3×42: That High Level of Unlikeliness

Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia return, after a couple of months of trials and tribulations, to reveal our predictions for (the rest of) 2022! Prepare to find out What Comes Next in our roles as Cassandras: [00:06:20] Jono: VR bonanza: Apple will release their VR headset this year, and PSVR2 will be released, […]

Stuart Langridge, Jono Bacon, and Jeremy Garcia return, after a couple of months of trials and tribulations, to reveal our predictions for (the rest of) 2022! Prepare to find out What Comes Next in our roles as Cassandras:

[00:06:20] Jono:

VR bonanza: Apple will release their VR headset this year, and PSVR2 will be released, both purchasable by real people. Both will experience critical acclaim (although we won’t have good sales figures)
Tesla won’t release a phone, Neuralink will launch in beta this year
Truth Social will experience significant growth (but nowhere near as much as Twitter etc) but will be plagued with (1) stability issues, and (2) extremist content
Bonus 1: Canonical will not be acquired
Meta’s VR services will actually not be terrible


[00:28:35] Jeremy:

Apple will, for the first time in a long time, release a completely new product line. It will be AR/VR, and it will be panned by critics
At least one very large (think FAANG size but does not have to be a FAANG) will walk back their remote work policy
both the US and EU pass sweeping tech related laws that have broad impact on the industry (part of the “techlash”)
Bonus 1: Gamestop stock price still above $100
Inflation for the year below five percent
Truth Social will shut down
Mark Zuckerberg will not be CEO of Meta


[00:49:40] Stuart:

Apple will either allow sideloading or allow third-party browser engines on iOS
Matter (the common protocol for IoT stuff) will see first devices released, people will not care (they should, but they won’t, of course) and it won’t actually work
Meta’s share price a third at end of year what it is at start: under $100 at end of 2022.
Bonus 1: Some company will leak private customer data onto a blockchain so it’s there forever
Someone buys Twitter (likely to not happen because of the regulatory environment, as Jeremy points out!)

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