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Picture this: You’re settled into your couch for what you think will be a typical streaming session, when suddenly you’re transported into the bowels of a corporate-controlled starship in the year 2120, surrounded by alien specimens. That’s precisely what Disney+ just delivered with their latest Apple Vision Pro environment — and frankly, it’s both impressive and deeply unsettling.
Starting July 24th, Disney+ subscribers can step inside the USCSS Maginot’s Containment Room, the alien specimen viewing area from FX’s upcoming “Alien: Earth” series. This marks Disney’s sixth Vision Pro environment since launch and their first dive into mature sci-fi horror through spatial computing. Here’s why this particular release signals something bigger than just another promotional gimmick.
Why this environment feels different from Disney’s usual fare
Disney’s previous Vision Pro environments have leaned heavily into the magical — think Tatooine sunsets and Avengers Tower views. The ‘Alien:…more

Picture this: Instead of spending months programming a robot to fold your laundry, you slip on a pair of smart glasses, demonstrate the task yourself, and watch as the robot learns to replicate your movements in just a few tries. This isn’t science fiction — it’s happening right now in labs around the world.
The convergence of augmented reality and robotics is creating a revolution in how we train machines. Meta’s recent collaboration with Georgia Tech has produced EgoMimic, a framework that uses Project Aria smart glasses to train robots with unprecedented efficiency. By recording first-person video of humans performing tasks, researchers have built datasets that are more than 40 times richer than traditional robot-collected data. Whether it’s folding laundry or crafting pizza, the breakthrough lies in capturing tacit knowledge — the subtle techniques that experts can’t easily explain but smart glasses can record.
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AR-powered robot training eliminates the…more