Category: Technology

More Affordable AR on the Way?

⊲ Wccftech ⊳ Meta is reportedly preparing to launch its first smart glasses with a built-in display, codenamed “Hypernova,” priced at $800. This is lower than the expected $1,000+, reflecting a...

XR that Adjusts to your Sight

⊲ Patently Apple ⊳ Apple's new patent outlines an advanced lens system for smart glasses and XR headsets that could significantly improve visual comfort. This system features tunable lenses that...

Seeing Smarter by 2035

⊲ 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...

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...