In this action-packed episode, we dive into the latest XR (Extended Reality) breakthroughs of March 2025! From Meta’s Passthrough Camera API unlocking real-world AR magic 🏗️, to Google’s big leap into eye-tracking with AdHawk 👀, and Valve expanding Steam Link for standalone VR headsets—the XR industry is evolving at lightning speed! ⚡
🔹 Meta’s Compute Puck – The secret sauce behind Orion AR glasses 🕶️
🔹 MOXI’s full-body tracking – Bringing motion capture to VTubers & streamers 🎭
🔹 AR in healthcare & industry – Neurorehab & hands-free vehicle diagnostics 🏥🔧
🔹 Niantic sells Pokémon GO to fund spatial AI—but what’s next for AR gaming? 🛣️
XR isn’t just about gaming—it’s revolutionizing work, healthcare, and everyday life! So, what’s got you the most excited? Hit play and let’s explore the future together! 🎧🐱
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The XR industry is leaping into March 2025 with major shifts in enterprise VR, haptics, and AI-powered AR! 😺 This week, we break down Meta’s business-focused XR strategy, Valve’s rumored "Deckard" headset, and the rise of free-to-play VR apps. Plus, Knoxlabs is giving away FREE Meta Quest 3 & 3S demo kits, and WEART’s new haptic gloves bring real touch, texture & temperature into VR! 🎮🧤
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🐱 Tune in as we scratch the surface of these big XR trends & what they mean for the future! 🚀🎙️ #XR #VR #AR #Haptics #Metaverse #TechNews
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🆓 Knoxlabs Free Quest 3 Demo Program
🧤 WEART TouchDIVER – Haptic Gloves for VR
💰 Meta Horizon Worlds Creator Fund Announcement
🐾The VR industry is at a crossroads—like a cat trying to decide whether to pounce or take a nap! 😼 WhileMeta’s Quest headsets are still selling, developers are getting their claws out over declining sales, a shift to free-to-play, and Meta’s obsession withHorizon Worlds. Meanwhile,Samsung is leaping into the XR space withProject Moohan, and the legendaryJohn Carmack has reignited the biggest debate in VR—what matters more,mass adoption (Beat Saber) or high-fidelity experiences (Half-Life: Alyx)?
💡In this episode, we dig our claws into:
🐾The Great VR Debate: IsBeat Saber more important thanHalf-Life: Alyx?John Carmack says yes, but does VR need AAA blockbusters to thrive?
🐾Meta’s Developer Woes: Studios likeBeyond Frames Entertainment and @oy Way are reporting declining Quest sales. WithSideQuest layoffs and discoverability issues, are indie VR devs in trouble? 😿
🐾Samsung’s XR Headset:Samsung’sProject Moohan is an AI-powered headset that could challengeMeta andApple Vision Pro. What does this mean for developers at@Resolution Games and @Ramen VR? 🥽🚀
🐾The State of AR:Apple is struggling with AR glasses, but@Snap Inc.,@Xreal, andMagic Leap are still in the game. Will AR ever land on its feet? 😼👓
🐾Meta’s Make-or-Break Year: A leaked memo fromMeta’s CTO suggests that 2025 will determine if VR is a visionary leap or a “legendary misadventure.” 🐾
🔥Is Meta’s VR vision still on track, or is it about to cough up a hairball? Let’s discuss in the comments! 😺👇
#VR #AR #Metaverse #Gaming #BeatSaber #HalfLifeAlyx #Samsung #AI #SpatialComputing #GameDevelopment
Google has dropped a jaw-dropping $250M to acquire top engineering talent from HTC Vive, marking one of its biggest leaps into XR (Extended Reality) yet! 🐾 This strategic acquihire is aimed at turbocharging its new Android XR platform, positioning Google to claw its way into dominance against heavyweights like Meta and Apple.
The investment grants Google access to HTC’s VR expertise and a non-exclusive license to its XR intellectual property. Combine this with Google’s partnerships with Samsung and Qualcomm, and it’s clear Google is pulling out all the stops to make Android XR the next big thing in headsets and glasses. The stakes? A unified, AI-powered XR ecosystem that integrates familiar apps like YouTube, Google Maps, and Chrome, and sets the stage for futuristic AR glasses.
But is this $250M gamble on HTC talent the purr-fect move to dominate XR? Or will this go the way of Google’s past XR projects, like Daydream and Google Glass? Dive into the details as we unpack how this HTC acquihire could change the XR game for good.
