Meta's Mark Zuckerberg just announced new AR glasses in partnership with Ray Ban that will retail at $299.
Speaker AWhat are your thoughts on the success of this product, Joe?
Speaker AWill they make you Runway ready, or should people run away?
JoeThat really does put me on the spot if I have to pick one or the other.
JoeBut I guess it feels weird to say this about an AR product, but Runway ready would be my.
JoeMy take on it, right?
Speaker AThey are cool.
Speaker AYeah.
JoeTwo problems with augmented reality, virtual reality things.
JoeOne, they make you look like a doofus.
JoeAnd two, there's not really anything to do with them.
JoeAnd I really think this may be the first product I've seen that solved that first problem.
JoeYou don't look like a doofus when you're wearing them.
JoeSo the bigger question is, like, once people have them, will there be cool things that they can do or useful things that they can do with them?
JoeThe answer on that is maybe, but at least you won't look like a doofus when you wear them.
Speaker AThanks for bringing doofus back into our vocabulary, Joe.
Speaker AGood.
Speaker CGood word for the lexicon, or at least for me.
Speaker CThey'll make me look more like a doofus, Joe is what I would say, probably.
Speaker CAll right, target released a new sneaker that, that will reportedly grow with you.
Speaker CGrow, sorry.
Speaker CYes, grow with you.
Speaker CAnd.
Speaker CThat's right, grow with you as your feet get larger.
Speaker CAside from footwear.
Speaker CFootwear.
Speaker CHaving trouble today?
Speaker CAside from footwear, Joe, what other clothing item would you most want to grow with you?
JoeI don't know.
JoeI feel like we live in an era of that.
Speaker CRight?
JoeI mean, they already make men's trousers with enough elastic in the waistband that those grow with you a little bit.
JoeHats have adjustable brims.
JoeNot that my head has really changed size.
Speaker CGreat point.
JoeGreat point in the last couple of years.
JoeBut I think it's such an interesting thing.
JoeI mean, feet are very delicate objects, and, you know, who knows how well these growing shoes will actually work.
JoeBut.
JoeBut the thing in that, in that news piece that really got me was, uh, about people whose feet just happen to be two different sizes, so they have to buy, like, two pairs of shoes when they buy shoes.
JoeAnd.
JoeAnd even that just feels like it's going to make their lives a lot better if these things work, as promised there.
Speaker CSo did you give an answer, Joe?
Speaker CI'm not sure you did.
JoeI may have just skipped over that, because I'm honestly, nothing on me is, like, really changed size.
JoeThankfully, I'm shrinking, actually.
JoeSo maybe my answer is shirts and jackets that can get smaller with me as I get older and therefore shrink.
Speaker AOh, my God.
Speaker AThe opposite of the kids jackets that expand.
Speaker AJoe just wants them to retract.
Speaker AWe would like to retract.
JoeI was fighting about back to five years ago, and now I'm five eight.
Speaker AAll right, let's go to question number three, Joe.
Speaker AUnited Airlines and Air France are adding Starlink Wi fi to their fleets.
Speaker AAnd according to the airlines, the speed will be so strong that passengers will be able to stream videos and potentially even take Zoom calls.
Speaker AWhat would you be willing to give up on a flight for reliable high speed Internet beverage service or legroom.
JoeBeverage.
Speaker AService you're fine with?
Speaker AI think I would tend to agree with you.
Speaker AI feel like you can bring your.
JoeOwn drinks, my own water.
JoeYou can't pack your own leg room.
JoeI mean, I kind of dread that you're.
JoeWhen somebody next to me in coach on a long flight is on a Zoom call.
JoeI relish the fact that those are currently, like, not technically feasible and or banned, but, but, I mean, there was an era when phones, they were, like, super expensive, you know, $5 phones on planes, and nobody really used them.
JoeSo, I mean, maybe.
JoeMaybe this is just back to the future, but.
JoeBut I guess.
JoeI guess we're marching towards that era of Zoom calls on films.
Speaker COh, my God.
Speaker CThat's gonna be terrible.
Speaker CI'm gonna hate that.
Speaker CAll right, last one.
Speaker CA Bridgerton ball experience in Detroit is being hailed as a scam reminiscent of what transpired with a Willy Wonka event recently in the UK.
Speaker CWhat yet untapped entertainment experience would you most want to be turned into retail tainment, Joe.
JoeThis one is super challenging.
JoePeople are already doing Star Trek, right?
JoeSo can I say it?
JoeI love the science fictiony world of the Federation where everybody is happy and things just work, and we have transporters and replicators.
JoeI would love to go to a Star Trek experience.
JoeThat'd be probably my first choice.
Speaker CSo you're a Trekkie, Joe.
JoeThat's what you're telling us of the various stars, like Stargate, Star wars, and Star Trek.
JoeI'm a Star Trek person.
Speaker CThere's Stargate in there.
Speaker CThat's a good, that's the first one you said Stargate, Star Trek, and Star wars.
JoeVery nice.
Speaker CThat gives us some keen insight into who you are, Joe, so thank you for that.