⊲ 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...
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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...
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...
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,...
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...
$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...
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...
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....
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...
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,...
Comparing Car Simulators with Real Cars
⊲ What Car? ⊳ What Car? journalists visited Goodwood racing circuit to compare car simulators with driving a BMW M4 on the real track. This interesting comparison highlighted similarities and...
Is AR the Future of FPV Drone Control?
⊲ Hackaday ⊳ FPV drone flying with augmented reality (AR) combines both the drone camera's view with the ability to see physical surroundings, enhancing situational awareness, safety and...