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Google’s $250M HTC Vive acquihire: Why it matters 🚀 What HTC’s engineers bring to the Android XR platform 🧑💻 How this move fits into Google’s XR strategy with Samsung and Qualcomm 🤝 The role of Gemini AI in shaping future XR experiences 🧠 Android XR vs. Meta Horizon OS and Apple Vision Pro: Who leads the pack? 🐱🐾 #HTC #AndroidXR #GoogleXR #AI #VR #AR #TechNews #GenAI #ExtendedReality #VirtualReality
Pimax, the fur-midable VR headset maker, has secured an additional $13.6 million in funding to expand its R&D paw-print in the US and Europe. This investment will help them continue to scratch the surface of VR innovation and deliver purr-emium experiences to users worldwide. 🐱💰
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Overview of Pimax's recent $13.6M funding round Expansion plans for R&D in the US and Europe Impact on the VR headset market Future prospects for Pimax and VR technology#VR #TechNews
Curious about the Pimax Dream Air VR headset? 😺 With eye-popping 4K micro-OLED displays, dynamic eye tracking, and a meow-nificent 200-gram design, this lightweight marvel could pounce on high-end competitors like the Apple Vision Pro. But beware—the brand’s history of missed deadlines may leave you fur-tunate or frustrated! 🐾 Dive in to see if this sleek headset is the purr-fect upgrade or just another VR dream.
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Pimax Dream Air specs: 4K per eye, eye tracking, and inside-out tracking Prime membership model explained Cobb compute puck: standalone mode & wireless potential Concerns about Pimax’s track record 🐾#VR #PimaxDreamAir #AI #TechNews #GenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #PCVR
Sony’s new XYN headset unveiled at CES 2025 is pouncing into the XR world with sleek features like dual 4K micro-OLED displays, color passthrough, and Qualcomm XR2+ Gen 2 power! But unlike the PSVR2, this kitty isn’t chasing mice in games—it’s stalking creative fields like film, animation, and industrial design. While still in prototype mode, Sony’s focus on high-quality motion capture and spatial object scanning shows it’s aiming for something paws-itively groundbreaking. Will creators fall for this high-tech feline friend, or will pricing and branding hiccups chase them away? 🐾
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#AI #XR #Sony #CES2025 #MixedReality #GenAI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechNews
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Hold onto your whiskers! CES 2025 dazzled us with next-gen XR tech—from the sleek Pimax Dream Air and RayNeo AR glasses to NVIDIA’s cloud gaming service for VR. Compact, lightweight headsets are in vogue, and metalenses might just declaw bulky optics! Oh, and immersive audio tech could soon purr-sonalize what you hear. With enterprise XR growing and privacy challenges lurking, this show was a true cat-alyst for future innovation!
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#CES2025 #XR #VR #AR #AI #TechNews #ImmersiveTech #CloudGaming 😺
Hold onto your telescopes, science kittens! 🐱🔭 This groundbreaking study dives into Type Ia supernovae data, finding strong evidence that Timescape cosmology may be purr-fect for explaining our universe's expansion. Bye-bye, dark energy? 🌌 With its focus on inhomogeneities and void fractions (those vast, empty regions of the universe), Timescape claws at the heart of traditional ΛCDM models. Let's explore:
Could this be the paradigm shift we've been waiting for? 😸✨
#Cosmology #Timescape #Supernovae #DarkEnergy #AI #GenAI
Let’s pawnder the meow-gical fusion of spatial computing and nonverbal interactions! 🐱 With Lauren Bedal’s paws-on expertise, learn how Google ATAP’s Soli radar tech and the "Fields" framework are redefining how we interact with tech. From micro-gestures to cardiac rhythms, this episode explores how intuitive, socially aware devices are creating more purr-sonalized experiences. Purr-fect for curious tech cats! 🐾
What if you could browse the web… from Mars? 🌌 In a cosmic catnip moment, John Carmack shares purr-spectives on solving the "Mars-ternet" problem—where every whisker-twitch of communication with Earth faces minutes of latency! 🐱 In his response to Elon Musk, Carmack proposes a clever blend of tech tricks: Starship data caches, AI-driven replies for those looooong waits, and neural networks simulating answers mid-delay. His solutions are sci-fi worthy but paws-itively practical. If we’re serious about setting up Martian colonies, solving this latency is the fur-st step! 🚀
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#MarsNet #SpaceTech #JohnCarmack #AI #Latency
Welcome to a Mews AI Spawtial 🧠🐱 Today’s topic? We’re diving into an AI thought experiment: Is one AI model debating itself more effective than two separate AI minds in a call-and-response format?
