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Mark Zuckerberg recently posted his thoughts on the Apple Vision Pro and how it compares with the Meta Quest.
His discussion of the competition between the “open” and “closed” models of technology seems to be a kind of corollary to the idea of open and closed platforms we discussed last week. He references Windows vs Mac and Android vs iOS as examples of “open” vs “closed” models, and is trying to position Meta as the “open” alternative to Apple’s “closed” model.
It’s an interesting framing because there’s a debate about how open the Meta model actually is. It’s not a truly open platform like Linux, the example Professor Cusumano mentioned (perhaps why he chose the word “model” instead of “platform”). Meta doesn’t want you to run different operating systems on their headsets, for example. But overall, Meta likely puts fewer guardrails around what developers can access and has less stringent requirements for publishing on their platform compared to Apple.
I could have spent more time on the Essay and especially on the portfolio. I had a second version of the portfolio that was much better and I did upload it a week or so later. But I’m not sure if they looked at it.
I know the odds were low of getting this, but I still had a part of me over-believing in my chance. Not too upset all things considered, but I think that dissonance exists to some degree.
I think that dissonance comes from some belief that I am able to do something, and feel that I could even be more capable than many who actually are there.
The following work was done in collaboration with four teammates for our project with JR Central. The goal of the project is to make their planned Dallas to Houston high-speed rail project more automated and efficient.
Watching this MIT/SDM talk by Richard de Neufville {{video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2-g_ybdnzA}}