NextMind is shipping real-time brain-computer interface $399 Dev Kit that uses machine learning to translate brain signals into commands. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Emil Protalinski
Driving into the future from autonomous to AI
Co-Founder, CEO, & President of Mobileye, Amnon Shashua, explores how transportation technology is going to profoundly transform our society. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Samsung Strategy and Innovation Center
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 888 is an AI and computer vision powerhouse
The next-generation flagship mobile chip leans heavily on AI chip advancements to fuel systemic performance gains, especially in imaging. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz
Resonai offers enterprises an AR-AI concierge for commercial buildings
AI and augmented reality let enterprises offer digital concierges for their commercial properties, guiding visitors to meeting and stores. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz
Fable Studio teases AI virtual character Lucy on Zoom and other platforms
Fable Studio is taking Lucy out of virtual reality and putting her into places like Facebook and Zoom to hold conversations with people. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Dean Takahashi
In 2020, neural chips helped smartphones finally eclipse pro cameras
When photographer Chase Jarvis coined the famous saying, “the best camera is the one you have with you,” he was revealing an unspoken truth: Even professionals carried point-and-shoot cameras despite owning DSLRs and dedicated video cameras. His message was that great photographers create compelling images with whatever they have on hand, but the sentiment wound up […]
TechSee raises $30 million to streamline field service work with AR and computer vision
TechSee, a startup employing AI and computer vision to streamline field service work, raised $30 million to expand its reach. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Kyle Wiggers
Foursquare’s Marsbot for AirPods offers location-aware audio tips
The location-aware social sharing platform believes the next frontier for AI assistants will be proactively sharing context-specific audio via headphones. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz
ProBeat: Toyota’s upside-down robot is innovative and impractical
Toyota Research Institute’s ceiling-mounted gantry robot removes one impracticality only to create another. Mobility will be key to progress in robotics. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Emil Protalinski
Standalone VR headsets are finally ready to make a big leap forward
Snapdragon XR2 mixed reality chips launched last December, but haven’t yet appeared in headsets. That will soon change, profoundly improving VR/AR headsets. AR/VR – VentureBeat & Jeremy Horwitz