Would you trust a terrifying home robot? + A chat with former Apple Vision Pro engineer John Gearty
The Engadget PodcastShow Notes
Home robots are moving way beyond Roombas. 1X unveiled its NEO helper bot this week, a terrifying $20,000 machine that can perform basic tasks after you've trained it, and more complex tasks via teleoperation. In this episode, Devindra and Engadget's Igor Bonafacic try to figure out why 1X made the Neo look like a murderbot, as well as the future they see for home robots. Also, we discuss last week's AWS outage and our over-reliance on a single cloud provider, as well as Apple's rumored push for OLED devices in 2026. Devindra also what’s with John Gearty, a former Apple Vision Pro engineer, about the state of Apple’s headset and the world of XR.
Interview with John Gearty, former Apple Vision Pro engineer and founder of PulseJet Studios – 1:30 Robotics company 1X announces Neo, a $20k home assistant that *might* become autonomous…someday – 33:05 Amazon says automation bug caused AWS outage – 45:11 NVIDIA is the first company in history to hit a $5T market cap – 50:55 OpenAI finishes reorganization that paves path for future IPO – 55:21 U.S. Customs and Border Protection announces plan to photograph non-citizens entering the country for facial recognition – 1:08:45 Around Engadget: Billy Steele’s Echo Studio 2025 review – 1:17:25 Working on – 1:19:39 Pop culture picks – 1:22:07
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