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Yesterday, German startup Gixel came out of stealth mode to announce it is working on a new type of optical engine for AR glasses and smartglasses. It also announced a €5M funding round led by several business angels, including the Oculus co-founder Brendan Iribe. Ah, and I also had a secret meeting with them at […]

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Thursday’s research aboard the International Space Station explored ways to control robots on a planetary surface and how microgravity affects exercise and digestion. The Expedition 73 crew is also in the middle of its preparations to welcome a new crew then split up.

Short-form video and influencer marketing are key considerations.

Some small, but potentially valuable new YouTube experiments.

A new add-on incentive for LinkedIn Premium subscribers.

Shorts video ads will be replayed more when left unchecked.

The Expedition 73 crew is preparing to split up in early August while another crew on the ground is beginning final preparations for a launch to the International Space Station next week. Meanwhile, the orbital residents continue their human research activities, space exercise studies, and lab maintenance duties on Wednesday.

This week, enterprise XR frontrunner PICO announced a strategic partnership with the Blender Foundation, establishing PICO as an official contributor to Blender’s OpenXR development plan. The PICO/Blender developmental partnership aims to optimise and accelerate possibilities for worldwide XR artists and developers by surpassing traditional content creation interfaces and streamlining production pipelines, while ensuring OpenXR cross-platform […]

Are we pushing too fast, too soon on AI companions?

The initiative aims to tap into the rising popularity of sports on Snap. 

It seems like we’re still a way off from a TikTok sell off deal. 

X is informing advertisers that they can now only include one emoji in their ad copy. 

Previously launched in early access, endurance racing sim Le Mans Ultimate now enters full release on PC VR.

A few weeks ago, Chinese tech giant Xiaomi released to the public its AI smartglasses. The Xiaomi AI Smartglasses are currently available online in China, but many people in the XR communities in the West started wondering if they are any good, and especially how they compare with the more famous Ray-Ban Meta. Well, today […]

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