It has come to that time of the year when I look back at what happened in the past months, and then I wish you the best for the Winter Holidays… XR in 2025 and beyond This year has been pretty weird for all of us in the XR field. There has been positive news, […]
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At first glance, it looks like the start of a human pregnancy: A ball-shaped embryo presses gently into the receptive lining of the uterus and then grips tight, burrowing in as the first tendrils of a future placenta appear. This is implantation—the moment that pregnancy officially begins. Only none of it is happening inside a…
Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, summed it up in three words: “This is embarrassing.” Hassabis was replying on X to an overexcited post by Sébastien Bubeck, a research scientist at the rival firm OpenAI, announcing that two mathematicians had used OpenAI’s latest large language model, GPT-5, to find solutions to 10 unsolved problems in…
I used the last few days for a short break before Christmas. With temperatures above 10 degrees, it wasn’t really wintery, but that’s set to change a little in the coming days, at least here in Germany. It’s already a little more wintery in the Philips Hue app. The eight Christmas scenes we’ve known for…
Der Beitrag Winter Whispers: New winter scenes in the Philips Hue app erschien zuerst auf Hueblog.com.
StretchSense and its partners are advancing XR training with a cohesive technology stack that blends precision hand-tracking, haptic feedback, developer-ready tools, and platform partnerships with vendors such as SkillsVR. After eight years of leadership in film and gaming motion capture, the company is now translating its input expertise into enterprise-grade learning that is faster, more […]
TikTok is looking to get into the spirit of the season.
Kicking off our first round of 2025 awards, we’re starting with our favorite games on Quest, PC VR, PlayStation VR2, and Apple Vision Pro.
At UnitedXR Europe, I couldn’t miss visiting the booth of one of the most futuristic companies in our field: XPANCEO, which is working on smart contact lenses. As usual, it has been a pretty cyberpunk experience… XPANCEO XPANCEO is a startup based in Dubai that makes smart contact lenses. I’ve already talked about it on […]
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As part of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-12 mission, four crew members from three space agencies will launch no earlier than Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, to the International Space Station for a long-duration science expedition. NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway will serve as spacecraft commander and pilot, respectively, and will be accompanied by ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Sophie […]
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The earth around Lake Naivasha, a shallow freshwater basin in south-central Kenya, does not seem to want to lie still. Ash from nearby Mount Longonot, which erupted as recently as the 1860s, remains in the ground. Obsidian caves and jagged stone towers preside over the steam that spurts out of fissures in the soil and…
At some point next month, a handful of volunteers will be injected with two experimental gene therapies as part of an unusual clinical trial. The drugs are potential longevity therapies, says Ivan Morgunov, the CEO of Unlimited Bio, the company behind the trial. His long-term goal: to achieve radical human life extension. The 12 to…
A look at the most popular art styles used in AI image generation.
This is the first newsletter of the Winter! And to celebrate it, I got sick as hell, and I have a fever. My brain is dizzy, so I don’t take any responsibility for what I’ll be writing in this newsletter. I hope everything will make sense, but if you see any reference to the Teletubbies, […]
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It’s hard to believe that the year is almost over. Only 10 days left until 2026. Before we get to that point and start speculating about what Philips Hue will bring to market in the new calendar year, I’d like to take a look back with you. Which new Philips Hue product did you like…
Der Beitrag Hue weekly: What is your highlight of the year? erschien zuerst auf Hueblog.com.
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A downgrade in features and an upgrade in quality of life.
Homemade ice cream made easy, and healthy (enough).
PLUS: Master brainstorming prompt at the end…