Hell, there’s gaming oriented mini PCs that are 1/2-1/3 the size of a PS5 Slim, with double the performance…

The VR headset seems to be a major downgrade from expectations.

Three year old SoC, subpar quality LCD displays without local dimming (and apparently very bad screen door effect)… the eye tracking and custom wireless with foveated codec is a nice touch though. I think the main benefit here will be the Proton ARM translation layer and the ability to run SteamOS on other headsets.

The most disappointing part is the rumoured pricing of “aiming to be under $1000”. I mean I get it, Meta had us spoiled with the $300-400 headsets, but this, aside the software goodies, is hardly better hardware wise than the current Quest 3, will cost approximately twice as much (unless Valve really cuts that “under $1000” target back a lot)… If the Steam layer gets cloned onto the Quest 3, the Frame loses all of its benefits, really.

I’m still excited for it, but found it somewhat lackluster.

This. Use their desperation to your benefits.

Demand no probation since you were previously a good employee. Demand higher pay, better benefits et al, hell, a signing bonus and backpay for your unfair dismissal, go as far as you can. Remember, they just realised that they need you more than you need them.

Use that knowledge to your advantage.

Doing a level of local computing on certain devices (especially ones you directly interact with and voice interfacing can matter, say, like, a TV) is useful.

I think the best approach is connected edge computing - combining some local computing and the hub of edge computing, and changing which side takes care of business depending on the needs of the task.

Say, having the ability to turn off the oven when you can smell smoke (or remembering you haven’t set a timer and the food is ready), simply by talking to your washing machine while you’re loading it, is a useful perk. Sure, an edge case, but the moment it becomes needed, even just once, you’ll appreciate it.