VISION PRO ENGINEER SHIFTS FOCUS BACK TO SMARTPHONES
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Mark Drummond, who led Apple's Character Intelligence Team on the Vision Pro, is leaving spatial computing to return to phone-based AR development. His departure signals a potential strategic shift in how the tech industry views immersive computing.
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