What are the biggest insights and observations in immersive tech & media this week? Welcome to Reality Bytes, featuring lightning-round commentary from AR Insider partner M7 Innovations. Founder Matt Maher lends his insights from the trenches of digital media creation.

We continue the narrative this week with Maher’s look at Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser, Alexa goes to the doctor, and Meta’s voice-driven metaverse. See the quick summary below, followed by embedded video. And stay tuned each week for more tech & media musings from Maher.

🏨 Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser is the over-the-top, 2-night, $6,000 adventure that only Disney can deliver. We dive into why it may just work.

⚕️ Alexa now has the ability to get your doctor on the line via a partnership with Teledoc. We discuss Amazon’s ambitious plans for healthcare.

⚙️ Meta announces two language-driven AI initiatives that will help the world ‘connect.’ We debate the business strategy behind the move.

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