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One More Screen for Your Face

Apple has unveiled its vision for a world beyond the iPhone. Are things any different?
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A man approaches his children in a dim room. They’re dipping wands into a dish of soap and blowing bubbles. He smiles and raises a finger to his brow, where a headset rests, covering his eyes. He taps a button to capture a video of the kids playing. He’ll be able to revisit it later on the couch, smiling at the memory, which is saved forever in brilliant 3-D.

This scripted scene is part of , made earlier today, for the future of personal computers. Not a laptop, not a

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