As mentioned last week, we will shift our attention this week to everything from the WWDC keynote that wasn’t Apple Intelligence. For today's discussion, we will go over my broader observations from attending the keynote at WWDC and then talk visionOS 2.

Happy Monday. I flew out to Cupertino for WWDC. We will begin today’s update with some of my observations from Apple Park.

Observations Attending WWDC

WWDC is Apple's one event each year that is all about developers (as it should be). While the keynote has a mass market audience, everything else about WWDC is focused on helping developers navigate both new and existing platforms. Apple relied on the usual keynote viewing setup area with some developers seated up front near the stage. The press and media are positioned more in the center of the (large) viewing area where shared is provided by Apple Park's ring building. For the press, shaded seats are a hot commodity for both personal comfort and work (blogging, tweeting, etc.).

One thing that became apparent from attending this year’s WWDC is that the

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