Quasar with Fries EP7: Meta Orion, Google Plays Monopoly and the Death of Movie Theaters

This episode of Quasar With Fries is jam-packed! Rich and Wayne stumbled upon a third host so that’s cool. Jon something. This newly-formed but temporary trio discusses how Meta’s Orion AR glasses stack-up to the incumbent—and, you know, actually available for purchase—Apple Vision Pro. To immerse or not to immerse! The guys also discuss the scary privacy implications demonstrated by a couple of college students figuring out how to dox just about anyone using Meta Ray-Bans. Also on the docket is a breakup of Google’s monopoly of the online search engine and ad business. But the real stars of this week’s show are discussions around popular media consumption. First up, the boys discuss the state of movie theaters, whether or not their demise is nigh, and what theater chains and movie studios should be doing to keep theaters around. The episode wraps up with a discussion of whether modern recording artists actually need record labels to be successful. Get into it! 00:00:00 Welcome to Quasar with Fries EP 7! 00:00:50 Our intros really suck 00:04:20 META Orion Glasses 00:13:51 Facial recognition software is creepy 00:21:26 Will AR and facial recognition worsen privacy issues? 00:23:10 Google's monopoly and break up party 00:37:50 Generation X deep dive 00:40:30 The death of the movie theater 00:56:00 Do music artists need record labels anymore? 01:01:12 Content creators are replacing middle men 01:12:52 Wrap-up! #metaorion #arglasses #facebook #applevisionpro #musicproduction #filmmaking