Crew Studies Space Agriculture, Biotechnology to Promote Future Missions

Tuesday’s International Space Station research objectives included learning how to grow crops on spacecraft and produce vitamins and nutrients in space to sustain crews farther away from Earth. The Expedition 72 crewmates also explored how the human body orients itself in weightlessness and serviced a pair of docked spacecraft.702

Biotechnology to Sustain Crews on Long Missions Tops Research Schedule

Biotechnology kicked off the work week aboard the International Space Station as the Expedition 72 crew members explored ways to counter the effects of microgravity and produce vitamins and nutrients during long-term space missions.

Samsung Eyes XR Director Hire in Augmented Reality Smart Glasses Push, amidst Meta Ray-Ban, Apple Vision Pro Shark Tank

This week, a curious hire opportunity appeared over at Samsung, just in time for its concurrent augmented reality/mixed reality headset push. Specifically, the role is filling an XR Director gap at Samsung Research America as part of the division’s MPS (Mobile Platform Services), SRA, and Immersive Experiences (IMEX) Team. The LinkedIn job XR Director listing […]

Vuzix Supercharges AI-Ready Augmented Reality Smart Glasses for Frontline Workers

Recently, frontline AR solutions provider Vuzix debuted AugmentOS, a dedicated operating system for workplace immersive human-computer interfaces. The OS is ready for Vuzix’s portfolio of products, allowing end-users and developers to use products such as the Z100 smart glasses, which include AI functionality integration. AugmentOS is debuting as version 1.0. The launchpad application will include […]

Big Tech Players Emerge as Likely Partners for TikTok US

Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon are the names that look likely to partner with the app.

TikTok Expands In-Stream Shopping Push to Latin America

The next stage in TikTok’s broader in-app shopping push. 

Meta Initiates Lay-Offs to Re-Align its Focus Around AI Development

Meta’s culling staff, while also hiring more machine learning engineers.

Meta Looks to Reduce Safety Barriers in AI Development

Meta’s looking to reduce the capacity for privacy and safety concerns to impede projects. 

Shores of Loci: SkyHaven Expands The VR Puzzler Soon On Quest & Steam

Shores of Loci: SkyHaven delivers a new chapter for the 2022 VR puzzle game this week on Quest, while the Steam version will follow “shortly after.”

Meta Enlisted A-List Celebrities For Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Super Bowl Ads

Meta ran two Super Bowl ads for the Ray-Ban Meta glasses featuring Chris Pratt, Chris Hemsworth, and Kris Jenner.