In this episode, we’ll explore how a single AI can argue both sides of an issue—acting like a solo cat batting around both ends of a laser pointer—and compare it to two AIs pouncing on the discussion in a back-and-forth debate. What’s the best way to generate insightful, balanced arguments?
Join us as we scratch beneath the surface of AI-driven debates and analyze which approach delivers more insightful, balanced perspectives—solo AI or dual AI interaction.
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Perfect for anyone curious about AI debates, machine learning, and how artificial intelligence can simulate human reasoning! 😸🎙️
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #AIDebates #MachineLearning #GenAI #TechTalk #AIFuture #AIvsAI #PurrfectDebates #DebateTech
Meow-velous news for XR lovers!
😻 Ready to electrify your wearables without batteries? 😻
"Power-over-Skin" is here to purr-vide your wearables with wireless energy, using your own body as the energy conductor! Say goodbye to bulky batteries and hello to tiny, paw-some wearables like Bluetooth rings and medical patches. This whisker-tingling innovation by Andy Kong, Daehwa Kim, and Chris Harrison could reshape the future of AR, VR, and health tech by keeping your devices powered up, purrfectly hassle-free! 🐾✨˜˜
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#Wearables #TechNews #XR #Power #PowerOverSkin #HealthTech #VR
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Meow! Dive into the world of spatial art with the Logitech MX Ink stylus on Meta Quest. With 6DoF tracking, pressure sensitivity, and a sleek pen-like feel, this device makes VR drawing as natural as pawing at a string! Ideal for intricate 3D sketches, this is a game-changer for artists and designers in virtual spaces. Whiskers twitching in excitement!
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🐱 Hold onto your whiskers! Tesla just dropped a fur-tastic trio of tech at their “We, Robot” event! 🐾 Meet the Robotaxi 🚖, a self-driving marvel ready to roll in 2026, pouncing in at under $30,000! Then there’s the mighty Robovan 🚐—part panther, part bus—that can carry passengers or goods, and the humanoid Optimus 🤖, a robot companion that will have you saying "purr-sonal robotics, here we come!" Both Optimus and the Robotaxi come with the same purr-worthy price tag of $30,000!
Ready to ride the wave of the fur-ture? 🐾
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#AI #SelfDriving #Robotaxi #HumanoidRobot #TechNews #Tesla #AutonomousCars
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💡 The meow-gicians behind neural networks, Hopfield and Hinton, have bagged the 2024 Nobel Prize for Physics! Their cat-tastic breakthroughs revolutionized artificial intelligence and beyond. From Hinton's backpropagation to Hopfield's memory models, these two have paved the way for AI’s rise.
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#NobelPrize #AI #Physics
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HTC VIVE Business+ sharpens its claws with purr-fect updates! 🐾 With USB device enrollment, local casting, and offline content control, managing the VIVE Focus Vision and Focus 3 is a breeze. Ideal for industries like healthcare or training, these tools ensure smooth VR management even without a network. This update takes enterprise VR to new heights! 😸 You can read more about these paws-itively fantastic improvements on the Knoxlabs blog. #VIVEBusiness #XRMews #VR
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Ready to upgrade your reality? 🐾 Meta’s new AR glasses offer purr-fectly seamless computing, making it feel like you’ve got digital superpowers! From hands-free calls to on-the-go AI assistance, these high-tech specs are here to change the way you live and work—without missing a whisker. 😸 Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth shares how these glasses could replace your phone and bring the future to your eyes! 🕶️ #Meta #AR #XRMews
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🐾 Hold on to your whiskers for this sensational episode! 🐾 We’re diving into Walter Isaacson's take on the purr-sistent battle between @xAI and OpenAI, with Elon Musk’s bold mission at the center. With Grok models out and Robotaxi making its big debut on October 10th, will the script get flipped? Plus, Musk’s claws come out: “I don’t trust Sam Altman!” 😼 Get ready for a meow-mentous showdown! You can read more about it here: XRMews
Some pur-spective changes for today! 🐾 In today's episode we discuss how Google Research just unveiled XR-Objects, a system that turns real-world objects into interactive digital tools using advanced object detection and AI. Imagine tapping a pot to get recipe info or comparing products in 3D space—all powered by augmented object intelligence. It's a huge leap for blending the physical and digital world in real-time!
In this episode, we explore how XR-Objects is changing AR interaction forever!
Catch the full scoop here: Google Research
