Apple TV Power-On!

Did you get an Apple TV developer kit? I did, and from what I've seen so far, this new platform is going to be big - and I don't just mean 1080p! I expect to see least as much demand for Apple TV apps as we saw for the iPad when it first appeared.

We've been waiting to talk about tvOS until the hardware is released, and we're counting on Apple to keep its October ship date so we can have our first tvOS meetup on the first Tuesday in November.

Coursera will be our host, and as you might guess, Coursera has been reimagining the learning experience for the big screens of tvOS. They'll share some of their experiences with the product considerations, benefits, and challenges of porting an iOS application to tvOS. We'll also look into the technology of the Focus Engine, TVML, and more as we talk about our early experiences. And as always, there will be apps!

Topics

Coursera: A demo of a learning experience reimagined for tvOS: the product considerations, benefits, and challenges of porting an iOS application to tvOS.

Ethan Fan: TrackMyFitness (https://medium.com/@ethanyfan/trackmyfitness-the-only-apple-tv-fitness-app-that-track-your-reps-a0cbb341ac7e#.mr0yeqfy9) - an Apple TV app to auto count your reps by holding your remote using the accelerometer and gyroscope inside the remote.

Aleksey Novicov: Yodel Solitaire and an in-depth look at the Focus Engine

Poojan Jhaveri: Spark Viewer, an Apple TV companion app to the award-winning Spark Camera iOS app. Watch the best user-submitted Spark Festival videos from around the world along with your own Shared Sparks.

Josh Michaels: Magic Window: a set of Apple TV apps that present beautiful time-lapse scenes. http://jetsoncreative.com/appletv/

p.s. Note the early start time! We'll open at 6 and start talks at 6:30. Also, this meetup is on a Tuesday!

Also: because we'll be meeting in the Coursera offices, our hosts there have asked everyone attending to sign this NDA (https://app.waiverforever.com/pending/3jUCIBrzC41420746420) which covers any Coursera proprietary information that we might see during our visit. This NDA does not cover the contents of Coursera's meetup presentations!