⊲ IanVisits ⊳ Researchers have revealed that Brooks and Green, a Victorian estate agency on Old Bond Street, used cosmorama displays to show wealthy buyers immersive images of country estates...
Category: Technology
3D Scanner’s Tiny Size & Power
⊲ Tech Briefs ⊳ MIT researchers have built a low-power chip, named Gleanmer, that lets tiny drones and other battery-limited robots construct real-time 3D maps of their surroundings using around 6...
Yes or No to Smart Glasses?
⊲ UC Today ⊳ Largest UK pub chain Wetherspoon has clarified that it has not banned Meta smart glasses from its pubs, despite media reports suggesting otherwise. A spokesperson said the chain has no...
Blair’s Looks Beyond Simulation to Data
⊲ Tech Funding News ⊳ Nick Blair, son of Tony Blair, is reportedly seeking around $200 million for Pyra, a UK defence technology startup with no public product and a website that simply reads...
Physics Simulation Gets AI Upgrade
⊲ MIT News ⊳ Researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and Tsinghua University have developed GeoPT, a pre-training method that teaches simulation models the...
Lightweight LiDAR Gives Drones Real Time Vision
⊲ NextGen Defense ⊳ MicroVision has introduced lightweight LiDAR sensors designed to give UAVs real-time 3D mapping and onboard perception. MOVIA Air supports obstacle avoidance, autonomous landing...
Glasses Grant Wearers Infrared Vision
⊲ Popular Science ⊳ Engineers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have built infrared-sensing glasses that let wearers see infrared light alongside normal vision. The 23-gram prototype uses...
AR Glasses That Tailor View Automatically
⊲ Inavate ⊳ Researchers have developed a new way to make augmented reality glasses show virtual objects clearly without blocking your view of the real world. The system uses light-polarising...
Classic Social VR Finds New Life
⊲ heise ⊳ Microsoft's AltspaceVR, the social VR platform it closed in 2023, is being revived after Shane Harris, founder of SideQuest, a platform that lets developers distribute apps for Meta Quest...
Samsung Advances Premium Wearable Technology
⊲ Seoul Economic Daily ⊳ Samsung Electronics used Galaxy Unpacked 2026 to launch "Intelligent Eyewear" AI glasses and the "Galaxy Watch Ultra2", pitching both as anchors of a premium wearable...
Simulator Prepares ATC Recruits Before Reopening
⊲ BBC News ⊳ Doncaster Sheffield Airport is training new air traffic controllers on a computer simulator ahead of its planned reopening. At least 20 recruits, including nine trainees, are...
Swiss Simulation Startup Backs Latvia Drone Training
⊲ LIAA ⊳ Swiss startup nordfen AG has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with "Drone Force Europe" to develop drone simulation technologies in Riga. Nordfen, which originated from the ETH Zurich...