Apple Park opens doors to its Visitor’s Center

If you find yourself in Cupertino and want to visit Apple Visitor’s Center, you can now. The tech giant just opened the doors to the center, letting you come drop by and visit the campus as well as buy souvenirs and snacks. The Visitor Center itself is designed with a look that matches the rest of the campus from its staircases, stone walls, terrazzo floors, down to a cantilevered carbon fiber roof. You’ll get to see a 3D model of the Park itself that also offers an augmented reality experience accessible through iPads placed there. As expected, there is a store inside the Visitor’s Center where you can buy everything from Apple products to souvenirs that range from T-shirts, to onesies, to playing cards. There is also a café there in case you get hungry from all the exploring and shopping.

While this part of the campus is accessible to the public, the rest of it isn’t. So if you want to see the rest of the Apple Park, you can head up to the roof terrace to see the main building and the landscaping surrounding it. It is open from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. from Monday through Friday. On Saturdays, it opens at 10:00 a.m. and closes at 6:00 p.m., while on Sundays, it is open from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Source: MacRumors

New drone footage shows off an almost completed Apple Park

You can see how Apple’s new campus is coming together with new drone video shot by Duncan Sinfield. The main “spaceship” structure, which serves as the central office building, is looking almost complete with landscaping still being done around it. It looks like the solar panel array on the main building is complete already. While the Steve Jobs Theater, where the iPhone event is expected to happen next month, is still being constructed. But you get a glimpse at the two curved staircases that head down into the underground foyer. Other structures that seem to be done include the dual parking structures as well as the research and development offices.

Source: Apple Insider

Apple starts hiring staff for the Apple Park Visitor Center

Apple's original plans for the Visitor Center also feature underground parking and a rooftop terrace overlooking the main campus

Apple is busy getting its new campus ready for its official launch. Gearing up for the big day, Apple has begun hiring staff for the Apple Park Visitor Center. They’ve started off with the looking for a supervisor and manager for the “Visitor Center Caffè,” which will be the first on-campus restaurant to open. The Visitor Center Caffè isn’t exactly part of the main campus but is located at 10700 N. Tantau Ave., which is right across the street. According to Apple’s original plans, the building housing the restaurant will also have the Apple Store.

Source: 9to5Mac

Charity auction offers lunch with Apple’s Eddy Cue at the company’s new HQ

Just last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook took part in a charity auction to have lunch with the highest bidder (plus a companion) at the new Apple Park. He was able to earn over US$680,000 for the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, which broke his previous auction earning of $610,000. This time, Charitybuzz is launching an auction to have lunch with Apple’s services head Eddy Cue at Apple Park in Cupertino, California. The proceeds will go to the National Association of Basketball Coaches Foundation in Kansas City, Missouri. Cue is known to be a longtime basketball and Golden State Warriors fan.

The auction has an estimated value of $50,000 and bids can be placed from now until June 28^th at 12 p.m. Pacific Time. The lunch will be set at a mutually agreed upon date by June 30^th, 2018. The winning bidder needs to be 18 years old or older. And just like with Cook’s lunch, the meal and gratuity are included but travel and accommodations aren’t. It also can’t be resold, re-auctioned, or transferred. It also won’t include a formal tour inside Apple Park and photos will not be permitted.

Source: MacRumors