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Horizon Worlds Creators Can Now AI-Generate Islands, Add AI NPCs “Very Soon”
Meta’s Horizon Worlds Desktop Editor now lets creators AI-generate island environments, and will let them add conversational AI NPCs “very soon”.
Big interview with Kyle Riesenbeck about Upload VR, the XR space, the “good old days”, and more!
To celebrate 9 years of my blog, I interviewed a very special person: Kyle Riesenbeck, who is now Editor-in-Chief and Operations Manager at Upload VR. He is one of the people in the industry I esteem the most, and I was very happy to finally meet him in person at CES this year, and so […]
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Meta’s Reported $800 Smart Glasses with Display Won’t Shoot for the Stars, Claims Respected Analyst
Meta’s smart glasses with display, codenamed ‘Hypernova’, are reportedly slated to cost less than initially expected, with Meta allegedly slashing price expectations from the rumored $1,000 – $1,400 range to $800. Now, respected supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says Meta is nearly ready to begin mass production, although sales expectations aren’t very high. Bloomberg’s Mark […]
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Mixed Reality’s Best Laser Tag-style Multiplayer Gets Better Spatial Stability, New Enemies & More
Spatial Ops (2024) is a bit like laser tag for Quest, letting you set up barriers and squad up with your friends for everything from room-scale to arena-scale mixed reality shootouts. Now, developer Resolution Games released an update today that brings more stability to co-located gameplay, more enemies, support for bHaptics gear, and more. Called ‘Pulse […]
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‘Horizon Worlds’ is Getting AI-powered NPCs Soon That Talk, Guide and React in Real Time
Meta laid out the next step of its AI integration strategy for social VR platform Horizon Worlds, noting that “very soon” creators will be able to add AI-powered NPCs to their worlds. Earlier this year Meta introduced non-embodied NPCs, essentially letting Horizon Worlds creators plug in ‘background’ AI agents, which were meant to offer help, but […]
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Head and Eye Health, Dragon Reboost Preps, and Emergency Drill Fill Crew Day
Preventing space-caused head and eye pressure impacts using specialized medical hardware was the top research theme aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday. The Expedition 73 residents also continued unpacking a SpaceX Dragon cargo spacecraft and practiced an emergency drill aboard the orbital outpost.
End of an Era: Adobe Pulls the Plug on Aero as AR Industry Reality Bites
Adobe’s AR Dreams Crumble: Why Creative Cloud’s Mixed Reality Exit Signals Industry Turbulence As someone who’s witnessed the ebb and flow of emerging technologies, Adobe’s recent announcement about discontinuing Aero feels like a seismic shift in the augmented reality landscape. If you’re an innovation leader, creative professional, or enterprise decision-maker who’s been banking on AR […]
What Chinese XR Giants Sunny Optical and Goertek Can Teach Us About M&A
The latest move by Goertek and Sunny Optical Technology is more than just another headline-grabbing deal – it’s a blueprint for how capital-intensive industries like AR optics can consolidate without draining resources or stifling innovation. And if it works, this “asset-light consolidation” approach could ripple far beyond the XR sector. A Smarter Way to Merge […]
Instagram Launches Video Education Series for Edits App
Valuable pointers on video creation via Instagram’s Edits app.