⊲ SSBCrack News ⊳ A senior RAF officer has claimed that future wars may increasingly play out in virtual and augmented reality as militaries shift from armament build‑up to rapid simulation,...
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XR Hand Gestures May Exclude Millions
⊲ University of Bath ⊳ Virtual and augmented reality systems that rely on hand gestures like pinching, swiping or tapping may unintentionally exclude people with limited hand mobility due to...
All Delivery Drivers to Wear Smart Glasses?
⊲ ZDNet ⊳ Amazon is looking to equip delivery drivers with smart glasses to assist with package location and safety. Unveiled at the "Delivering the Future" event, these AI-powered glasses assist...
Mini Screen Reaches Eye Resolution
⊲ New Atlas ⊳ Swedish researchers have developed a groundbreaking screen, termed "retina e-paper," that mimics the human pupil's size and achieves over 25,000 pixels per inch, comparable to the...
Simulation Weekly News
In military technology, Anduril unveiled the EagleEye XR headset, a replacement for Microsoft’s IVAS, designed to overlay real-time battlefield data and convert the soldier into an AI-supported...
Repairability Sacrificed for AR Excellence
⊲ iFixit ⊳ Meta’s $800 Ray-Ban Display smart glasses house intricate waveguide optics that channel light through multilayered coated glass and internal mirrors, delivering augmented visuals via a...
What’s That Hill? Binoculars Meet AR
⊲ TechRadar ⊳ Unistellar’s Envision smart binoculars use augmented reality to overlay real-time information of landmarks and constellations directly into the field of view, with over 200,000 stars...
Linked Virtual Battle Portals
⊲ Medium ⊳ The article discusses the concept of the metaverse as a multiverse, particularly in a military context, as outlined in the co-authors' book, "The Military Metaverse." It contrasts a...
Gaussian Splatting for Consumers
⊲ CNET ⊳ Meta has launched Hyperscape Capture, a tool that allows Quest 3 and Quest 3S users to quickly create 3D scans of their environments using Gaussian Splatting technology. Gaussian Splatting...
Real-Time Player Data Hits Screens
⊲ The Guardian ⊳ Amazon Prime Video is adding a new data-rich overlay called Prime Vision to its UK Champions League coverage. Viewers can toggle the feature to see real-time stats like expected...
Meta’s AR Tipping Point?
⊲ The Guardian ⊳ Meta has unveiled three new pairs of AI smart glasses, including the Meta Ray-Ban Display, which features a built-in augmented reality display. These glasses project a colour...
US Army Operational AR Lives On
⊲ The Register ⊳ The US Army has relaunched its augmented reality headset initiative with $354 million in contracts to Anduril and Rivet Industries for its Soldier Borne Mission Command (SBMC)...