Rec Room shutdown, robot umps, FedEx meets Amazon, and OpenAI's odd media buy
About this episode
The episode discusses the shutdown of Rec Room, the implications for the gaming and AI industries, and various tech-related topics including MLB's automated umpire system and OpenAI's media acquisition.
Rec Room, the Seattle-based social gaming platform once valued at $3.5 billion, is shutting down — and Snap is picking up some of the pieces. Todd broke the news, fielded calls from distraught users, and connects the VR bust to lessons for the AI boom. Plus: MLB's new automated ball-strike system is exposing umpires and creating a whole new kind of showboating, Todd road-tests Amazon's FedEx Office returns partnership, OpenAI makes a head-scratching media acquisition, and the trivia question ties Apple's 50th anniversary to a word Microsoft tried and failed to make happen.
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