why did apple name a scenekit character after a WWDC speaker
Asked on 06/11/2025
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The name of the SceneKit character "Max" was inspired by Max Cobb, a software engineer at Apple who presented the session "Bring your SceneKit project to RealityKit" at WWDC 2025. In this session, Max Cobb mentions a sample game featuring a red panda named Max, which was built using SceneKit. This character was likely named as a playful nod to the presenter himself. You can find more about this in the session Bring your SceneKit project to RealityKit.
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