⊲ Tom’s Guide ⊳ This article imagines what smart glasses might look like by 2035. It describes today’s devices, AI‑leaning options like Ray‑Ban Meta and display-focused AR models like Xreal...
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AI Generated Speech for Virtual Worlds
⊲ AInvest ⊳ Meta has acquired WaveForms, an AI audio startup launched in December 2024 and specialising in human-level speech generation and emotional AI, aiming for a “Speech Turing Test.” This...
Interacting with Distant Objects in XR
⊲ UploadVR ⊳ Researchers from Google and the University of Minnesota have proposed a new concept called "proxies" to improve how we interact with physical objects using mixed reality headsets....
AI Deskills 3D Model Creation
⊲ Windows Central ⊳ Microsoft’s "Copilot 3D" lets users turn a single JPG or PNG under 10 MB into a downloadable GLB-format 3D model via Copilot Labs, requiring only a Microsoft account. It handles...
F/A-18 XR Simulator Arrives in Helsinki
⊲ Auganix ⊳ Industrial-grade XR hardware and software provider Varjo has installed a full-scale F/A-18C/E cockpit replica from Dogfight Boss at its Helsinki headquarters. The mixed-reality setup...
Chasing the Visual Turing Test
⊲ Meta Blog ⊳ Meta’s Reality Labs Research will unveil two VR prototypes at SIGGRAPH 2025. Tiramisu, by the Optics, Photonics, and Light Systems (OPALS) team, achieves 90 PPD, 1,400 nits, and...
Towards AI-Generated Interactive Simulation
⊲ The Verge ⊳ Google DeepMind’s Genie 3 creates interactive 3D game-like environments in real time from text prompts. Unlike its predecessor, Genie 2, which allowed only brief interactions, Genie 3...
Neuralink Trials Hit The UK
⊲ Reuters ⊳ Neuralink will begin a UK clinical study with the University College London Hospitals trust and Newcastle Hospitals to test brain implants that help people with severe paralysis control...
In-Cockpit Simulation for Typhoon
⊲ Aerospace Global News ⊳ A new AI system, Rattlesnaq, developed by Swedish firm Avioniq and trialled by BAE Systems, equips the Eurofighter Typhoon with predictive threat mapping. It models...
Lightning’s Origins Traced in Simulation
⊲ Live Science ⊳ A recent simulation study shows how cosmic rays from space trigger a cascading electron avalanche in thunderclouds, producing X‑rays and gamma rays that precede and spark lightning...
AI Makes Holograms Look Real
⊲ Phys.org ⊳ A new 3D headset is enabling highly realistic holograms powered by AI, without the need for special glasses. Developed by researchers at Stanford and Meta, the headset uses a...
Next Computing Platform – Smart Glasses
⊲ PYMNTS ⊳ Global eyewear leader EssilorLuxottica has reported a significant increase in sales of its Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which rose by over 200% in the first half of the year. The company...