⊲ XDA Developers ⊳ A Reddit user, abhi3188, has used Claude Code to build a sailing simulator in which large language models race a virtual yacht. Every five seconds each model receives 23 raw...
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Flexible Drones Trained in Simulation
⊲ arXiv ⊳ Collision-resilient drones can survive hitting a wall yet still fail to regain controlled flight, as the stock PX4 autopilot rejects valid velocity data after high-speed impacts....
Meta Ends Support For Quest 2 VR
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Meta will end support for its Quest 2 and Quest Pro VR headsets in December 2027, with operating system updates ending in March and security patches continuing until year-end. Users...
Five Airframes, One Visual Display Family
⊲ 3D perception ⊳ 3D perception (3DP) of Norway has been awarded a long-term frame agreement by Germany's Reiser Simulation and Training to supply Lyra dome visual display systems for forthcoming...
Simpler Smart Glasses May Dominate
⊲ Immersive Wire ⊳ Tom Ffiske argues in Immersive Wire that smart glasses makers are fighting physics, with waveguides delivering under 1% of projector light, batteries of about 250 mAh versus at...
AI Arrives On Your Face
⊲ TechRepublic ⊳ XREAL is preparing to ship from mid-November its Aura augmented reality glasses, developed for Google's Android XR platform. The 95 gram glasses are expected to combine transparent...
Google Unveils Genie 4 Simulations
⊲ Google DeepMind ⊳ Google DeepMind has introduced Genie 4, an AI world model capable of generating interactive, photorealistic simulations with native audio, dialogue and realistic physical...
Virtual Worlds Gain Missing Sense
⊲ Discover Magazine ⊳ Researchers at Ohio State University and Zhejiang Laboratory have developed Scentronic, an AI-assisted system that detects odours and recreates them remotely. An electronic...
XR Turns Fingertips Into Microphones
⊲ Hackster.io ⊳ Carnegie Mellon University researchers have developed SoundBubble, a system that uses XR headset microphones and hand tracking to create virtual microphones that follow users’...
Apple Faces XR Controller Uncertainty
⊲ AppleInsider ⊳ Sony has sold 419 extended reality patents to Meta, raising questions about the future of PlayStation VR2 hardware and its implications for Apple Vision Pro gaming. Apple's headset...
30 Minutes Training to Direct a Swarm
⊲ 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...
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,...