⊲ Defense News ⊳ Sydney-based Breaker Industries has signed a teaming agreement with Rheinmetall Defence Australia to develop Avalon, a human-machine interface letting Boxer 8x8 crews direct air...
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Smart Fibres Power Immersive Interaction
⊲ EurekAlert! ⊳ Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have reviewed how triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) fibres could improve virtual and augmented reality interaction. These flexible,...
Android XR Glasses Promise Lightweight Design
⊲ PhoneArena ⊳ Leaked specifications reveal Samsung’s forthcoming Android XR smart glasses could weigh just 41 grams, featuring a Snapdragon AR1 Gen 1 processor, 12MP camera, 2GB RAM and 64GB...
AI-Driven Game is Costly
⊲ IGN ⊳ Independent developer Easy Fox has taken out a bank loan to keep its AI-powered driving game demo, Teach My Little Sister How to Drive, running after player numbers increased more than...
Every Living Room Becomes Arena
⊲ VFX Voice ⊳ Mixed reality is gaining ground as passthrough, room scanning and hand tracking mature on headsets such as Meta Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro, according to VFX Voice. Magnopus built...
Norway Proposes Smart Glasses Restrictions
⊲ Los Angeles Times ⊳ Norway is proposing temporary restrictions on smart glasses capable of recording people without their knowledge. The government is considering bans in locations where privacy...
Google Brings Coding-Free Game Creation
⊲ TechCrunch ⊳ Google Labs has launched Playground, an experimental platform that lets users build browser-based games from simple text prompts without coding. Creators choose a genre or start from...
Wearable-Free Immersive Experiences
⊲ New Atlas ⊳ Long sessions in VR headsets strain the head and neck, prompting Shogo Fukushima, an associate professor at Kyushu University, to develop a chair that delivers a personal 3D view...
UGVs Guided by Onboard Digital Twin
⊲ Militarnyi ⊳ Ukrainian-Estonian defence company Farsight Vision has presented a navigation module that allows unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to find their way when GPS is unavailable. A laser...
AI Plays Game Without Any Visuals
⊲ Tom's Hardware ⊳ OpenAI's GPT-6 Astra has cleared the Orc starting zone in World of Warcraft in 40 minutes without a death, and without seeing a single rendered frame. Instead of watching the...
Gaussian Splatting Reaches Consumer Cameras
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Chinese camera and imaging technology company Insta360 has launched Spatial Capture, a free beta feature that converts 360-degree video into navigable 3D environments using Gaussian...
Europe Tackles Virtual World Fragmentation
⊲ Science|Business ⊳ At a Brussels summit on 10 September, the €2 million EU-funded OPENVERSE project showcased proven virtual world applications, including Changefied's VR simulations helping...