The Michael’s welcome in the new year with a philosophical discussion on why do we need a dedicated speaker for a digital assistant? What’s the secret sauce as to why a dedicated device is worth it verses just using the one on your phone? We also tweeted out a quick poll on which device do you use?

We then discuss Magic Leap’s finally announced Developer kit. Are you getting your’s? What do you think about it’s form factor? Is it the next great dev kit, or will it just be another Google Glass like launch? We look at the design and Michael R. appreciates how people got the tethered part wrong (as they usually do from early prototypes).

Going from AR we look back at virtual assistants with two apps, Fin and Filld, which help people with a busy life get mundane things done. Is it just Task Rabbit or something more? Is it within the reach of average consumers? Not yet, but who knows.

We then look at unrolling tweet storms and turning them into a blog post, via a google chrome plug in. An finally we go back to a few old favorites with Civilizations and the Animaniacs.

What will you do this year? We plan on doing the same thing we do every year, Try and take over the world!!!

Happy new year!

Show Links:

There’s no place like HomePod –

https://www.macworld.com/article/3245730/home-tech/theres-no-place-like-homepod.html#tk.rss_all

Multi-Timer by Persapps – http://www.persapps.com – Direct link:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/multitimer-multiple-timers/id973421278?mt=8

A quick tweet about which device do you own? https://twitter.com/GamesAtWork_Biz/status/949363822560768006

Magic Leap Finally Reveals AR Headset – https://uploadvr.com/magic-leap-finally-reveals-ar-headset-magic-leap-one/

The Fin Assistant – https://techcrunch.com/2017/12/22/fin-assistant/

Fill Your Tank with Filld – https://www.filld.com/

Amazon will deliver to the trunk of your car –