⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ Nvidia has invested in Taiwan's startup MetAI, which develops AI-powered digital twin technology that swiftly converts CAD files into functional 3D environments. MetAI's technology can help companies test and improve machines...
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Minimalistic Screens for Smart Glasses
⊲ The Verge ⊳ The Halliday smart glasses, launched at CES 2025, integrate AI with a tiny display built into the frame. Designed for everyday use, these lightweight glasses deliver real-time notifications, navigation, and productivity tools via a...
BodyLink Ditches Wearable Trackers
⊲ MIXED ⊳ US start-up Rebuff Reality's BodyLink Kickstarter could introduce a new era in motion capture for gaming and simulation with its Android-based console, achieving full-body tracking without wearable trackers. Leveraging a 90 FPS...
Holographic Smart Glasses Funding Boost
⊲ TNW ⊳ Belgian startup Swave is developing true holographic smart glasses, claiming a breakthrough in Holographic eXtended Reality (HXR). Their lightweight glasses, using nanoscale pixels and phase-change materials, promise 3D images visible from...
Industrial Metaverse Integrates Digital Twins
⊲ WIRED ⊳ This WIRED article explores how digital twins, digital replicas of physical processes, can optimise industrial workflows, cutting costs, waste, and time. These twins are part of a broader industrial metaverse, where AI, IoT, and...
NVIDIA’s AI to Train the World’s Robots
⊲ VentureBeat ⊳ NVIDIA launched the COSMOS World Foundation Model platform at CES, a significant step for physical AI development in robotics and autonomous vehicles. By generating synthetic, physics-based data from 20 million hours of video,...
GPS-Free Drone Exploits Landscape “Fingerprint”
⊲ IMechE ⊳ Australian autonomous navigation specialist Advanced Navigation and European defence multinational MBDA have developed a GPS-free drone navigation system. Inspired by human neural structures it leverages neuromorphic sensing to map...
$3 Billion Boost for Infinite Reality
⊲ Road to VR ⊳ US technology and entertainment company Infinite Reality has raised $3 billion from a single unnamed private investor, increasing its valuation to $12.25 billion. The company specialises in open standard WebXR-powered immersive web...
AI Revolutionises Graphics Performance
⊲ Wccftech ⊳ Jensen Huang, founder and CEO of NVIDIA claimed at CES that NVIDIA's latest hardware and software technologies were "... the most significant computer graphics innovation since we introduced programmable shading 25 years ago.”...
Next Gen AI-Based Simulation Collaboration
⊲ Automation.com ⊳ Siemens and startup PhysicsX are collaborating to develop AI-based deep physics simulation, aiming to accelerate performance prediction and optimisation in engineering. PhysicsX's latest pre-trained deep physics model for...
My Transformational Digital Medical Twin
⊲ MIT Technology Review ⊳ The development of digital twins for human organs has the potential to transform medical treatment according to this MIT Technology Review article. These computer models allow doctors to simulate surgeries and test...
Will New US DoD List Affect Unreal?
⊲ VICE ⊳ Tencent, the Chinese gaming giant, has been added to a US Department of Defense list of companies allegedly aiding the Chinese military. The designation, announced on 6 January 2025, includes other Chinese firms like CATL and Autel...